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"...Rosenwald schools were once an important part of the social fabric..."

"...When the first 20 charter schools opened in Texas six years ago, the intention was..."

"...logos on athletes and in front of fans. High schools have become the new battleground. And the Eanes Independent..."

"...really mean that water quality, urban in-filling, and integrated schools will be sacrificed? Are we doomed to repeat mistakes..."

"...Teachers begin reading instruction early in our public schools. Ideally, a teacher will be able to sit beside..."

"...on everything from detailed facility repair to proposed new schools. And the major problems facing the district – and..."

"...Chronicle: You've campaigned on promoting affordability and keeping neighborhood schools open – two issues that go hand in hand...."

"...didn't help the voucher cause that several state-funded charter schools -- halfway houses between traditional public schools and unregulated..."

"...most of Austin. But in an age where public schools -- especially on the Eastside, which is more Catholic..."

"...thing should be simple: build a whole bunch of schools and just assign children to the one closest to..."

"...he seems really committed to making progress on public schools. So I’m encouraged. I think it’s going to come..."

"...as part of its new A-F accountability system, five schools in the Austin Independent School District received failing grades...."

"...poor campuses. Harrington said, "I always wondered why the schools were so unequal." Now the TCRP has released a..."

"...Think charter schools help minority students? Think again. A new University of..."

"...has added one of its own: environmentalists vs. public schools. This is the odd faceoff that occurs every time..."

"...There are 230 charter schools listed in the state accountability ratings for 2002 --..."

"...School District was changing the way it handled its schools' vending machine contracts. In recent years, Burkhardt had lost..."

"...been foisted on the new chief of Austin's public schools, Dr. Pat Forgione, who for the past two months..."

"...But schools are under increasing pressure to prepare students for college,..."

"...(AISD) are slated to receive new, or so-called "relief," schools under the 1996 $369 million bond package to help..."

"...and then the wildly unpopular closure of four elementary schools last year – has shaped the contours of this..."

"...cut property taxes while putting more money in public schools?..."

"...explain how increasing class sizes for middle and high schools – an idea district administrators are still considering –..."

"...the inside," and for "Blaine to be the 'outside schools operator'" have given some in the education community pause..."

"...Johnston is part of a growing number of urban schools facing imminent closure. Last year, seven schools in the..."

"...Blueprint Initiative was expanded to include two Eastside high schools: Reagan and LBJ. Two middle schools, Dobie and Pearce,..."

"...U.S. institution of collectively educating our children in government-run schools is a de facto form of socialism. The only..."

"...Austin ISD has 16 middle schools (grades six to eight), but Kealing is the only..."

"...the goods, but critics contend the district isn't building schools like it used to...."

"...the last two years, as criticisms of books in schools surge. PEN America, the prominent anti-censorship group, estimates that..."