The gravity of the list collected below has led to this petition started this week by a DISD high school student who is exceptionally well informed and articulate about DISD issues. Read their statement on the petition web site. Please support this DISD High School student in his plea to the Trustees!
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Dallas ISD officials deny misleading trustees in hiring request
Some trustees remain skeptical about whether they were told the truth about the need to to approve $6.4 million to hire 137 teachers last fall.
Some trustees remain skeptical about whether they were told the truth about the need to to approve $6.4 million to hire 137 teachers last fall.
TEA faults Dallas ISD for poor background check process
The state agency recommends sending a monitor to the district to ensure hiring procedures are followed, including the required fingerprinting.
2-25-2015
Black students in Dallas ISD suspended at disproportionate rate
2-25-2015
Black students in Dallas ISD suspended at disproportionate rate
About a quarter of black students in middle school and high school in Dallas ISD were suspended in the 2011-12 school year, according to a new report.
Starfish and streetlights: Using data to evaluate public education in Dallas
Those of us who use data as a lens to evaluate the school system have to be careful not to put too much weight on Streetlight Data and not to undervalue Starfish Data.
3 Dallas ISD trustees want to discuss firing Superintendent Mike Miles (Note over 450 comments!)
The trustees question whether district leaders misled them in October about the need for $6.4 million to hire more teachers.
The trustees question whether district leaders misled them in October about the need for $6.4 million to hire more teachers.
2-22-2015
Instant messages raise concerns about $6.4M for new teachers
Some Dallas school board members question whether administrators misled the board about the need for more teachers.
2-17-2015
Dallas ISD auditor launches investigations of HR department
The findings by a former U.S. attorney raise questions about Superintendent Mike Miles’ role in starting the investigation.
DISD auditor says he shared HR officials' disparaging messages in hopes Miles would act
During the Dallas ISD school board's hours-long meeting Monday night, trustees honed in on the timeline of when the district's internal audit department began its review of top human resources officials and when it notified Superintendent Mike Miles.
Anyone who finds mistakes in this data below is encouraged to review the data sources and contact bbetzen@aol.com with your findings and/or concerns.
- Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 5% fewer schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% more. (T.E.A. 8-7-14, see links below.)
- College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when 195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14, see links below.)
- Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. (See page 4 of 5-22-14 STAAR Report at https://mydata.dallasisd.org/docs/STAAR2014/2014_STAAR_38_AD1_PERCENT_LVL2_DISTRICT_C.pdf .) A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
- Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class. (See chart below for more details.)
- Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10. (DISD records)
- Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only 16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
- Needed Public Debate: This data must be presented and debated in Dallas public meetings! The public must be allowed to ask questions, especially to explore the truth of "data cherry picking" allegations that demand more exploration.
- Letters sent to the Dallas Board of Trustees:
Progress will only resume with more DISD openness to public involvement, similar to 2005-2007, when the seeds for these 5 years of record progress were planted within a unified DISD!
When it says "see below" above you can go to http://www.dallasisd.us and go to that section on the page given for those details and data sources. Each of the above 8 areas are outlined in much more detail with links to the data.
These facts document some of the destruction under Mr. Miles:
1) Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
1) Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
These facts document some of the destruction under Mr. Miles:
1) Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
1) Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
These facts document some of the destruction under Mr. Miles:
1) Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
1) Texas Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
Education Agency School Ratings: With 9 more DISD schools rated "Improvement Required" in 2014 (43) that in 2013 (34), Dallas has the sad distinction of deteriorating with more new failing schools than any district in Texas! The rest of Texas improved with 4% FEWER schools rated “improvement required” while DISD had 26% MORE. (T.E.A. 8-7-14)
2) College Readiness: The number of SAT “college ready” scores above 990 went down for the first time in DISD history with the Class of 2014 when195 fewer DISD students received scores above 990 than in 2013. This was a drop of 16%, from 1,212 to 1,017. (D.M.N. 6-23-14)
3) Academic Issues: The percentage of the 65,000 third through 8th grade students with passing grades on STAAR tests went down an average of 3 percentage points the spring of 2014 compared to the spring of 2013 in 4 out of 5 subjects. The Minority Achievement Gap grew. TEA did not raise passing standards for 2014. A higher percentage of DISD students failed in every subject in 2013/14 compared with the rest of Texas!
4) Graduation Issues: The Dallas ISD Class of 2014 was 427 students smaller than the Class of 2013. The Class of 2014 was the first graduation class in 7 years that was not larger than the previous years’ graduation class, the same pattern Mr. Miles had in Colorado!
5) Discipline Issues: Total discipline problems increased 26% during 2012/13 school year. The shift in 2013/14 to out of school suspensions continued while in school suspensions dropped to the lowest level on record, less than a third of what they were prior to 2009/10.
6) Teacher Turnover Issues: Since 2010/11 teacher turnover percentages have increased over 120%, going from 12.9% to 28.5% by 2013/14. The 2014/15 school year began with DISD having the highest percentage of new, 1st year teachers in DISD History! As of 8-18-14 there are 3,343 out of 10,197 DISD teachers who have one year or less with Dallas ISD. (DISD records) Related to this are an accompanying explosion of the highest number (174) of $100,000+ administrative positions in the history of DISD. From 8-18-14, when there were reportedly only16 teacher vacancies, to 10-31-14 DISD hired 375 new staff as teachers but still had 233 vacancies. This calculates to over 11 teachers resigning each school day!
The above facts and others are documented and linked to sources at www.dallasisd.us Your comments and corrections are welcomed!
