The Miseducation of Dallas County The Commit Partnership

Our first episode of our new podcast series for InvestEdTX entitled, The Twisted Saga of Texas School Finance. You can find this and more at https://soundcloud.com/investedtx or https://www.investedtx.org/

The Dallas County Promise was launched this year as an ambitious effort to dramatically increase the number of high school graduates who earn a college degree or certificate. But don't call the Promise just a scholarship, because making college affordable isn't the biggest obstacle to overcome to create access for students who are often the first in their family to attend college.

Mollie Belt, the CEO and publisher of The Dallas Examiner, provides us a glimpse into her life growing up in Dallas in the 1940s and 50s, and a look at how segregation and integration impacted her education and her life.

A candid conversation with Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa about his experience as a student during court ordered desegregation efforts in 1971 and issues and opportunities that face the school district today.

64 years after Brown v Board, where do we stand? And what is the difference between desegregation and integration?

Have you seen the news about two low performing schools in West Dallas closing? Well, it actually has to do with a lot more than test scores. And one may not even need to close after all. So go behind the headlines and into the history with this month's edition of Miseducation.