We’ve come to our final episode of The Uninformed Parent. In an event hosted by Heritage Oak Cliff, I was invited to moderate a panel about public school choice. The panel consisted of Angie Gaylord, Dallas ISD’s Deputy Chief of Transformation and Innovation, and two neighborhood parents: Andy Ramirez and Kay Wood. Our conversation [...]

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Sacha Rappmund started kindergarten at Hogg Elementary last fall. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio) In this episode of The Uninformed Parent, I circled back to Denise Rappmund, whose story began this podcast series  Choosing where her son would start his education was an anxiety-filled decision for her, as it is for many parents. [...]

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In this episode of The Uninformed Parent, I spoke with Laura Corkery, mother to a 5-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy who currently attend private primary school Springhill Montessori together. Next year though, the siblings are parting ways, as her daughter will be attending Harry Stone Montessori, a public Dallas ISD school, for first grade. [...]

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In this episode of the Uninformed Parent, I visited Reagan Elementary to check out the school’s project-based learning initiative. The Reagan students pinpointed problems that hit home for them — such as Oak Cliff’s water supply, and why they were losing classmates to new developments in the uber popular Bishop Arts District, where their [...]

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