Dallas Schools

New Style of Superintendent?

Richard Whitmire | Posted 04.09.2012

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Richard Whitmire

The Harrison reforms started with superintendent Mike Miles asking a question: If 80 percent of my budget is devoted to salaries, shouldn't salaries be linked to performance? Sounds logical, but in the school world, that's radical thinking.

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'Exemplary' School Only Taught 2 Subjects, Faked Other Grades

Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, Texas Public Schools, Video, Falsified Grades, School Cheating Scandals, Dallas Schools, Statewide Testing, Standardized Testing, Field Elementary School, Teachers, Roslyn Carter, Teachers Cheating, Texas Schools, Education News

A Dallas elementary school that was given "exemplary" status for academic achievement only taught its third graders reading and math last year, and fa...

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