DALLAS NEWS BY HOLLY K. HACKER The state’s education chief is seeking to permanently close a Dallas charter school, citing a repeated failure to protect students from teachers and staff with criminal backgrounds. Children First Academy in southeast Oak Cliff, along with a sister campus in Houston, has been shuttered since early September. The Texas
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Victim in Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal speaks to children, parents in Dallas
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Youth gymnastics coach arrested in Plano, charged with online solicitation of a minor
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