The Race To Save Failing Schools North Texas schools on the “Improvement Required” list face mounting pressure to meet state standards. A project by Stella M. Chávez, Bill Zeeble, Molly Evans, Christy Robinson and Justin Bowers Scroll Down
The art class room at L.G. Pinkston High School in Dallas on April 4, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Introduction April 16, 2018 When Texas Schools Don’t Make The Grade By Molly Evans
Eighth-grader Alexis Viviana Razo during a reading class at Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center in Dallas on March 28, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Charts April 17, 2018 North Texas’ Struggling Schools By The Numbers By Christy Robinson, Molly Evans
Marjorie Garay works with fourth-graders (from left) Katanga Minimums, Andre Gill and Lance Moss on April 3, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Mitchell Boulevard Elementary April 30, 2018 Struggling Fort Worth School Reboots As An ‘Academy’ By Stella M. Chávez
Principal Earl Gilmore welcomes Edison students on the first day of STAAR testing on April 10, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Edison Middle School May 7, 2018 Dallas School To Close Even Though District Tried To Save It By Bill Zeeble
Tenth-graders Sergio Aguero (left) and Eduardo Gonzalez (right) work on projects in the art classroom at Pinkston High School in Dallas on April 4, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Pinkston High School May 14, 2018 Now Up To Standard, Pinkston High Prepares To Absorb Failing Middle School By Bill Zeeble
John T. White Elementary School in Fort Worth on April 20, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt John T. White Elementary May 21, 2018 Fort Worth ISD Banks On Top Teachers To Lift At-Risk Schools By Molly Evans, Stella M. Chávez
The courtyard at Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center in Dallas on March 28, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Interview May 23, 2018 Is The Dallas School District’s ‘ACE’ Program Sustainable? By Krystina Martinez
Students participate in a sack race during Field Day at Wimbish Elementary on May 18, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Wimbish Elementary May 28, 2018 Under Pressure To Improve, Arlington School Starts With ‘Good Things’ By Stella M. Chávez
Mitchell Boulevard Elementary School in Fort Worth on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Photo: Lara Solt Video May 30, 2018 ‘Just Keep My Baby Safe’: Fort Worth Family Recovers From Bullying By Samantha Guzman