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    Election Day is Today! Put the Trust Back in Trustee.
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    Election Day is Today! Put the Trust Back in Trustee.

    Ignore the distractions, look at the facts, and help protect our schools. With less funding coming from the state in 2021 because of Covi...
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    Dustin Marshall Has Failed Dallas ISD Students. Period.
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Nov 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dustin Marshall Has Failed Dallas ISD Students. Period.

    If you can't run for school board trustee on a record of having improved education for Dallas ISD students, then apparently you run on yo...
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    Dallas ISD Runoff in District 2 - Early Voting Starts Tomorrow!
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dallas ISD Runoff in District 2 - Early Voting Starts Tomorrow!

    Dustin Marshall continues to boast about progress in Dallas ISD, even though by the most respected of measures the district has declined....
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    Dustin Marshall - Friend or Foe?
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dustin Marshall - Friend or Foe?

    While serving on the board of Uplift Education, Dustin Marshall forced DISD into a long-term, losing proposition.
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    Hey DISD - The CEO of the MAP Test Company Says MAP Shouldn't Be Used for Teacher Evaluations!
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Hey DISD - The CEO of the MAP Test Company Says MAP Shouldn't Be Used for Teacher Evaluations!

    The CEO of the company making the MAP test says MAP is not reliable for high-stakes purposes, such as teacher evaluation.
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    I almost forgot Dustin Marshall was Endorsed by Empower Texans
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    I almost forgot Dustin Marshall was Endorsed by Empower Texans

    The fact is Dustin Marshall was endorsed by Empower Texans. All I can say about Schutze is, "Bless your heart."
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    The New MAP of High-Stakes Testing
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    The New MAP of High-Stakes Testing

    The reality is that MAP is the tool DISD will use this year to pay teachers for standardized test scores.
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    The Stakes are High - Vote Nancy
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Sep 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Stakes are High - Vote Nancy

    This ad for Dustin Marshall came across my Facebook feed this morning. If you vote for Dustin Marshall it shouldn't be because of Mr. Hal...
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    Charter Action Alert!
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Aug 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Charter Action Alert!

    TEA Commissioner Morath just approved 8 new charters in Texas. Now the decisions go to the State Board of Education (SBOE) for review. Pl...
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    Breaking - DMN to consider a name change...Dallas Charter News
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Breaking - DMN to consider a name change...Dallas Charter News

    KIPP Academy is D rated with an F in student achievement, yet the Dallas Morning News is keen on continuing to support the charter.
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    Bye Bye TEI
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bye Bye TEI

    I always knew the Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) would die out. I just didn’t think it would take a global pandemic to make it happe...
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    New Charter Campuses Proposed in DISD Boundaries
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • May 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    New Charter Campuses Proposed in DISD Boundaries

    Waxahachie Faith Family Academy Charter (FFA) and Uplift Education Charter Schools have asked the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for approv...
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    Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • May 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

    A few years ago, I remember a friend telling me she was going to homeschool, and I distinctly remember thinking she had lost her mind. I ...
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    Other states jettison merit pay, with good reason
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Mar 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Other states jettison merit pay, with good reason

    A 2019 study found that the models measuring teachers’ effects on students’ standardized test scores were only slightly more valid than if t
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    YES to Teacher Raises
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Feb 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    YES to Teacher Raises

    Raising teacher salaries is to be congratulated. BRAVO DISD! A few clarifications and questions are in order however. 1. Teacher turnover...
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    My School Board Race Is Finally Here
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Jan 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    My School Board Race Is Finally Here

    I have been asked over and over if I am running for the Dallas ISD District 2 seat this year. This has been my intention since I lost in ...
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    A New Years "Data-Driven" Resolution
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    A New Years "Data-Driven" Resolution

    Often in education we hear the term “data-driven”, and this is supposed to reassure us that the data has been accurately analyzed. More a...
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    Reform is Working....Says Who?
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Sep 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Reform is Working....Says Who?

    We hear an awful lot about how the Dallas ISD education Reforms are working. One such Reform is the teacher evaluation system known as th...
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    Charter Partnerships - Contracts Revisited
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Charter Partnerships - Contracts Revisited

    The DISD Board approved pre-K charter partnerships in February of this year. However, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is requiring amen...
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    What Does STAAR Really Measure?
    Lori Kirkpatrick
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    What Does STAAR Really Measure?

    Recently the Dallas ISD Administration presented to the Board of Trustees a table of accomplishments from the STAAR results and several T...
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