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Dallas Public Schools: A Long-Read on Elementary School Suspensions

By Bethany Erickson / May 20, 2016 /

I’ve been working on this deep dive into national and local policy and data regarding discipline for almost a week now, ever since trustee Miguel Solis introduced a proposal to ban most suspensions at the pre-K through second grade level, and place a moratorium on them in the third through fifth grade level at a…

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Austin's Traffic Now Worse Than NYC — 41 Hours Average There Stuck in Traffic

By Candy Evans / March 6, 2014 /

Is Dallas next? Gosh, that’s almost a whole work week! According to a study performed by the National Traffic Scorecard, Austin, Texas is the fourth worst city for traffic wait times in the country. It’s even worse than New York City, holding strong at number 5. We all know what a nightmare I-35 is at any…

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Austin’s Traffic Now Worse Than NYC — 41 Hours Average There Stuck in Traffic

By Candy Evans / March 6, 2014 /

Is Dallas next? Gosh, that’s almost a whole work week! According to a study performed by the National Traffic Scorecard, Austin, Texas is the fourth worst city for traffic wait times in the country. It’s even worse than New York City, holding strong at number 5. We all know what a nightmare I-35 is at any…

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Case-Shiller Report Shows Double-Digit Increases in Dallas Home Prices

By Joanna England / February 25, 2014 /

After 22 months of growth, are Dallas home prices about to hit a plateau? Could be. The Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index showed a 10.2 percent year-over-year increase in Dallas home prices according to their most recent 20-city composite report. Dallas now ranks with 13 of the top 20 cities measured by Case-Shiller’s HPI…

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Bay Area Battle Begins Between Realtors And Activists Over Laws Limiting Speculation in San Francisco

By Joanna England / February 7, 2014 /

As Silicon Valley buyers moved in to San Francisco, prices for rentals and single-family properties have pushed sky-high. As Candy reported, the bus routes that shuttle employees to and from the Facebook and Google campuses have been protested and picketed by folks fed up with increasing cost of living and being pushed out of the…

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