Michael Dryden, PhDJun 25, 20182 minTEI or How to Insult a Real TeacherMy disdain for The Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) is obvious. As a former science and math teacher I find the TEI process both...
Michael Dryden, PhDJun 24, 20182 minTEI or How to Insult a Real TeacherMy disdain for The Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) is obvious. As a former science and math teacher I find the TEI process both...
Lori KirkpatrickJun 4, 20182 minRunoff, Recapture and EnrollmentWhile testifying in Austin before the Texas Commission on Public School Finance earlier this year, I heard a school superintendent recall...
Lori KirkpatrickMay 22, 20183 minTEI Favors Choice SchoolsAlgorithms are Opinions Embedded in Code I have been very vocal about the destructive Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) in Dallas ISD....
Lori KirkpatrickMay 2, 20182 minDKF At It AgainMoney is power, the power of Education Reformers to elect privatization friendly candidates to our local school board and Dallas Kids...
Lori KirkpatrickApr 21, 20183 minI Have Nothing Against Charters, No Really!I am about to say something that I’m guessing many of you will find truly shocking. I have nothing against charter or private schools....
Michael Dryden, PhD and Lori KirkpatrickApr 18, 20182 minACE is the place for hardware, but for DISD schools maybe not so much.The ACE program is being heralded by Dallas ISD and by some in the business community as a successful program to remove struggling...
Lori KirkpatrickApr 17, 20181 minWho's electing DISD Trustees 2018? Same Reformers as 2017Dallas Kids First (DKF) candidates are bought and paid for by corporate education Reform money, period. Here’s who’s electing your DISD...
Lori KirkpatrickApr 12, 20181 minChildren Define the DataWe are headed in the wrong direction. It’s time to turn this ship around and sail to the proper port (or some such metaphor). The...
Lori KirkpatrickMar 12, 20181 minWho gets evaluated like this? Dallas ISD teachers that's who. TEI revealedImagine this for a moment: Your employer presented a 49 page document explaining how your annual evaluation was going to be handled. The...
Lori KirkpatrickJan 27, 20183 minCAMPing season is just around the corner, watch out for snakes in the grassThe Campaign Activity Management Program, or CAMP, is the latest in a series of fellowship programs to pop up in Dallas, Texas under the...
Lori KirkpatrickOct 24, 20175 minMarshall Law and the Texas Two-StepThe Trustee seat for District 2 of the Dallas ISD was an open seat in both 2016 and 2017, or so we thought. The seat was vacated early in...
Lori KirkpatrickSep 24, 20171 minFriends of Texas Public Schools Founder Scott Milder Speaks OutIn a recent editorial founder and CEO of Friends of Texas Public Schools Scott Milder speaks out about the harsh reality surrounding...
Lori KirkpatrickAug 9, 20171 minAn Average Teacher - Really?Mark Harrington is a 23 year veteran teacher with Dallas ISD since 1999. He chairs the Social Studies Department, has developed...
Lori KirkpatrickJul 23, 20171 minBack to School - DONATE to DISDThe dog days of summer are here and believe it or not it's time to start preparing for the start of a new school year. This social media...
Lori KirkpatrickJun 26, 20173 minFacts MatterThere have been a couple of articles written recently in the local papers that just weren’t quite accurate and omitted some very...
Lori KirkpatrickJun 12, 20171 minThank you!When I look back on the past 5 months, there is only one word that comes to mind: grateful! I am so grateful for this opportunity to...
Lori KirkpatrickJun 8, 20172 minHome rule charter.... far-fetched?PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK and we need not look all the way to the state or national levels of education policy to see this. As is...
Lori KirkpatrickJun 3, 20172 minFact Check: Merit-Based Pay, ACE, and other claimsCLAIM: In a Dallas Observer article on 5/31, Mr. Schutze references an interview with Gilberto Hinojosa which incorrectly states my...
Lori KirkpatrickMay 31, 20172 minSupporting Teachers and Building Our FutureI want teachers to be able to teach children to think critically, to captivate their love of learning, and to nurture the creativity and...