Top 10 Education Stories

"...The U.S. Department of Education will take more of a backseat in education policy,..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry Signs Education Bill: Now What?

Gov signs off on HB5 after veto speculation

"...system, it's one of the most significant pieces of education legislation in decades...."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A-to-Z Guide to Education in 1999

"...and Audits. This was the first year the Texas Education Agency rated school districts "unacceptable" for submitting unreliable student..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

AISD Accepts Monitor in New Deal With Texas Education Agency

Lesser of two evils?

"...It's a done deal – the Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted 8-1 on Tuesday night..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Post-Pandemic, Can Schools Make Sex Education Work?

Tackling difficult subjects in Texas schools

"...When the school bell rang for coed sex education class, Layla Bonnecarrere remembers feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable as..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Madi Donham

Top 10 Education Stories

School finance lawsuits, AISD board shakeup, and more

"...that saw the birth of new pro-"reform" Astroturf group Austin Kids First, the Austin Independent School District board was..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lege Preview: Saving Public Education

Vouchers and school funding and never the twain shall meet

"...Isn’t it great that public education is getting the attention it deserves? Texas Republicans agree..."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

As Deadline Nears, Austin ISD Works Through Backlog for Special Ed Services

Evaluations are picking up speed

"...We're getting a clearer picture of the progress the Austin Independent School District is making in addressing one of..."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...Austin kids are different from those raised elsewhere, in all..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

State Board of Education: Bell-Metereau Faces Two Challengers

Bluer district creates opportunity to push board leftward

"...the Democratic primary election for the State Board of Education's District 5, which after redistricting is now a safely..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

House to Address Education Funding

Speaker Joe Straus sets school finance as interim item

"...charges to the House committees on Appro­priations and Public Education, telling them to start work on something more than..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Goes to School: Education Bills

"...community schools: Lawmakers have filed a broad slate of education bills, some of which fix what they've earlier broken,..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Education Funding May Require Special Session

Lawmakers at impasse over school finance

"...one knows how much the state will spend on education or how it will slice up the funding, and..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Price of an Education

As the Lege looms, don't bet the house on new money for schools

"...Gov. Rick Perry weighed in on public education last week, first in his own voice and then..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Column by Michael King

The State Education Agency Has Selected Austin’s Babysitters

The monitors are coming. Let’s pay them $125 an hour.

"...The Texas Education Agency has named the two monitors who will work..."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Ye Olde Witch Hunt Tactic Makes a Comeback in Right-Wing War on Public Education

Which course is witch?

"...attention to the History of Witchcraft course offered at UT-Austin. So do we need to be looking out for..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Top 10 Education Stories

Reading, writing, arithmetic ... well, that's three!

"...4) Future Planning, Future Rights Austin ISD is one of Austin's biggest property owners, and..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Education Stories

Mack Brown, Meria Carstarphen, and the rest of the gang

"...After years under constant threat of closure, the Texas Education Agency, AISD, and the East Austin community came together..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Education Stories

Edukayshun 'r' us

"...and the research shows it's a weak proposal. Yet Austin ISD saw fit to hand Eastside Memorial High School..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Quality of Mercy

If you're looking for compassion, you've come to the wrong place

"...session was the creation of Save Texas Schools, the Austin-engendered statewide coalition of Texans opposed to the Lege's wholesale..."

July 22, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Back to the Color Line

Texas turns back the clock on racial justice

"...Office for Civil Rights of the federal Department of Education, which calls into question not just the recent farcical..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Education Top 10

"...AISD Superintendent Jim Fox In a year when Austinites saddled themselves with the largest bond packages in their..."

Jan. 10, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Page Two: Education, one of the key

"...balanced budget and flat tax. A committment to genuine education excellence and not some politically sensitized agenda is crucial..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Column by Louis Black

Texas Education Agency on the Money

Budget cuts coming to state public schools. Sound familiar?

"...The Texas Education Agency will seek about $3.5 billion less in funding..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Texas Brinkmanship

State report card shows plenty of room for improvement

"...like to call the "Texas Miracle." The section on education reports that among the 50 states and the District..."

April 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Five-Card Draw

It's still early, but the governor's race bears a closer look

"...issues requiring earnest attention. Chief among those remains public education, although the illusion produced by the Supreme Court decision..."

July 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Austin Schools Need More Money, Like Yesterday

AISD wants to increase school funding in the upcoming session

"...in Texas,” said Hoffacker, who leads advocacy for the Austin Council of PTAs. “But if your kid is going..."

Dec. 13, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How Texas’ School Funding Scheme Contributed to Austin ISD’s Massive Budget Shortfall

Recapture is just one puzzle piece

"...we live under are crises manufactured by the state,” Austin ISD Trustee Kevin Foster said at a recent meeting..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin ISD Formalizes Changes to District Goals Demanded by State

Two score card goals are jettisoned

"...Austin's school district is continuing to make the changes necessary..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Leads Pack on Early Student Aid Submissions

Local students and their families get much-needed FAFSA help

"...Public-private partnerships have become synonymous with boondoggles. In public education, doubly so. Not the case here: An alliance between..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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