A Failure to Communicate
AISD's community outreach needs to go back to school
"...the same time, he was dealing with a steep learning curve about Austin education politics. If he could talk..."
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Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
GOP Opposes Critical Thinking
Party platform paints original ideas as a liberal conspiracy
"..."Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills..."
June 27, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker
AISD Working Out Technology Costs and Kinks
Austin ISD goes on computer-buying spree
"...and audio-visual equipment, that allow teachers to bring multimedia learning into the classroom. The computer carts are not only..."
July 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Bringing the Group to the Vision
As Pat Forgione prepares to say farewell, he looks back on his AISD decade
"...AISD's CEO and how he's tried to never stop learning. After the initial shock and pain, it was his..."
Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Iraq Comes Home
Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line
"..."This, sadly, is one of these experiences that we're learning as we go along, which is not the best..."
Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Daniel Lanois and the Improbabilities of Sound
"...years between like 12 and 17, those are amazing learning years, and I was already in the recording studio..."
March 20, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman
We Need a Real Solution
"...data in order to indicate that our students are learning, then perhaps a comprehensive exam is flawed. If, however,..."
June 29, 2007 Postmarks
Against Military Recruitment in High Schools
"...We live in an era where middle schoolers are learning to twirl weaponry in JROTC programs, where on-campus helicopter..."
Jan. 13, 2006 Postmarks
On the Case: No. 2
Greetings from planet 'Cassidy'
"...on this job I'm not the kid who's still learning. [UT Film Institute] has taken on a real challenge..."
Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
AISD High Schools Flunk Real-World Test
Audit says district poorly prepares grads for college or careers
"...tie academic subjects to real-world applications, prepare students for higher education or industry certification, and make high schools less..."
Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...more rigorous and targeted curriculum placing students in "smaller learning communities" focused on specific tracks – for example, math/science,..."
Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
AISD Candidates
Profiles of the contestants
"...most important achievements helping to pass the Accounts for Learning program to help develop curriculum and promote community involvement..."
April 30, 2004 News Feature
Making the Grade
On campus at the Bleu River Grille and Ventana, the Texas Culinary Academy's training restaurants
"...staff whose only negatives are that they are still learning and a little nervous...."
April 25, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall
Hush: An Interview With America
In Hush: An Interview With America, the students of the UT Department of Theatre and Dance handle the complexities of James Still's play with steady hands, which may please viewers who enjoy supporting the development of young artists, but the play's inconsistencies may leave other visitors to this theatrical lab disappointed.
"...that yield successful results? Is it to laud the learning efforts of all the young artists involved or to..."
March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner
Naked City
GED-ding Mighty Crowded
"...Schaefer of the ACE's Dept. of Continuing Education and Learning Credentials, which develops an overseas GED. "We have to..."
Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Dance of the Prodigal Son
Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.
"...back. In the academy, I was raised to a higher level of respect because I'd gone out and done..."
April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A-to-Z Guide to Education in 1999
"...schools, meanwhile, showed mixed results. Austin Academy took distance learning to absurd extremes by skipping town...."
Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
A Portrait of the Artist as a Grad Student
Chronicle reviewer David Garza uses Tom Grimes' new history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop to question whether creative writing can be taught.
"...in his book, even Harvard Medical School has a higher acceptance rate!..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza
A World of Their Own
Growing Population
"...Asperger's Syndrome is the type of autism at the higher, or more developed, end of the spectrum. People with..."
June 4, 1999 News Feature by Spike Gillespie
Blueprint for a Breakdown
Not Worth the Work
"...in synch. "New AISD staff would have had a learning curve, too," Shaw says, "but there's a kinship that..."
Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Suburban Blight
Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires
"...upward movement, you have to redevelop lower-income neighborhoods into higher-income ones, which doesn't happen very often. Two of the..."
March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Postmarks
Duncan Offers Correction
"...am writing to share my shock and dismay at learning of the Austin City Council's decision to close Riverside..."
Sept. 5, 1997 Column
Meanwhile, Back at the Salt Mines
"...district's comprehensive plan online at http://www.austin.isd.tenet.edu/complan/school_wk.html. American Institute for Learning (472-3395) "provides basic and remedial education and pre-vocation employment..."
June 6, 1997 News Feature
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...oozing innards. His next task as a filmmaker is learning how to surgically debride the wounds. (12/1/95)2.5 stars (M.B.)..."
Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature
We Sorted Through 150 TribFest Events. These Five Stood Out.
Free events Saturday
"...Tribune political reporter Patrick Svitek. If you're interested in learning more about how prosecutors built their case against Paxton,..."
Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Maya Wright
Amid COVID Chaos, STAAR Scores Take Dive
Number of students taking standardized tests also drops
"...especially in those school districts that chose primarily remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic...."
July 2, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
hellsite.austin.gov
Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?
"...their lack of understanding and lack of interest in learning has endangered public health, and continues to make it..."
June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Opinion: Even Post-COVID, A-F School Ranking System Should Get an F
We should take this moment to evaluate the utility of the A-F system as a whole, as it does not sufficiently capture the nuance of the work being done in our schools
"...straight A's, I had hardly gotten a 96 or higher in all of my high school courses. As a..."
Oct. 2, 2020 Column by Rolf Straubhaar
ACC Is Almost Entirely Online and Students Are Enrolling in Droves
Start here. Stay home?
"...24,000 students last year. This year, enrollment was 7.5% higher than that, while credit hours, reflecting how many classes..."
July 3, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse
The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do
Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?
"...in the late 1970s, so did its support for higher education. Grants began shrinking and tuition rose. Simultaneously, a..."
