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Austin’s Powerful Education Union Celebrates 25 Years of Fighting for Teachers’ Voices
Leader Ken Zarifis talks “hard-work magic” of public education
Brant Bingamon
Brant Bingamon arrived in Austin in 1981 to attend UT and immediately became fascinated by the city's music scene. He's spent his adult life playing in bands and began writing for the Chronicle in 2019, covering criminal justice, the death penalty, and public school issues. He has two children, Noah and Eryl, and lives with his partner Adrienne on the Eastside.
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Texas Schools to Get a Bit More Cash and a Lot More Christian Nationalism
Assessing the 89th Legislature’s effect on public education
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Bracing for School Closures
AISD says all schools at risk, but parents worry for poor areas
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With 25,000 Empty Seats, AISD Enrollment Factors Into Massive Budget Problem
Falling down an endless budget hole
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Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?
Behind efforts to eliminate the state test that stresses kids out and shuts schools down
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How Gov. Greg Abbott Appointees Could Take Over UT
Texas Republicans move forward with new bill attacking academic freedom
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State Prepares to Kill Another Inmate May 20
Attorneys argue support for death penalty has waned since trial
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Fearing State Takeover, Austin ISD Plans to Replace Middle School Teachers
New staff planned for three poor-performance schools
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Reflecting on Six Years in Jail for a Charge That Was Just Dismissed
“I was robbed of all this time,” Devonte Amerson says
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Surveying the Litany of Anti-Queer Bills Moving Through the Texas Legislature
The wave includes reboots of drag, book, and bathroom bans
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Sixteen Austin Schools Drop From B to F Ratings Under New State Measure
A state takeover of the district’s school board becomes likelier
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Man in Prison for Decades Over Killing of His Sexual Abuser Is Released
Judge says: “All of the systems failed you”