Lori Kirkpatrick
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...
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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...
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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...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Mar 5, 2019
- 3 min
DISD Charter Partnership Passes 5-3
While the passing of charter partnerships in Dallas ISD is a huge disappointment, the January and February Board meetings and briefings...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
DISD Charter Partnership
This Thursday February 28th at the Dallas ISD Board meeting, there will be a vote on agenda item 7.03: CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Feb 11, 2019
- 2 min
Private Partnership Charter
Dallas ISD has scheduled four simultaneous community meetings on February 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm (see below) regarding the proposed policy...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Jan 21, 2019
- 1 min
Urgent Call to Action
Calling all Dallas public education advocates, we need you to act NOW. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees will be meeting and voting on...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Jan 16, 2019
- 2 min
Wanted - Fact Checker
Dallas Kids First (DKF), a local political action committee says they are dedicated to electing education Reform trustees to the Board of...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Nov 26, 2018
- 3 min
TEI (aka) The Teacher Exit Initiative.
I received this letter on July 27, 2018. Other than creating paragraphs, correcting one typo, and explaining the abbreviation DTR it is...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Oct 15, 2018
- 2 min
Mo Money - to TRE or not to TRE
Many folks are asking about the pros and cons of the Dallas ISD Tax Ratification Election (TRE) that is on the November 6th ballot. While...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 28, 2018
- 2 min
The Solution
The past couple of days I have blogged about recapture funding, the tax ratification election (TRE), and charter schools – what is the...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 27, 2018
- 1 min
What's So Hard About A Resolution?
Dallas ISD is asking the taxpayers for a tax hike in the form of a Tax Ratification Election (TRE). On its website the District claims...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 20, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
TEI Myth: TEI is needed to identify highly effective teachers. FACT: Master teachers and principals are capable of identifying the most...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 19, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
TEI Myth: DISD Turnover has been 14% with the TEI. Source: Dallas ISD, TEI: 2017 Overview and Update (November 2017, Presentation to the...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 18, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
TEI Myth: TEI is a great recruiting tool. FACT: TEI attracts new and inexperienced teachers, and encourages the exit of experienced...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 17, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
TEI Myth: TEI is a valid tool for evaluating teachers. FACT: The RAND corporation, in a study released in 2018, concluded that a...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 16, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
TEI Myth: Over 90% of teachers received a salary increase for the 2017-18 school year. FACT: Although technically a true statement,...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 15, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
The Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) scorecards for Dallas ISD teachers were released to some teachers this week. However, do to a...
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
Examining the Teacher Excellence Initiative and Accelerated Campus Excellence Program
Stay up to date about TEI and ACE: Examining the Teacher Excellence Initiative and Accelerated Campus Excellence Program #TEI #ACE #meritpay
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Lori Kirkpatrick
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
TEI Myth of the Day
The Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) scorecards come out today for Dallas ISD teachers. On these cards is a summary of the teacher’s...
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