Perhaps one of the most famous cities in the state of Texas, Dallas has many things to recommend it. From the beautiful downtown architecture to the Dallas Cowboys football team, it seems that everything Dallas is wonderful. This includes the Dallas Schools.
Dallas Schools honored 13 schools as exemplary and 67 as recognized this past February, at an IBM Corporation-sponsored dinner. No other urban school district in Texas had a larger number of exemplary and recognized schools in 2006. In order to be rated exemplary, 90% of all students in Dallas Schools must pass all subject areas of the TAKS, officially known as the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. To earn a recognized status, 70% of all students in Dallas Schools must pass all subject areas. The students, teachers, administrators, and parents who worked hard to achieve these high Texas Education Agency rankings deserve applause and congratulations, said Dallas Schools General Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. They are an inspiration to all of us.
Improvements continue to multiply throughout Dallas Schools. This past February, additional funding was received from a new arts coalition that...