Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...There's No Place Like AISD: Austin ISD is hosting districtwide enrollment clinics through June..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...On the Right Track: Enrollment in Austin Community College's Fast Track programs more than..."

May 28, 2021 News Feature

For Black Families, AISD's Special Ed Chaos Is Not New

Special, yet unequal

"...2008, Miller, who is Black, filed a complaint against AISD for not providing her daughter Javisha Green with appropriate..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...now open to ages 12 and up. In addition, AISD is hosting several pop-up clinics for ages 12 and..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Austin ISD has created a new office to boost AISD's declining student enrollment, which will be overseen by Alejandro..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Rolling With AISD: This fall Austin ISD will expand bus routes for..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature

As Crises Abound, AISD Plans for Fewer Teachers

Board considers dire financial projections, falling enrollment, charter competition, and a struggling special ed program

"...a slew of looming crises: dire financial projections, falling enrollment, increasing competition from charters, and a struggling special education..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...items from district staff, beginning with an update on AISD's special education system. Staff will also share presentations on..."

March 12, 2021 News Feature

Zombies, Oprah, and Zoom, South By!

2021 SXSW EDU Online expands its scope

"...School District lost some 5,000 students from its projected enrollment in the pandemic fallout – some transferred, some simply..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Will School Funding Take a Beating From a Pandemic-Pressed Budget?

Pandemic-pressed budget puts 2019's funding gains at risk

"...the Legislature now facing a $1 billion budget shortfall, AISD and other districts fear their gains may be on..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

AISD Weighs Keeping Campuses Open After Winter Break

Between a rock and a hard place

"...for athletes, but Elizalde said he had not advised AISD to shutter campuses yet...."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Boswell, Lugo Claim Open Seats on AISD Board

Run-off election results

"...Lugo also intends to focus on AISD's declining enrollment, an issue that predates the COVID-19 pandemic..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Ten Local Stories That Got Overshadowed

Most of these could top the charts in a normal year ...

"...9) Nov. 9: AISD's Enrollment Crisis After delaying the first day of school..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...as well as our coverage of the run-offs for AISD Board of Trustees District 5 and At-Large Place 8...."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature

Austin ISD Moves To 100% Remote Learning for the Week Following Thanksgiving

On-campus instruction will resume Dec. 7

"...Last week Elizalde said AISD was considering moving to remote-only instruction for the week..."

Nov. 26, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Amid COVID-19 Spread, AISD Benchmarks Its Future

District changes dozens of its performance measures

"...decide the district's future priorities. This week, the first AISD school closed its campus in response to COVID-19 –..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

As COVID-19 Spikes, AISD Enrollment Declines by Thousands

Where have all the students gone?

"...for the novel coronavirus while grappling with a significant enrollment decline...."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Record Number of Votes Were Cast in AISD Board Races. The Run-Offs Will Be a Different Story.

Lower voter turnout may intensify already close races

"...hold true. In 2018, after 180,862 Austinites voted in AISD's At-Large Place 9 general election, only 25,526 ballots were..."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

A New Plan for Austin ISD?

School board elections tee up calls for change – and rebuilding broken trust

"...less than three months. That makes the question of AISD's new direction – how much to change, and how..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

AISD Students Can Learn From Home. Teachers Have Fewer Options.

Big mess on campus

"...and after surveys showed that only a third of AISD students would choose to return to campus, that teachers..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Four Open Seats, and Many Demands for Change at AISD

School board shakeup

"...and Webb) and high schools (Navarro) with largely Hispanic/Latinx enrollment. UT-Austin professor and educational anthropologist Kevin Foster, who founded..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Public Notice: No Help for Public Schools

Why the PPP only works for charters

"...That's why we won't see any PPP dollars for AISD, even though the district is paying 56 times as..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Zoom Zoom Zoom

Flitting from meeting to meeting, pretending it’s real life

"...Had a good discussion with new AISD Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Elizalde last week, who made a..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Heads Up, Pandemic Parents:

Do You Want a Public School to Come Back To?

"...and teacher staffing ratios are based on attendance and enrollment. For every day your kid's counted absent (yes, for..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

For Early College Students, Online Classes Foretell Tech Careers

Just like the real world

"...Austin Independent School District. The program, a partnership between AISD and Austin Community College aimed at "historically underserved and..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Public Notice: Failing Grades for Texas

School districts beset by pandemic, State rules

"...• Recently released guidelines for how the state counts enrollment – and thus calculates the per-student funding that every..."

July 31, 2020 News Column

Opinion – Now or Never: Hold the Superintendent Accountable to Communities of Color

The search for a new AISD superintendent is a critical opportunity to rethink priorities

"...the community equate to an issue of leadership. Traditionally, AISD, like many districts across the country, operates as a..."

May 8, 2020 Column by Danielle C.H. Wright

Where to Find Meal Services During Austin's School Closures

School districts distributing free meals for students, parents

"...As Texas schools prepare to shut down through April..."

March 21, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Opinion: AISD Is Perpetuating a Historic Racial Dividing Line

Annika Olson of UT-Austin’s Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis urges AISD to reconsider its School Changes plan for elementary school closures

"...In November of last year, Austin Independent School District (AISD) voted to close Metz, Sims, Brooke, and Pease Elementary..."

March 20, 2020 Column by Annika Olson

Anger at Pease Elementary as AISD Revokes Transfers

Transfer requests were for schools that had already reached maximum enrollment capacity

"...campuses that had already reached their maximum capacity for enrollment...."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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