AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center

“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"

"...At a "community visioning session" in early June, as part of the Austin..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Day Trips

Rosenwald Schools were a source of education and pride for African-American communities during segregation

"...Rosenwald schools were once an important part of the social fabric..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

AISD Prepares to Slice the Apple

School district battles its budget monsters

"...At the final meeting of Austin ISD's Budget Stabilization Task Force on..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Parents Playing High School Redesign Hooky?

Austin ISD's proposed high school redesign needs more parental involvement

"...In case you haven't been paying attention, AISD is planning..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin Interfaith

Organizing Austin One Congregation at a Time

"...They're called "accountability sessions." In reality, they're demonstrations of power - blatant examples of..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

High School by Redesign

Garza Independence High School students get involved with plans to rework local high schools

"...The Austin Independent School District promises that four R's will come..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Just Say No to School Vouchers

"...want precious education dollars spent on vouchers for private schools. The people of Texas want fully funded public education...."

Jan. 26, 2025 Postmarks

Opinion: As Educators Scramble to “Do School” During a Pandemic, Tremendous Inequities Are Evident

What the shift to remote learning means for students who already had fewer resources and more hurdles to clear

"...The last few weeks have been insane. As the entire globe has turned almost completely on..."

April 3, 2020 Column by Autumn A. Arnett

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...family have had to go through this week." – Austin lawyer Harry Whittington, apologizing to Cheney for … um..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Judge Blocks Texas Education Agency From Releasing New, Harsher Grades

A-F accountability grade: incomplete

"...The Texas Education Agency won’t be releasing its new, harsher A-F grades of the state’s schools..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Mendez and Martin Sixth-Grade Elimination Will Create Overall Enrollment Boon, Says District

Parents and teachers maintain that the district's priorities may be skewed

"...As the communities at Martin and Mendez middle schools seek answers about..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...and teachers grappled with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, switching multiple times a day between virtual and face-to-face instruction,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Point Austin: We Have Just Begun To Fight

The budget battles are only skirmishes in the long march toward democracy

"...At Saturday's rally, watching the river of people flow around the Capitol, I..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

The legislative fight over vouchers and school finance has a long history and deep roots.

"...week, a couple of hundred parents from Edgewood ISD in San Antonio visited the Capitol to lobby legislators on..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Del Valle and Leander ISD Supers Testify Against New State-Imposed School Rating System

Dozens of districts have joined the lawsuit

"...School superintendents in Del Valle and Leander testified in a lawsuit..."

Oct. 11, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

AISD Trustees Push Back on Campus Closure Plan

“When we start messing with people’s schools, we start messing with their communities”

"...The Austin ISD Board of Trustees on Monday night, Feb. 11,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD: Get With the Times

Modernizing the district in more ways than one

"...The Austin Independent School District's Board of Trustees voted unanimously on..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD’s Big Balancing Act

The Austin Independent School District is considering bringing a $1 billion bond to voters in November. That's a lot of money. What all would it do? And can the package keep everybody happy?

"...As one of Austin's biggest property owners, the Austin Independent School District has..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Learning Desire

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

"...Say you're near a child who's struggling – maybe a kid flailing in a pool or..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...Arts and English to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods. The school is..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...As spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, we commend The Austin Chronicle for..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

What's Next for Allan Elementary?

IDEA was sent packing – now AISD and the neighborhood face the school's 'repurposed' future

"...reopen as a neighborhood elementary. That's the sad and seemingly definitive word coming out of Austin ISD about the..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...When Ricardo Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph Briscoe..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Wyatt Roberts is telling other people how to live when, as an admitted..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Taking Stock of Texas Bills Aimed at Cracking Down on Immigration

They include a proposed Texas Homeland Security

"...a burst of immigration policies from the new Trump administration, the state Legislature has some bills on the table..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Maryam Ahmed

Public School Rally Moves Indoors Due to Cold Snap

Save Texas Schools rally brings advocates from across the state to Austin

"...With the cold weather moderating just a bit, organizers of the Save Texas Schools..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Anger at Pease Elementary as AISD Revokes Transfers

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

"...Parents at soon-to-be-closed Pease Elementary are again frustrated at Austin ISD leaders after the district revoked..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Election Results: Meat and Potatoes

Travis County, Austin ISD come up big on bond projects

"...It may not match the tectonic political shifts in Virginia and New Jersey, but Travis County voters reaffirmed..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fuller Versus IDEA

Charter school group attacks academic's work, he rebuts

"...If you've been following the fight over Superintendent Meria Carstarphen's plans to turn..."

Dec. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...Austin has an established agreement with the city of Galveston..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

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