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Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Top 10 Education Stories
The year in local education
"...4) BACKDOOR PRIVATIZATION? Public education advocates got a worrying glimpse of future legislative plans..."
Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Education: 'It's Time To Be Innovative'
Something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms
"...between all parties during last week's SXSWedu technology and education conference – but the consensus stopped there. On one..."
March 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Data Integrity Issues Plague STAAR Testing
Education commissioner cancels June retest dates
"...More bad news for Educational Testing Service, the company that provides the bulk of..."
June 17, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Publishers Remove Climate Change Denialism From Textbooks
Pressure from science, education groups leads to revisions
"...After outcry from science and education advocacy groups, two of the state’s largest textbooks publishers..."
Nov. 17, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma
Wack-Ass Keroack, Part Three
"...last week tapped Keroack - a proponent of abstinence-only education who is the medical director for the group, A..."
Nov. 22, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith
SXSWedu: Diane Ravitch Will Take the Stage
Leading testing critic joins Teach for America, NCLB architects
"...The desks are filling up at SXSWedu 2014 with education advocate Diane Ravitch, tech pioneer Nolan Bushnell, and former..."
Nov. 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Voucher Creep?
Appointment of Texas Association of Business President Bill Hammond to state Task Force on Test Security raises eyebrows and red flags
"...GOP player just won an appointment to a state education committee with a shock-and-awe-sounding name – the Task Force..."
Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
Building a Better GED
After a sharp drop in test-takers, Texas requests a new test
"...Equivalency is supposed to be a route back into education for people who never graduated high school. Now policymakers..."
July 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW
Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
"...in a wide range of artists (Thyrsis, Katy J Pearson, Naima Brock, Brigid Mae Power) to exhume British Isles..."
March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff
No Quick Answers on STAAR Glitch
District and state officials remain in the dark on STAAR malfunction
"...When Education Testing Service took over administering Texas STAAR tests, it..."
April 15, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
SXSWedu Spreads Its Wings
Time to hit the books on broader education topics
"...innovators; he said, "If we can do that for education, that's something we'll be really proud of."..."
March 2, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Qmmunity
Giving thanks, looking ahead
"...all right. On Tuesday, Nov. 20, "Qmmunity" ran "The Miseducation of Today's Youth: Let's Talk About Queerness," written by..."
Nov. 23, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff
TPPF, Jim DeMint, Milton Friedman, and Me
Lunch and school choice with unholy free market triumvirate
"...It was, for many education experts, an unholy union. Not just the TPPF, but..."
March 31, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSWedu: Are Legos the Next Edu Wave?
Playfulness enters the classroom
"...testing seem very clear. There are policy makers and educational publishers on one side, and families and teachers on..."
March 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Gates Champions Classroom Computing
Microsoft founder continues push for bridging education divide
"...the grand vizier and the sugar daddy of the education reform movement, his speech moved away from his recent..."
March 15, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Fam-Planning Uproar
Array of organizations signs on to letter urging Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to reconsider appointment of pro-life, anti-contraceptive doctor to be deputy assistant secretary for population affairs
"...last week tapped Keroack – a proponent of abstinence-only education who is the medical director for the group A..."
Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference
Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people
"...corporate tax breaks, the privatization of public services (from education to prisons), and voter suppression policies...."
Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Science Groups Demand Textbook Publishers Remove Climate Change Denialism
Social studies textbooks under fire for climate change errors
"...Ahead of next week’s State Board of Education public hearing and vote on the textbooks, education watchdog..."
Nov. 12, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma
Naked City
An early Christmas present for educational technology vendors?
"...The Texas House Committee on Public Education on Wednesday held a hearing on the future of..."
Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!
New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino
audience looking for news
"...do something totally new and have an effect immediately. Education, health, family issues – those stories are the stories..."
Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta
Naked City
Saying they're tired of seeing Texas portrayed
negatively by Al Gore and in the press, six prominent
Texans have formed the Proud of Texas Committee to
speak out against such "misrepresentations."
"...and Stiles -- along with former TNRCC director Dan Pearson, ex-health commissioner David Smith, and State Board of Education..."
July 21, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
The Perils of Big Data
The up- and downsides of student information collection
"...Corporation to the tune of $100 million, and with education partners in nine states, it was intended to give..."
March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Miseducation of Today's Youth: Let's Talk About Queerness
Out Youth Teen Guest Writes for Qmmunity
"...we’re pleased to see the finished product from Elliot Pearson, 14. Read on for Pearson’s thoughts on the importance..."
Nov. 20, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Elliot Pearson
SXSWedu Announces Bill Gates as Keynote
Microsoft founder and education reformer to close event
"...leading philanthropist gives him a unique vantage point into education, one we know will be eagerly received by SXSWedu..."
Jan. 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
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"...For corporate, government, and education customers -- which have over 80% of the installed..."
July 25, 2003 Column
What a Dump
What Does Gov. Bush Have Buried in West Texas?
"...populations such as "Hispanics, particularly those with little formal education and low incomes," but cautioned against "increasing the level..."
March 13, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
The Last Don
Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics
"...GOP -- Republicans lead the Senate's Finance, Economic Development, Education, and Natural Resources committees. In all, Republican senators will..."
Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Naked City
"...Centex Homes recently nixed a huge subdivision on the Pearson family ranch off Parmer Lane, for instance. – Patricia..."
Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature
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"...for 27 years. I don't claim expertise on Catholic education, or Catholic identity, but I must comment on your..."
