In 2012 Dallas ISD
had improved enough, and public agency transparency had advanced enough, that
how terrible things had been for a very long time in DISD was exposed more than
ever. The Dallas Mayor and others fixated on the bad news while failing to adequately
study the record setting DISD improvements since 2006.
A tragedy was about to happen! The structure that led to the 2006-2012 progress (shown in record setting improvements in both graduation numbers and statewide test scores through 2013) was replaced with the disaster reflected in these charts. Both graduation numbers and test scores fell.
A tragedy was about to happen! The structure that led to the 2006-2012 progress (shown in record setting improvements in both graduation numbers and statewide test scores through 2013) was replaced with the disaster reflected in these charts. Both graduation numbers and test scores fell.
How long before the people of Dallas, and the leaders of Dallas, admit what has happened? What is that delay in admitting a severe mistake costing our students?
While this tragedy was unfolding in DISD those supporting the
main leader in the dismantling of DISD, Mike Miles, began an active cherry
picking campaign of pointing to the achievements of subgroups within the Dallas
ISD student body who were making progress. They were presenting this to
the Mayor and the public as evidence of progress. These defenders of Mike
Miles refused to look at the numbers for the entire DISD student body.
They clung to cherry picked subgroups with indications of progress.
They would not even discuss the meaning of record numbers of
PEG campuses within DISD.
The evidence of what happened under the leadership of Mike Miles is increasingly hard for the Dallas Morning News and other Dallas Leaders to ignore. The name of Mike Miles is slowly disappearing from editorials and articles in the Dallas Morning News. It only remains in the comment sections where the public has not forgotten. The editorial supporting the Mike Morath nomination for Texas Education Commissioner did not even mention the name Mike Miles! Since Mike Morath was the strongest supporter of Mike Miles on the DISD Board, this is exceptionally interesting. What is the Dallas Morning News saying?
The evidence of what happened under the leadership of Mike Miles is increasingly hard for the Dallas Morning News and other Dallas Leaders to ignore. The name of Mike Miles is slowly disappearing from editorials and articles in the Dallas Morning News. It only remains in the comment sections where the public has not forgotten. The editorial supporting the Mike Morath nomination for Texas Education Commissioner did not even mention the name Mike Miles! Since Mike Morath was the strongest supporter of Mike Miles on the DISD Board, this is exceptionally interesting. What is the Dallas Morning News saying?
