Teachers Eye Union Label

Four Texas Teacher Associations Fight for Members

"...the teacher organizations in the Austin Independent School District (AISD). Since 1971, district policy has provided for the Austin..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Education Top 10

"...AISD Superintendent Jim Fox In a year when Austinites saddled..."

Jan. 10, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Dollars Down to Earth

1995-96 City Budget Shoots for Balance

"...but library director Brenda Branch told the council that AISD officials expressed interest in applying some of the program's..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...school. Instead, most have chosen to transfer to other AISD schools, such as LBJ and Austin High...."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...B. And it was an embarrassed Forgione and the AISD brass' turn to be unhappy...."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Three Plans for Four Eastside Schools

Four schools, three very different plans

"...Johns Hopkins Get the TEA OK," June 5, 2013). AISD trustees received their scheduled quarterly update on the partnership..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Which (East) Side Are You On?

Community plays tug-of-war over Eastside Memorial High School

"...AISD District 2 trustee Sam Guzmán had gathered community members..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry Poisons Education Funding

How will Texas schools fare without federal education money?

"...the state budget. Back then, Doggett's office calculated that AISD was supposed to receive $78 million in stimulus money;..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...who oppose it. We suspect Ruiz, son of former AISD board member Abel Ruiz, has little hope in this..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a trio of new schools may seem like routine AISD business. But the appointment of Becker principal David Kauffman..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...and indeed reduced, by Robin Hood. This has forced AISD into fiscal poses that you'd never see struck at..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin ISD Election Season Is Underway

The candidates are getting their messages out

"...Dove Springs, where two of her three children attend AISD schools. She describes herself as a career educator who..."

Aug. 30, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...The big issue for AISD, of course, is the notoriously dysfunctional recapture system, quaintly..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Learning Desire

MindPop thinks about arts education in whole new ways, and what a difference it makes

"...a $1 million gift that established a fund for AISD teachers to enhance their course work with creative learning..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...School. Poliakoff is asking a district judge to force AISD to reinstate him at Bailey, and he hopes the..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...The Democratic and Republican primary run-offs concluded Tuesday night, with a tiny turnout: state House..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

How to Get Your Kids Through College

Once students enter the 'pipeline,' can educational plumbers stop the leaks?

"...the district just launched a program through which every AISD graduate will get a letter of acceptance to ACC..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...an uneven effect based on debt, with districts like AISD eligible for nothing. Who would benefit from these "tax..."

June 11, 1999 Column

IDEA Still Trying To Fill Seats

New charter school has lost some of its recruits

"...The situation was very different in May. IDEA and AISD were eager to announce that, not only was IDEA..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Oh Boy! Another Campaign Season!

City of Austin, AISD, and ACC poised for another round of elections

"...serve out the seat's remaining two years. – W.D. AISD Short On Candidates..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...• AISD withdrew its plan to split Kealing Middle School into..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• AISD is improving, but not as fast as it needs..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...• Austin Independent School District, 414-1726, www.austin.isd.tenet.edu/misc/hurricane_katrina/aisd.phtml..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Hamilton, Nancy Hohengarten, and Ron Davis all won without run-offs Tuesday night. Turnout in Travis Co. was more than..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"...way she's doing, it will kill her. But if AISD [Austin Independent School District] would look at what is..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Naked City

Six candidates are vying for three uncompensated positions on the AISD school board.

"...duties the winners inherit won't likely feel heroic. With AISD facing a budget shortfall of $55 million this year,..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

For the Record

"...laugh when I read Lisa Tozzi's recap of the AISD Board elections, complete with David Butts' "spin" on the..."

May 15, 1998 Column

Public Notice: Being Brave

School districts set to defy Abbott's political posturing

"...Stephanie Elizalde on Monday made the surprise announcement that AISD would implement a mask mandate for all school facilities,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Actual Innocence

Austinite wrongfully convicted for a decade-old school prank hopes to clear his name

"...the Austin Independent School District police. He told an AISD officer that the shooter was a student whose name..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

Headlines

"...were blindsided by the announcement late Friday afternoon that AISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen is proposing laying off 1,017 employees,..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature

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