| It is important when considering a move to a | | | | institutions of learning, they are doing so |
| new city or state to know as much about the | | | | on a substantially lower budget. For the |
| schools as possible. Facts are important, but | | | | 2007-2008 school-year, Dallas Schools will be |
| so are the opinions of people in the know - | | | | operating with $14.7 million dollars less |
| residents, new co-workers, researchers, | | | | than they did the previous year. The district |
| websites and journalists are a few of the | | | | has had to make cuts in many areas in order |
| resources that one might consult in order to | | | | to increase teacher pay and per student |
| gain a clear perspective of the big picture. | | | | spending, indeed the most important parts of |
| | | | any school system budget. While money doesn't |
| Awards in Dallas Schools | | | | solve everything, it certainly does help! |
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| Dallas Schools have won numerous awards for | | | | Arts Education in the Dallas Schools |
| their excellent education. IBM has recognized | | | | |
| several Dallas Schools as "exemplary" or | | | | A new Dallas Schools Arts Coalition was |
| "recognized". This recognition is vital to | | | | recently announced in February 2007. The |
| Dallas Public Schools. It shows the general | | | | Wallace Foundation is donating $8 million |
| public that the schools are doing the right | | | | dollars to help finance the coalition's goals |
| thing for their students. It affirms to the | | | | to hire more art and music teachers for |
| teachers and administrators that all their | | | | Dallas Schools, and to ensure that all Dallas |
| hard work has paid off. For the students, it | | | | Schools students have 45 minutes of arts |
| is proof positive that they have gotten the | | | | education by 2009. Not only does education in |
| job done. | | | | the arts - be it music, art, dance, or drama |
| | | | - give students an outlet for their emotions |
| Lower Budget in the Dallas Schools | | | | and a way to express themselves, taking part |
| | | | in any art actually helps improve their |
| Even though Dallas Schools are great | | | | learning in other, more traditional classes. |