# It’s Working!

This is a good reminder during the upcoming election season for Dustin Marshall’s DISD D2 seat now that he has two opponents. Be prepared to see the usual suspects in the biased Dallas media and fake PACs and non-profits come out in support of DM and/or Alex Enriquez over the highly qualified Nancy Rodriguez. Dallas does not value the experience of women in the area of education.

How many times can Dallas write hit pieces against black and female leaders? We’ll start with @EricCeleste #dallaslovesdudes #facialhair #broculture #thenewpatronage ‬
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2018/06/what-justin-henrys-election-means-for-disd/

I keep notes on all the biased reports and the influence on elections. A handful of education reformer dudes have direct access to the mayor, media, DISD (and now RISD) school board, and city council. 

There are too many to count against Bernadette Nutall. That poor woman was put through hell!
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-school-board-foe-of-right-wing-school-reform-takes-money-from-koch-group-10556160

Editorial board:

“In contrast, Nutall and fellow trustee Joyce Foreman have been opponents of many of the elements of the teacher pay system. They also often were unhelpful foils to an otherwise mostly unified board,  for example, pulling items from consent agendas without good reason.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/06/18/justin-henry-victor-disd-runoff-dallas-students-real-winners

“Don't let the failure of a few DISD trustees keep you from helping Dallas schools”
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/31/let-failure-disd-trustees-keep-helping-dallas-schools

Corbett Smith:
What next for struggling Dallas schools after trustees reject tax revenue plans?
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/08/24/next-struggling-dallas-schools-trustees-reject-tax-revenue-plans

Wilonsky:
“As a Dallas ISD dad, I am tired of the school board failing our kids” (he threw his classmate Audrey Pinkerton under the bus for this one!)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/24/dallas-isd-dad-am-tired-school-board-failing-kids?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1503603183

Eric Celeste:
Tomorrow DISD Trustees Decide Their Legacy
Only 158,000 kids are depending on them.
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/08/tomorrow-disd-trustees-decide-their-legacy/

Jim Schutze:
The Worst Enemies Poor Black Kids Have Are Black Dallas School Board Members
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-school-board-vote-shows-black-trustees-care-about-jobs-not-kids-9791442

Corbett Smith
'F' is for failure: Dallas ISD trustees can't agree on tax hike to send to voters
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-isd/2017/08/19/dallas-isd-trustees-agree-tax-hike-send-voters

Eric Celeste
Why You Need to Vote Yes for Three New DISD Programs
Here's everything you need to know about the proposed tax hike.
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2016/08/why-you-need-to-vote-yes-for-three-new-disd-programs/

Corbett Smith:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/04/20/16-community-groups-call-higher-taxes-improve-disd-schools

Dustin v Lori D2 School Board race:

Jim Schutze:
Attention Fellow East Dallas Hair Shirts! Don't Get Scammed in School Board Runoff
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/lori-kirkpatrick-slimes-dustin-marshall-over-vouchers-in-disd-trustee-runoff-election-9482599

Opinion
We recommend Dustin Marshall for DISD trustee, District 2
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/04/12/recommend-dustin-marshall-disd-trustee-district-2

Opinion
We recommend Dustin Marshall in DISD District 2 runoff
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/05/22/recommend-dustin-marshall-disd-district-2

Corbett Smith
Pivotal Dallas ISD trustee race heading for a runoff
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/05/06/pivotal-dallas-isd-trustee-race-close-call

Bad News: DISD Place 2 Runoff is a Trial Run for Texas Democrats in 2018
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/democratic-party-jumps-into-kirkpatrick-marshall-for-disd-district-2-runoff-9516259

Eric Celeste
Why This Dallas School Board Election Is Pivotal
DISD is making progress. But with four open trustee seats that could come to an end if voters don’t show up.
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/may/dallas-isd-school-board-election/

Corbett Smith
How Bernie's people and the DNC are getting involved in a Dallas schools election
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/05/28/party-texas-democrats-getting-involved-local-school-board-elections

Dallas County School vote:

Corbett Smith
The accusations keep coming for troubled Dallas agency
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/10/26/late-buses-kids-aisles-accusations-keep-coming-troubled-dallas-agency

Jim Schutze
On November Ballot, Chance to Kill Dallas County School District 
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/vote-against-to-shutter-dallas-county-schools-nov-7-9994116

Tim Rogers:
NBC 5 Deserves Major Props for Killing Dallas County Schools
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/11/nbc-5-deserves-major-props-for-killing-dallas-county-schools/

Attack on LWV and Susybelle Gosslee
How the League of Women Voters Fails Dallas
The group has a proud history, but it needs to change if it wants to be effective.
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/january/how-league-of-women-voters-fails-dallas/

Attacking Trustee Joyce Foreman
SAGA Pod — Jim Schutze on Texas educators dumbing down tests and Joyce Foreman
https://www.dmagazine.com/education/2015/10/saga-pod-jim-schutze-on-texas-educators-dumbing-down-tests-and-joyce-foreman/

Why Would a Trustee Lie to Us?
Fact-checking Joyce Foreman's statements on the 2015 DISD bond
https://www.dmagazine.com/education/2015/10/why-would-a-trustee-lie-to-us/

DMN Opinion
In contrast, Nutall and fellow trustee Joyce Foreman have been opponents of many of the elements of the teacher pay system. They also often were unhelpful foils to an otherwise mostly unified board,  for example, pulling items from consent agendas without good reason.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/06/18/justin-henry-victor-disd-runoff-dallas-students-real-winners

Miles support 

The Most Scandalous Thing About Mike Miles' "Scandals" Is How They're not Scandals
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-most-scandalous-thing-about-mike-miles-scandals-is-how-theyre-not-scandals-7108627

This raises a question, though. Will DISD trustees Lew Blackburn, Joyce Foreman, and Bernadette Nutall allow this to happen? Their track record suggests they won’t. 
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/08/disd-students-to-receive-school-supplies-from-mark-cuban-if-trustees-dont-stop-him/

Attack on former DISD trustee Elizabeth Jones:
Who's to Blame for all Those Top Defections at DISD? Not Mike Miles.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/whos-to-blame-for-all-those-top-defections-at-disd-not-mike-miles-7125195

Biased promotion of TEI saying, “It’s working”
http://tei.dallasisd.org/

Why DMN is Wrong to Say DISD’s Teacher Excellence Initiative Was Rushed
https://www.dmagazine.com/education/2014/08/why-dmn-is-wrong-to-say-disds-teacher-excellence-initiative-was-rushed/

Garrett Boone and Stacey Hodge: DISD’s Teacher Excellence Initiative “is working”. Don’t scrap it.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/02/09/garrett-boone-and-stacey-hodge-disds-teacher-excellence-initiative-is-working.-dont-scrap-it.

Dallas ISD's teacher evaluation and performance pay program “is working”
George Tang and Kelly Kovacic are the chairman and managing director, respectively, of Best in Class DFW. Email: info@bestinclassdfw.org (he doesn’t mention his employer, Educate Texas)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/11/08/dallas-isds-teacher-evaluation-bonus-pay-program-working

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/11/10/dallas-isds-hinojosa-teacher-eval-system-think-debate

“It’s working”
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/02/28/disd-cant-afford-water-teacher-pay-system

“It’s working” 🙄
Editorial: Teach for America is working
in Dallas
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2015/07/30/editorial-teach-for-america-is-working-in-dallas

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2019/05/14/houston-and-dallas-are-a-tale-of-two-school-districts