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Nov. 10, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Carstarphen Headed to Atlanta
Update: AISD confirms it is prepping for superintendent's exit
"...finalist to become the new head of Atlanta Public Schools, leaving her current employers potentially and abruptly leaderless...."
March 27, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Admission
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd go rom-drahm, while Lily Tomlin runs circles around everyone.
"...Keene, N.H., while on a swing of Northeastern high schools where she says all the rote things to students..."
March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin ISD: The Resegregationists
Pearce, Garcia to be single sex schools, IDEA back tonight
"...of the plan to turn Pearce and Garcia Middle Schools into single sex academies should have know the fix..."
Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Bully
The documentary Bully is devastatingly effective when it comes to putting faces on harassed children and giving them a voice.
"...evidence that these children are not safe in their schools. Bully is never easy to watch, but it becomes..."
April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
School Closings Under Fire
Austinites pack Delco Center to oppose closing of schools
"...Plan Task Force to close several elementary and middle schools...."
Jan. 12, 2011 News Post by Michael King
Leffingwell Bites the Apple
Mayor criticizes AISD school closure plans
"...broken that detente by attacking district plans to close schools as contrary to Austin's future wellbeing...."
Jan. 12, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
AISD Announces Transfer Freezes
Number of schools stays the same, but names change.
"...the board of trustees that 33 primary and elementary schools will be undergoing full or partial transfer freezes. That's..."
Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Fighting the Drug War One Urine Sample at a Time
Texas school districts will get a total of just more than $618,000 from the U.S. Dept. of Education to establish andom student drug testing programs
"...testing, as practiced in recent years in American secondary schools, does not prevent or inhibit student drug use.” Surprise,..."
Sept. 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith
Bratz
Bring some bratitude and a passion for fashion, and you'll be almost as giddy as a 10-year-old girl.
Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Findings of Fact
The Dietz decision recounts at length the financial
straits of the public schools
"...and support of "an efficient system of public free schools." Those 19th-century socialists (at least for white people) forever..."
Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Michael King
No Art Left Behind
New campaign fights for the arts in Texas schools
"...being treated like a redheaded stepchild in Texas public schools? You might want to consider getting on board with..."
Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Opinion: I’m a Chaplain. Here’s Why I Oppose Replacing School Counselors With Chaplains.
As a chaplain and school volunteer, the Rev. Deborah Reeves explains why school districts should reject the option to install chaplains in public schools
"...and will ultimately invite lawsuits over chaplains in our schools. [inset-1-left]..."
Oct. 27, 2023 Column by Deborah Reeves
Elizalde Bails Out of Austin ISD, and There Was Much Rejoicing (and Great Anxiety)
Short-time superintendent leaves budget, morale crises behind
"...top job in Dallas ISD, where she was chief schools officer before coming to Austin in 2020...."
May 22, 2022 News Post by Morgan O’Hanlon
AISD’s High-Profile CFO Takes Her Leave
Nicole Conley passed over in search for new schools chief
"...(the pair had previously worked together in Washington, D.C., schools); to some degree of surprise, Conley stuck around when..."
Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
T.A. Brown and Menchaca: From the Ground Up
New beginnings for two elementary schools
"...this week toward modernizing T.A. Brown and Menchaca elementary schools, two campuses targeted as early projects of the 2017..."
Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders
SBOE Passes Mexican-American Studies, but Whitewashes the Name
Right-wing board member objects to “hyphenated Americanism”
"...Board of Education finally agreed to provide public high schools with Mexican-American elective curriculum standards in a final vote..."
April 13, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma
Point Austin: Building Cathedrals
Public libraries and schools sustain a common culture
"...attempted to erode our common obligation to support public schools. That irresponsibility has placed a disproportionate burden on local..."
Nov. 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King
Staying Healthy to Stay in School
National nonprofit Communities in Schools looks at the role of food in education
"...Communities in Schools serves 1.5 million students in 25 states across America,..."
Sept. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt
Beside the Point: Failing Our Teachers
Why won't we fund our schools?
"...Moreover, not all schools see equal attrition: A 2009 report by the University..."
Sept. 16, 2016 News Column by Richard Whittaker
MerlinWorks Works the Improv Wizardry at ZACH
Teaching that whole yes-and thing at the city's shiny core of theatre
"...Remember when we did a round-up of local, well-established schools of improvisation?..."
Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Carstarphen Out
Atlanta board votes, Austin ISD to select new interim Tuesday
"...place. Today, the board of education of Atlanta Public Schools formally voted to hire the current Austin ISD CEO...."
April 14, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
The DNA of the Aggies' opener
"...four separate articles extolling the similarities between the two schools...."
Sept. 12, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan
The History of an IDEA
Factchecking the AISD trustees' op-ed claims
"...the PR pummeling it took over the IDEA Public Schools debacle. But if its latest attempt to rewrite history..."
Dec. 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
AISD Master Plan Ending
Save Austin Schools calling for board to reject study
"...at its board meeting tonight. However, the Save Austin Schools group is formally calling for the board to reject..."
March 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Madden Pushes for Evacuee Reform
City of Austin opposes bill proposing closing schools when they are serving as an emergency shelter
"...had shown of running temporary emergency shelters within its schools without sending students home. "We feel that we can..."
March 11, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
'Friday Night Lights': AISD Teams Choke, 14-5A Flies
"...Texas high school football playoff weekend ever. Unfortunately, Austin schools didn't fare so well: AISD's Austin, McCallum, and LBJ..."
Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray
An Education Only a Boss Could Love
Public schools lurch a little closer to privatization with HB 2
"...conference. "That's why we're dropping the hammer on low-performing schools." In that vein, the bill would give the education..."
Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Testing, Testing, 1 2 3 ...
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics … and then there's the TAKS test
"...all year and these results confirm the progress our schools are making."..."
June 4, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Coming Up Lemons
The House Bill on public school finance goes to the floor, and it's all about tax cuts and slot machines
"...it has been to tighten the screws on public schools, cheerfully acknowledged to reporters that "most of my members'..."
