By Shirley Jinkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jun. 20--For the first time, more Arlington school district students are Hispanic than are Anglo or black, Superintendent Hector Montenegro told Arlington Chamber of Commerce members Thursday during his first State of the District presentation.

By Shirley Jinkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Feb. 5--ARLINGTON -- Textbooks are among the Arlington school district's most mobile and vulnerable possessions, going home every day in the backpacks of 62,000 students. Sometimes the books don't make it back to class -- ever.

By Jennifer Smith Richards, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Nov. 6--Be clear about this: It is about the money.

By Shirley Jinkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Sep. 24--Juan de Jesus, the Arlington school district's bilingual/ESL director since March, says his task is helping people assimilate into an entirely different culture, not just speak its language.

By Katherine Cromer Brock, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Aug. 15--The Texas Education Agency has added 241 schools to a list of campuses that had irregularities on the spring 2005 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.