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Do magnets hurt neighborhood schools?

A few weeks ago, district trustees got a progress report on Dallas Achieves. The presentation raised the notion that some of DISD’s high schools are being held back because magnet schools siphon off their best students. We decided to check…


Skyline not giving up magnets without a fight

Skyline High supporters are trying to head off a move to shift some high-caliber academic programs to Conrad High next school year. Parents are trying to get the attention of administrators, teachers have written to trustees and students today are…


Facebook, Dallas ISD style

Local kids have populated the upstart social networking site Facebook with several DISD-specific pages and groups. Some are silly, like the one devoted to kids who profess to “hate Skyline High school.” Another mocks the drug “cheese” and the district’s…

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