Miles, Marian Willard and an Athletics Scandal
In a bold and courageous move, Miles waited until the Friday that school got out to fire 15 people implicated in an athletics scandal that stretches back at least 2 years. My first question is this:...
View ArticleDallas ISD and the Border Children Crisis
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins recently announced that Dallas County will “house and care for as many as 2,000 children who crossed the Mexico-U.S. border alone.” Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles...
View ArticleDISD Students Suffer Again Under Miles’ Administration
A cheating scandal at Umphrey Lee Elementary School has been made public. The DMN seems to only want to point fingers at the teachers, but the rest of us plebes know that the real scandal is (again)...
View ArticleDr. Dryden Speaks to the DISD Board of Trustees
Text of comments by Michael A. Dryden, LLC to the Dallas ISD board of trustees at the regular board meeting on Thursday, August 28, 2014. Reprinted with permission from the author. Good evening, Dallas...
View ArticlePhilanthropists Should Shun DISD
30 years ago or so, all sorts of companies and investors did business in South Africa, which was led by the criminal, corrupt, apartheid government of South Africa. The South African government...
View ArticleSize Does Matter in Dallas ISD
“We cannot continue to give away our responsibilities as a board.” That was trustee Joyce Foreman’s remark at the November board briefing discussion on the acceptance of gifts to the district. Current...
View ArticleDISD Principals: Don’t Touch My Child
After reading and thinking about recent comments on this blog and another, I am increasingly horrified by the revelations that many principals in DISD are jumping on the fad bandwagon and requiring...
View ArticleDisruptive Change Rains Down on Dealey
It looks like yet another set of DISD parents didn’t get the memo: Mike Miles is to be both overpaid and obeyed. No questions asked; no opposition brooked. His way or the highway. Dealey parents seem...
View ArticleDISD Teachers Await Climate Survey Results
DISD campus administrators have been informed of the Fall Climate Survey results for their campus. In other words, the results are in and teachers want to see them. DISD teachers completed the Fall...
View ArticleThe Minotaur is Dead. Now How Do We Get Out of the Labyrinth?
When I thought about the precarious position in which DISD teachers find themselves again this year, my imagination took me to the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the dreaded monster King Minos had...
View Article2 Steps in the Right Direction
Now that the bond has passed and I’m no longer in any danger of being fired or sued or harassed for getting between bond beneficiaries and their Benjamin’s, let’s get back to the serious business of...
View ArticleDr. Michael A Dryden Weighs in on TEI with Six Major Concerns
There seems to be a recent push to validate the TEI through the media and not research with some dubious claims that are not supported by proper data analysis. Therefore I want to recommend some data...
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