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