AISD Board Votes to Close Four Austin Elementary Schools

Despite public outcry, Brooke, Pease, Sims, and Metz all to shutter

"...https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2019-11-19/aisd-board-votes-to-close-four-austin-elementary-schools/..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Pulling From TEA Report, Ratliff Argues Public Schools Better Than Charters

Ratliff gets rebuke from federal education heads for saying public schools outperform charters

"...Traditional public schools outperform charter schools: That's the aggressive stance taken..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: No Help for Public Schools

Why the PPP only works for charters

"...With Austin schools struggling to reopen and budget cuts looming at..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Deconstructing the Public Schools

"...students in the 11 largest districts in Texas (including Austin ISD) with vouchers directly from the districts' budgets and..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Weekend Warriors for Public Schools

Save Texas Schools and Texas AFT to rally at capitol

"...After a day of testimony at House and Senate public hearings on the state budget, public school advocates including..."

June 2, 2011 News Post by Ramon Martinez

Opinion: Another Unfair Burden Put on Texas’ Public Schools

Greg Abbott and Mike Morath have put Texas schools in an impossible decision: shift to online learning, which is not as effective, or put students and families at risk by returning in the fall.

"...Texas enact policies that have eroded families' trust in public education. Time and time again, Texas officials have shown..."

July 3, 2020 Column by Alyssa Potasznik

What's at Stake in Austin's Schools?

Austin ISD faces a spring election and a brace of persistent problems

"...throughout their biweekly, six-hour wonk-a-thons (plus all the other public forums, school events, meetings, and ribbon-cuttings they attend), but..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Save Our Schools!

Texans advance on Capitol in bid to preserve public schools

"...push through the $10 billion in planned cuts to public schools, or do they protect classrooms? The Save Texas..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...On the subject of public education, Diane Ravitch may be America's most important whistle-blower...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Hears Loud and Clear: No Cops in Schools

Austinites call for schools to defund its police, too

"...the district's $1.65 billion budget in late June, the Austin Independent School District Board of Trus­tees heard from nearly..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Aaricka Washington

Point Austin: Underfunded and Overtested

Save Texas Schools builds a groundswell for public education

"...Austin Rep. Donna Howard was speaking about the politics side..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Public Ed Bill Escapes the House – Barely

Dems – and a few Republicans – try to hold back the privatization wave

"...As public education advocates see it, one of the most frightening..."

March 18, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Candidate Gus Garcia takes on the school district

"...when Garcia mouths off about the sorry state of Austin's schools, he is speaking from some authority, even though..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Hecht v. Dietz

Supremes find high taxes onerous, but lousy schools OK

"...deadline, last month's 7-1 school finance decision of the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court remained dismally true to political form...."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice: In the Name of Fairness

Times change, and so do schools

"...approved a resolution to change the names of four schools named for Confederate soldiers. Teich has opposed the name..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Webb Games

Webb Middle School is a test case for bad public policy vs. community resolve

"...Although the dust has far from settled, the public battle to defend Webb Middle School from the blunt..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Low Expectations

Not much reason to believe that the Lege will do right by Texas students

"...79th Legislature will produce much more real progress on public school finance than the previous regular plus two specials..."

April 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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

On-campus instruction will resume Dec. 7

"...Last night the Austin Independent School District announced it will temporarily move classes..."

Nov. 26, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Point Austin: Building Cathedrals

Public libraries and schools sustain a common culture

"...remarks, Mayor Steve Adler described the new place as Austin's "municipal cathedral," referring to the building itself but also..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Austin Interfaith

Organizing Austin One Congregation at a Time

"...Once or twice a year, Austin's politicians and politician wannabes attend one of these accountability..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Public Notice: Heads Up, Pandemic Parents:

Do You Want a Public School to Come Back To?

"...Just a quick note to all you public school parents who are busy setting up "learning pods"..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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

Point Austin: Unaccountable

In the public school testing frenzy, responsibility and consequences flow only downward

"...As the semester winds down and Austin ISD calculates its annual tax bump, it's time to..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Learning From Experience

The things they won't tell you in Texas schools

"...pending before the State Board of Education that Texas public school textbooks are too favorable toward Islam and biased..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Cost of Community

The city budget is where Austin decides how to live

"...which the City Council then tweaks in response to public hearings. That's where things stand now, and judging from..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Allan Elementary Public Meetings Begin

Public meeting at Eastside Memorial tonight

"...With the odds of the Allan Campus in East Austin becoming an elementary looking slim to none, this evening..."

Oct. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

"Juntos/Together" Ties Austin's Activist Past and Present

Shedding light on action & initiatives by local minority communities

"...police brutality against minority community members, and a changing Austin landscape in response to gentrification are familiar recent headlines...."

March 28, 2018 Arts Post by Acacia Coronado

Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...The Austin Film Festival has just announced its first wave of..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Officials Express Concern, Not Fear, as Austin Events Face Possible Spread of Coronavirus

Austin Public Health delivers update on Travis County preparedness

"...Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, March 3, interim Austin Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott began with a personal..."

March 4, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Austin ISD Will Resume On-Campus Classes Next Week as Planned

Most extracurriculars postponed, says Superintendent Elizalde

"...The Austin Independent School District will resume on-campus classes as planned..."

Dec. 31, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

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