Mike Miles
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Policy
TEI’s Achilles’ heel? Why Teachers Feel SOL on SLOs.
A look at why teachers are so annoyed at one component of TEI
DISD Administration
What Dan Micciche Gets Right — and Wrong — in His DMN Essay
He's right that poverty is the biggest problem, but it can be addressed now
DISD Administration
DMN Stories about DISD Grad Rate Sound a Lot Worse Than They Are
Graduating kids who are already passing their classes doesn't boost graduation rates
Home Rule
Home Rule Commission Public Hearing Wrap-Up: Surprising Support for Mike Miles
Should a home rule charter include an equity impact assessment?
DISD Administration
Board Meeting Wrap-Up No. 1: Cherry-picking Bill Betzen
It's a neat trick to say everyone selects misleading data when you do it all the time.
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Teacher Excellence Initiative
Why DMN is Wrong to Say DISD’s Teacher Excellence Initiative Was Rushed
Because test scores make up, at most, 25 percent of a teacher's final grade
DISD Administration
DISD Board Recap: How to Undermine Your District and Run Off Good People
Good news, good Lew, and the same old group of anti-Miles trustees
Uncategorized
Story of the School Year: Does the Tax Man Cometh For DISD?
How are we going to pay for these Destination 2020 reforms?
DISD Administration
SAGA Pod/Learning Curve: Jim Schutze on JWP, inland ports, DISD, Miles, and reform
Once we get around to talking DISD, I start yelling, because I'm an idiot.
Education
SAGA Pod: Jim Schutze on JWP, Inland Ports, DISD, and Hippies
On this post but not the pod: A long digression about the DMN's inland port coverage