Highland Park ISD hires consulting firm to replace retiring superintendent Cathy Bryce
This will be a national search with a local flair, says the school board president. Read story.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Schools
TWU offers Spanish training for the workplace
The programs are all non-grammar based and no prior knowledge of Spanish is necessary. Read story.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Metal thieves hit Fort Worth ISD again
Almost $23,000 of metal was stolen from 14 air conditioning units at South Hills High. Read story.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Arlington ISD chief under scrutiny for lavish event spending
Hopefully, the steaks were good. Read story.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
TCU's Center for Healthy Aging seeks old farts who want to exercise
... and maybe some who don't, but ought to. Read story.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Famed UNT jazz program's chairman Neil Slater retires
Slater will continue living in Denton after retirement and maybe play some gigs at local clubs. Read story.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Irving ISD bans phones and terrorism, awards do-gooder recyclers
For those keeping score at home, school-wide recycling wins you money, while terrorism gets you, well maybe some money, but mainly in trouble. Read story.
Monday, July 7, 2008
UTD gets big cash grant from Ericsson NA - again
From start to finish (well, SWEDISH, actually), it's a great deal for students.
$100K in funds earmarked for scholarships; another $100K for MobileLab. Read story.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Dallas ISD employees fired by auto-dialer
Spruce High School employees, who may be working at an empty school next year anyway, were the ones affected. Read story.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
American Student Association of Community Colleges names Brookhaven student president
Vanessa Tapia is the first Texas student selected to be president of the ASACC. Read story.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
BKM awards new Tarrant County College scholarship
The award will cover the entire cost of tuition for two semesters. Read story.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
TWU to showcase online degree programs with July 26 information session
TWU's online degree programs provide a cost-effective solution to rising gas prices. Read story.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Dallas ISD board approves budget, changes for Spruce
The 2008-09 district budget is approximately $4 million less than what the district will spend during 2007-08. Read story.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Keller High School principal Mike Krels surprisingly reassigned
Krels became principal of the school three years ago. Read story.
Monday, June 30, 2008
UT Dallas hosting chess camp, yes, camp for chess
Organizers say "the program develops self-est..." Wait, chess? Chess camp. Chess? O-K. "...develops self-esteem," they say. Read story.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Mimir Chamber Music Festival performances begin on July 3 at TCU
From Bartok and Grieg to Shostokovich and Schubert, there'll be something on tap for everyone with a classical bent. Read story.
Friday, June 27, 2008
UPDATED: Dallas ISD board to consider massive overhaul of Spruce High School
The proposal will truncate and uproot many young saplings. Get it? Spruce jokes. Read story.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Arlington school board studies superintendent
At issue were Hector Montenegro's honoraria and travel expenses. Read story.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Dallas ISD, Reliant Energy, and the Texas Rangers to host baseball clinic Saturday
The partnership will kick off at a new baseball field. Read story.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
RadioShack assigns Fort Worth HQ lease to Tarrant County College District
TCC is also acquiring the surrounding land owned by RadioShack as well as the RadioShack retail store connected to the complex. Read story.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tarrant County College District purchases Radio Shack
Tarrant County College District expands to downtown Forth Worth with purchase of Radio Shack. Read story.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
UPDATED: Hurst to consider banning phones in school zones, banning them real good
"I've got two iPod mini's at home," said a distraught cellular phone. "What the hell am I gonna do now?" Read story.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Duncanville High grad wins national debate tournament
Kevin Eaton earned the First Place trophy for Student Congress competition in the National Forensic League’s National Speech and Debate Tournament. Read story.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
UNT Dallas names two top officials
Peter Pincemin Johnstone was named chief executive officer, while Maxine Rogers was named director of finance and administration. Read story.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Keep Coppell Beautiful youth advisor receives leadership award
James Halpin worked hard to get his fellow students in a recycling frame of mind. Read story.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
TWU Chancellor Ann Stuart named Woman of Distinction
Every other year, AAUW and TWU co-sponsor the Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics conference, which showcases math and science careers to more than 400 middle school girls in the DFW area. Read story.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
TWU Commuter NET program receives national recognition
About 83 percent of students on the Denton campus are commuter students. Read story.
Monday, June 23, 2008
McKinney ISD installs new security system at all schools
The new Raptor V-Soft visitor identification program was installed to continue to build upon the district’s student safety and security plan. Read story.
Monday, June 23, 2008
UT Dallas researchers plan voyage near the bottom of the sea
An undersea voyage next month will give explorers at UT Dallas a chance to study rocks exposed in the Mariana Trench, the world’s deepest geologic formation.
Read story.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Dallas-based Tyler Technologies wins $4.7 million contract with Fort Worth ISD
Fort Worth ISD is the largest in the nation in terms of student population. Read story.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Alliance/American Federation of Teachers uncovers possible budget items where dollars could be found for a Dallas ISD employee pay raise
In light of recent plans by DISD Administration to cut teacher and support employee salary, Alliance-AFT hd their own homework to do. Read story.
Friday, June 20, 2008
SMU and University Park may allow 3 person panel to decide Potomac Park's value
Since the town approved the park's sale to build the Bush Library, its appraised value has jumped. Read story.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Common sense trumps spin at Lancaster ISD meeting
The Lancaster ISD Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to hire an investigator regarding allegations about Superintendent Larry Lewis and against a public reprimand of President Carolyn Morris. Read story.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Fort Worth ISD offers reward in metals theft case
$5000 is being offered for information about the theft at Polytechnic High. The stolen metal was worth $132,000. Read story.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Buildings on TCU campus in Fort Worth to be razed for construction of new building
The buildings will be dismantled piece by piece using equipment with a "claw" to remove the debris. Read story.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approves management oversight
Management oversight workshops will soon be conducted. Read story.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
UPDATED: Garland to host public hearing over cell phones in school zones
With other cities banning the phones around schools, one can assume the Garland folk is looking into the same.
Read story.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Collin Theatre Center announces 2008-2009 season
And opening this week is their summer Shakespeare show, The Comedy of Errors. Read story.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Meadows Foundation contributes $1 million to Texas Woman's University
The new Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center combines TWU's Parkland and Presbyterian sites into a dynamic campus-in-one building at the Parkland location. Read story.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Central staff changes at Dallas ISD
Arnold Viramontes Named Acting Chief of Staff
Dallas Independent School District Superintendent of Schools Michael Hinojosa named Arnold Viramontes, current Chief Transformation Officer, as Acting Chief of Staff. Read story.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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