DISD also needs business leaders and Democratic reformers stepping forward
Dr. Michael Hinojosa promised the Broad Prize for Dallas by 2010 The school district didn't get it and then he said he really meant 2011.
It was a weird set of circumstances last week for the district. The question now is what should it do going forward?\
We addressed this challenge in an editorial today, outlining benchmarks for Hinojosa and the district to meet over the next two years. And we had a discussion about Hinojosa's future last week on our Opinion blog.
Here are a couple of other elements I'd like to add to that discussion:
No matter who's the superintendent here, Dallas needs the business community to step forward more than it has.
Yes, we had Dallas Achieves, which businessman Don Williams (a Belo board member) helped lead. And Jack Lowe, head of TD Industries, sits on the Dallas school board. But we need more than those folks. We need
It was a weird set of circumstances last week for the district. The question now is what should it do going forward?\
We addressed this challenge in an editorial today, outlining benchmarks for Hinojosa and the district to meet over the next two years. And we had a discussion about Hinojosa's future last week on our Opinion blog.
Here are a couple of other elements I'd like to add to that discussion:
No matter who's the superintendent here, Dallas needs the business community to step forward more than it has.
Yes, we had Dallas Achieves, which businessman Don Williams (a Belo board member) helped lead. And Jack Lowe, head of TD Industries, sits on the Dallas school board. But we need more than those folks. We need
