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Business
D CEO Panel Recap: The Dallas Business Community and Dallas ISD
Panelists discussed recent educational reform and key programs building up, and bridging historic gaps in, North Texas' workforce.
Education
DCCCD to Expand its Free Tuition Program After an Encouraging Start
Checking in on the Dallas County Promise, which allows students to go to community college tuition-free, regardless of income or grades.
Politics & Government
Why You Should Vote for Dustin Marshall
Because you want to be part of a movement.
Education
A Debate Over Public School Vouchers by Students Who May Have the Most to Lose
Proving public education isn't dead. Yet.
Latest
Local Government
Leading Off (1/27/17)
Finger-pointing continues over pension fund, ISIS threatens First Baptist Dallas, and more.
Crime
Leading Off (1/13/17)
The search for a hit-and-run driver continues, Police and Fire Pension Fund could allow withdrawals, and more.
Education
Why DISD Probably Won’t Offer the Line Item TRE Vote We Thought It Would
Turns out offering voters the chance to vote on each individual program would have meant seven ballot options.
Education
Anchia Files DISD Reform Bill That Home Rule Foes are Certain to Love
Seven good rules to help DISD
Media
DMN Screws DISD With Ad Placement
As Liz mentioned in Leading Off, Sunday's paper brought us a long front-page story about DISD hiring too many teachers and then misinforming the board about the matter. An alert FrontBurnervian sent along the image above, pointing out how funny it is that the jump of that story landed across from a full-page DISD ad seeking teacher applicants. If I were in charge of buying ads for the district, I would demand a make-good.