AISD Takes a Peek at Its Budget
It looks like the reserves will be taking a hit
"...presentation laid out the district's major priorities. For students, dropout prevention and recovery and English-language learner needs top the..."
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June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
AISD 'Efficiency' Study: Not Exactly What the Doctor Ordered?
An efficiency study commissioned by AISD comes back with some surprising recommendations
"...future needs and doesn't take into account issues like dropout rates. He compared running a school district to running..."
June 12, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Off the Record
Surveying the aftermath from the Red River shootout outside Spiros
"...[at Spiros] all the time," fumes Beerland booker Max Dropout, who was locking up when the incident occurred, mere..."
June 5, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell
TAKS Scores
Pearce's best chance of survival lies with the Legislature
"...even then, other criteria enter in, such as attendance, dropout, and graduation rates. But AISD has started contingency planning..."
May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Tom Schieffer for Governor: The New Plain Vanilla
The former ambassador considers running for Texas governor
"...China in 20 or 30 years. "We have a dropout rate in our public school system among Hispanic, African-American,..."
May 15, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Saturday Picks & Sleepers
One last night of band blurbs!
"...to Kanye West's Jay-Z, GLC's been with the College Dropout since day one. The Chicago rapper's first taste of..."
March 20, 2009 Music Feature
SXSW Film Review: Awaydays
Soccer hooliganism, 1980s English style
"...sharp chaos there's Elvis (Liam Boyle), The Pack's art-school dropout second-in-command, who thinks he's found a way out: through..."
March 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Luv Doc Recommends: 'Office Space' 10 Year Anniversary Reunion!
Paramount Theatre, Sunday, February 8, 2009
"...spent at the whim of a pudgy, nerdy college dropout with a black hole of an ego. You were..."
Feb. 6, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc
She Was Just 17
The best way to approach music as an under-21 female: Play it
"...as the high incidence of teen pregnancy and school dropout rates. For them, rapping and performing allows them to..."
Jan. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
AISD Already Has More Than Enough Funding
"...we continue to reward a system that, based on dropout and graduation rates, is failing in its mission? The..."
Aug. 18, 2008 Postmarks
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...an injunction hearing over the distribution of the agency's dropout recovery grant funds to two nonprofit programs and a..."
Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature
Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir
'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
"...psychedelic band led by a screaming Travis High School dropout named Roky Erickson that had a national Top 40..."
April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski
Spring Training
Seasonal snapshots of the council candidates
"...A self-described 21-year-old college dropout and video game enthusiast, Titman didn't make the March..."
March 21, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
"...fields of the Texas prison system, Cruz (an eighth-grade dropout) resolved to take his fate in his own hands..."
March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Off the Record
The countdown to South by Southwest continues, while the Black Angels turn on and Ghostland Observatory marches onward and upward
"...garage-punk label/store Goner Records on Friday (www.beerlandtexas.com). Despite the dropout, SXSW has a record high 75 official venues this..."
March 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell
Oh Boy! Another Campaign Season!
City of Austin, AISD, and ACC poised for another round of elections
"...Trevor Titman: Self-described 21-year-old college dropout, campaigning to keep the bars open past 2am (www.trevortitman.org)..."
March 7, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
In Your Facebook
Do social networking sites strengthen communities or the class divide?
"...Harvard dropout and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg famously disavows money as..."
Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky
Talk Show Host
Heather Gold is not here to push your product
"...Comedian, cook, blogger, lawyer, and Silicon Valley dropout, Gold has now taken on the reinvention of the..."
Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
The Constable Races: Part 2
The relatively tame contests at play in precincts 1,3, and 4
"...rapid growth are the precinct's rising truancy and school dropout rates, Thomas said, and he vows to launch grassroots..."
Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
"...systems and looks at everything from test scores to dropout rates. It showed that while students in the district..."
Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature
Beirut
"...Zach Condon has gone from College of Santa Fe dropout to purveyor of Old World charm. Where last year's..."
Oct. 26, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens
Naked City
"...students, including an effort that has rolled back the dropout rate from 16% to 5.3%. She pledged an intense..."
Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature
Naked City
"...well-intentioned, the current NCLB simply does not address the dropout problem and permits far too many students to finish..."
July 20, 2007 News Feature
Off the Record
Austin's musical landscape and its evolution continue
rumbling down on Red River, documenting Roky Erickson,
and the Weary Boys call it quits
"...to be handled by owner Randall Stockton and Max Dropout. Nor does Transmission have an exclusive arrangement with Direct..."
July 13, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell
Foie Gras Fracas
Animal rights activists who recently vandalized Downtown
restaurants that sell duck liver or veal may be
unintentionally screwing up efforts of separate animal
rights campaign focusing on banning foie gras
"...because "they don't know what they're talking about." The medical-school-dropout-turned-chef says there's no scientific evidence to support the notion..."
July 13, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith
Capitol Briefs
"...150 – Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, offered up her dropout intervention bill as a vehicle for Senate education bills..."
May 25, 2007 News Column
Crew Stories: Dan Eggleston
Dan Eggleston
"...took it on a filmic ride. Knowles, a community-college dropout, rode the Ain't It Cool News wave to become..."
May 4, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell
On the Lege: Budget Rollout
The budget battle begins at the Capitol
"...including $50 million for new high school improvement and dropout-reduction program...."
March 30, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
About Last Night
Saturday SXSW wrap-up.
"...the crowd, added a fragrant air of manic art-school dropout to the whole Festival. She also seems like she..."
March 18, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder
Happenings
Friday, March 2 - Wednesday, March 7
"...1600 Chicon. For more info, call AISD's Office of Dropout Prevention/Reduction, 414-0201.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7..."
March 2, 2007 News Feature
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