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KERA News
Reporter: Stella M. Chávez
Reporter: Bill Zeeble
Photographer: Lara Solt
Videographer: Sam Guzman
Managing Editor: Eric Aasen
Digital Producer: Molly Evans
Digital Coordinator: Christy Robinson
Designer/Developer: Justin Bowers
Director of Education: Kit Lively
Executive Producer: Jeff Whittington
Vice President, News: Rick Holter
About The Series
Texas is getting tough with chronically low-performing schools. A 2015 law allows the state to shut down or take over the districts of schools that for five straight years get the lowest rating: “Improvement Required.”
In this series, “The Race To Save Failing Schools,” KERA is focusing on five North Texas schools — four that have been failing for at least three years and one that was taken off the state’s list after turning things around.
KERA is exploring the effort required to bring a school up to standard and the consequences for failing from the perspectives of students, parents and educators.
The Series
- IntroductionWhen Texas Schools Don’t Make The Grade
- ChartsNorth Texas’ Struggling Schools By The Numbers
- MapA Snapshot Of North Texas Neighborhoods
- Mitchell Boulevard ElementaryStruggling Fort Worth School Reboots As An ‘Academy’
- Edison Middle SchoolDallas School To Close Even Though District Tried To Save It
- Pinkston High SchoolNow Up To Standard, Pinkston High Prepares To Absorb Failing Middle School
- John T. White ElementaryFort Worth ISD Banks On Top Teachers To Lift At-Risk Schools
- InterviewIs The Dallas School District’s ‘ACE’ Program Sustainable?
- Wimbish ElementaryUnder Pressure To Improve, Arlington School Starts With ‘Good Things’
- Video‘Just Keep My Baby Safe’: Fort Worth Family Recovers From Bullying