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Dr. Maxwell C. Scarlett's biography is punctuated by firsts.
This week lawmakers will examine one of the most expensive and controversial questions facing school districts: what to do with undisciplined kids.
Newly hired Dallas School District Superintendent Mike Miles signed a contract that will pay him $300,000 yearly for the next three years. And also inside that contract are incentive offers that provide up to $250,000 more in yearly payments.
Dallas County Schools, the agency that runs the school buses transporting students to and from class, wants to create its own police force. The goal of the agency? To crack down on drivers running past stopped buses.
The man who made sweeping changes in Colorado schools is expected to bring the same brand of education reform the DISD.
More than 800 students from Cedar Hill are set to showcase their abilities in Dallas. That's just one of many weekend events across North Texas.
The Dallas Independent School District has officially hired educator Mike Miles to head the state's second largest district.
Dallas ISD Superintendent finalist Mike Miles will face a final board vote Thursday evening. With board approval, Miles will become the new Superintendent of Schools for the second largest school system in Texas. His salary, however, may top all other Texas school leaders' compensation.
The parents of a special needs child say their 10-year-old was restrained on the school bus on the way home.
A Crowley Independent School District bus driver was fired Tuesday for ordering 30 children to walk home after the bus broke down last week.
Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at West Texas A&M University to benefit a monument to the heroes of September 11.
The State Board of Education unanimously approved new math curriculum standards with little debate or fanfare on Friday.
The Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival is bringing artists of all ages to Cowtown, including some very talented elementary school students.
Texas' new set of proposed K-12 math curriculum standards are drawing fire from an influential business organization and others who say they aren't rigorous enough.
A Highland Village kindergarten teacher is taking sacrifice to a whole new level. CBS 11's J.D. Miles shows how the teacher is going the extra mile for one of her student's parents.