Stories from 2005

• 12.13.05 U.S. Justice allows dissolution of W-H district; Scandal-plagued district is set to merge with DISD schools July 1 posted in DMN | Education
• 12.12.05 Column: If home-schooling counts, make it accountable posted in DMN | Education
• 12.05.05 Hundreds mourn fallen FW officer; Kid who played cops and robbers became dedicated policeman posted in DMN | Miscellaneous
• 11.23.05 Districts wanted more from court; While some thrilled, many fear funding won’t be boosted posted in DMN | Education
• 11.13.05 TAKS welcomes three new additions to the family; Tests are state’s attempt to satisfy federal special-ed requirements posted in DMN | Education
• 11.08.05 Missing: 20,000 standardized tests; Of statewide total, DISD leads in exams lost, mostly TAKS posted in DMN | Education
• 10.31.05 Column: Doesn’t take a genius to see that China’s catching up posted in DMN | Int'l & Terrorism
• 10.28.05 Students: Dress not offensive; Some say high school’s theme days crossed racial line posted in DMN | Education
• 09.19.05 Column: TAKS push not so equal posted in DMN | Education
• 09.16.05 Funds misspent, school audit finds; Money for kids used for love seat, locksmith posted in DMN | Education
• 09.14.05 W-H board OKs bond plan, tax-rate vote; Action comes despite collapse of district, lack of students posted in DMN | Education
• 09.13.05 Wilmer-Hutchins maintains sliver of hope; Board of troubled district might seek tax hike to build schools posted in DMN | Education
• 09.11.05 Poor scores for urban schools; Jonathan Kozol finds segregation persists, shortchanging kids posted in DMN | Education
• 09.10.05 Baylor extends search for president; Interim leader removes his candidacy, delaying vote at regents’ meeting posted in DMN | Education
• 09.09.05 Wilmer-Hutchins High set to house evacuees; Superintendent says area near gym is in acceptable condition posted in DMN | Education
• 09.03.05 State to dissolve W-H district; Merger with DISD needs OK from Justice Department posted in DMN | Education
• 09.01.05 A new twist on transfers; Districts waiving admission rules for displaced children posted in DMN | Education
• 08.22.05 Column: Throngs of teachers retiring, and that’s not such a bad thing posted in DMN | Education
• 08.12.05 Failing schools to pay tutors; Help set for low-income students at 11 DISD sites with poor federal ratings posted in DMN | Education
• 07.28.05 W-H seniors get wish granted; DISD: Group to attend S. Oak Cliff; 25 schools to be youths’ new homes posted in DMN | Education
• 07.27.05 Suit over trustees’ removal dismissed; Wilmer-Hutchins ISD: Plaintiffs had argued official had no right posted in DMN | Education
• 07.26.05 DISD backs W-H deal; Southern Dallas schools to absorb kids; Wilmer might sell campuses posted in DMN | Education
• 07.20.05 Firm to look for TAKS cheating; Company says it will search for patterns in Texas students’ results posted in DMN | Education
• 07.16.05 Suit seeks to return W-H teachers, board; Ex-principal says state law gives district more time to fix problems posted in DMN | Education
• 07.15.05 A family on both sides of district’s demise; Pioneer fought to save W-H; granddaughter cast key vote to close it posted in DMN | Education
• 07.15.05 W-H schools may be up for sale; State agency trying to sell campuses, pay Dallas to educate its students posted in DMN | Education
• 07.15.05 Decrepit conditions will keep high school closed if DISD takes over posted in DMN | Education
• 07.08.05 DISD open to W-H merger; Trustees amenable to plan – as long as it doesn’t cost them posted in DMN | Education
• 07.07.05 W-H’s fate in DISD’s hands; Trustees to discuss whether to take in ailing district’s students posted in DMN | Education
• 06.29.05 Some in Lancaster rail against helping W-H; ‘Take care of our own first’ the message as 200 gather for merger hearing posted in DMN | Education
• 06.29.05 Questions and answers on Wilmer-Hutchins district; Future of students, staff at shuttered schools remains uncertain posted in DMN | Education
• 06.28.05 Wilmer-Hutchins closing for a year; District employees out of jobs; where students will go is undecided posted in DMN | Education
• 06.27.05 Column: Can cash buy good schools? posted in DMN | Education
• 06.21.05 W-H puts off decision; Meeting turns raucous over proposal to merge with Lancaster posted in DMN | Education
• 06.17.05 W-H nears a decision on its fate; District might shut down this year or next, send kids to DISD, Lancaster posted in DMN | Education
• 06.09.05 15% of fifth-graders down to one last chance on TAKS; Final shot to move on is this month; districts vow an all-out effort posted in DMN | Education
• 06.01.05 Troubled district may be out of options; Wilmer-Hutchins: State opposes tax election, cites lack of trust posted in DMN | Education
• 05.28.05 W-H, bank urged to resolve debt outside court; With $70 to its name, troubled district can’t pay $2.8 million loan posted in DMN | Education
• 05.25.05 District seeks help from Austin, voters; If all else fails, students could be sent to other districts posted in DMN | Education
• 05.24.05 Teachers file suit to secure paychecks, come what may posted in DMN | Education
• 05.23.05 Spiritual payback; Foreign priests want to fill need – if Americans let them posted in DMN | Int'l & Terrorism
• 05.22.05 Moved by the Spirit; Nigerians blend Catholicism, traditional beliefs posted in DMN | Int'l & Terrorism
• 05.21.05 Southern cross; Far from the cathedrals of Europe, global demographics are inexorably changing the face of Christianity posted in DMN | Int'l & Terrorism
• 05.13.05 W-H gets new leaders; State ousts trustees, picks manager board and superintendent posted in DMN | Education
• 05.10.05 Tough choices ahead in Wilmer-Hutchins; State hopes panel dissolves district before big budget cuts kick in posted in DMN | Education
• 05.01.05 Refusing to forget Vietnam; Local immigrants give thanks for lives here, feel for hardship there posted in DMN | Miscellaneous
• 04.20.05 Nigerian nuns happy with German pope; Sisters had rooted for African cardinal but weren’t disappointed posted in DMN | Int'l & Terrorism
• 04.06.05 State stiffens school ratings; Many more will be ‘unacceptable’; bill could spur privatization posted in DMN | Education
• 04.05.05 W-H cancels meeting; But state overseers gather, rehire interim superintendent posted in DMN | Education
• 04.04.05 Column: History teacher cut from starting lineup posted in DMN | Education
• 04.02.05 State back in charge of W-H school district; Court order overturned; more changes ahead as fired chief plans return posted in DMN | Education
• 03.31.05 State acts to regain oversight of W-H; Abbott asks court to negate order barring TEA team from action posted in DMN | Education
• 03.30.05 TEA plans reply to W-H and judge; Injunction that allowed chief to be fired may be appealed; trustee quits posted in DMN | Education
• 03.23.05 Ex-chief of W-H indicted; Attorney denies fired superintendent falsified district attendance data posted in DMN | Education
• 03.23.05 TEA plan would fail more schools; 92 rated unacceptable now; number could climb over 1,000 posted in DMN | Education
• 03.22.05 State to dissolve W-H school board; TEA report says more than 20 educators gave students TAKS answers posted in DMN | Education
• 03.12.05 New TAKS scores worry school officials; 1 of 4 fifth-graders fails reading, but districts may still promote posted in DMN | Education
• 03.07.05 Column: Standardized essay might be formula for bad writing posted in DMN | Education
• 03.04.05 W-H board could face removal, report says; Officials suggest review in May; president calls criticism a conspiracy posted in DMN | Education
• 02.23.05 Monitors descend for TAKS testing; 70 at Wilmer-Hutchins called agency’s biggest anti-cheating effort ever posted in DMN | Education
• 01.15.05 W-H pay lapses detailed; Report: At least 1 former employee kept getting money posted in DMN | Education
• 01.11.05 State plans TAKS cheating inquiry; TEA also will hire expert to help prevent, detect deceit posted in DMN | Education
• 01.08.05 DISD probing TAKS scores; FW also joins Houston in investigating schools that might have cheated posted in DMN | Education
• 01.07.05 Houston district says monitors will police TAKS testing; Move follows evidence that educators helped students cheat posted in DMN | Education