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May 3 2013 | NPR: KERA News for North Texas > Education
Dallas School Board Candidates pulling in big cash donations

March 28 2013 | Dallas Morning News > Education Blog
Dallas Kids First endorses Dallas ISD incumbents in school board races

Jan 7 2013 | Dallas Morning News
Editorial, Todd Williams: We are failing Dallas County's school kids

May 24 2012 | Dallas Morning News
New Dallas IDS trustees sworn in

May 13 2012 | Dallas Morning News
Editorial: Trustees’ election another step in DISD’s rising trajectory

May 12 2012 | Dallas Morning News
Micciche ousts Parrott in DISD Nutall, Jones win

Mar 28 2012 | D Magazine Frontburner
Education PAC, DallasKidsFirst, announces endorsement, gives Scorecards

Mar 28 2012 | Dallas Morning News
DallasKidsFirst PAC releases its endorsements for Dallas ISD school board

Mar 6 2012 | KERA News for North Texas
DISD's Next Leader: Superintendent Petraeus

Dec 14 2011 | Dallas Morning News > Opinion
James Ray and Ellen Wood: Let's grow the successful Teach for America corps in DISD

Dec 5 2011 | Dallas Morning News > Opinion
Bernadette Nutall: Keeping children's interests first

Nov 16 2011 | Dallas Morning News > Opinion > The Education Front Blog
Edwin Flores on DISD's new plans to evaluate teachers

Nov 9 2011 | Dallas Morning News > Opinion
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings: Next steps for building on DISD success

Oct 31 2011 | Dallas Morning News > Education > DISD Blog
Majority of DISD principals surveyed believe teachers should be evaluated based on student performance

Sept 30 2011 | Dallas Morning News > Opinion > Local Voices
Zack Hall: Your kids need you

DISD

STATE & NATIONAL

Nov 1 2011
The Nation's Report Card: Texas Snapshot Report 2011
Mathematics:  Grade 4  |  Grade 8
Reading:  Grade 4  |  Grade 8
Science: Grade 4  |  Grade 8
Writing: Grade 4  |  Grade 8
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Nov 1 2011
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Jul 2011
Data Quality Campaign
Using Data to Improve Teacher Effectiveness: A Primer for State Policymakers

May 7 2011 | LA Times
Whitepaper: The LA Times' value-added methodology used to calculate teacher effectiveness at raising test scores

RESOURCES

Oct 22 2011 | Stanford University: The Roundtable at Stanford
Redefining K-12 Education in America, before it redefines us

Sept 1 2011 | The Pew Center on the States
Transforming Public Education: Pathway to a Pre-K-12 Future

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