While the Texas Education Agency continues to keep the latest accountability reports for the state's public school systems under wraps due to a lawsuit, The Dallas Express is putting a spotlight on...
DISD Lawsuit Keeps Accountability Data From Parents
A lawsuit filed by school systems including Dallas ISD against the TEA has delayed student data, leaving DX unable to determine its latest Bad Apple.
Dallas ISD High School Logs Alarming Results
As 2022-2023 school year accountability scores remain under wraps due to litigation, The Dallas Express is spotlighting some of the campuses where students have historically been unable to receive a...
DISD Elementary Schools Flounder in Johnson’s District
While Dallas ISD continues its legal effort to keep the latest state accountability reports from being released, The Dallas Express is putting a spotlight on some of the campuses struggling to...
‘Bad Apple’ Maxie Johnson Abandons 8,160 Students
The 8,160 students attending failing schools in Dallas ISD Trustee Maxie Johnson’s education district have made him this quarter’s Bad Apple.
Enrollment at DISD Elementary School Falls
John Q. Adams Elementary saw a drop in enrollment of roughly 12% since the 2021-2022 school year. The campus is located at 7852 Umphress Rd in southeastern Dallas, in Trustee Camile D. White's...
‘Bad Apple’ Camile White Abandons 10,043 Students
Thousands of students in DISD District 4 were left in failing schools last year as support for school choice legislation soars across Texas.
South Dallas High School Logs Low Scores
The Dallas Express looked into the student achievement data behind the worst-performing high school in Bad Apple Justin Henry's education district in Dallas ISD, where one subject saw a rate of...
Bad Apple Justin Henry’s Worst School
The Dallas Express takes a look at the worst-performing school represented by this quarter’s Bad Apple, Dallas ISD school board member Justin Henry.
‘Bad Apple’ Justin Henry Abandons 10,000 Students
Seventeen of Justin Henry’s schools logged F or D student achievement scores last school year, the most of any DISD trustee.
Many of Our Public Schools Are Terrible
The Dallas Express is launching a new “Bad Apple” feature to shed light on the DISD trustees most responsible for failing Dallas schools.
