Point Austin: Backstage at the Circus

The Lege melodrama can be a hard act to swallow

"...mind, the session's priorities, he declared, should be "quality education, a reliable water supply, a healthy transportation system, and..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Education in Central Texas: A worrisome portrait

Community Action Network releases its Education FAQ on education in Central Texas

"...that produces reports and builds coalitions, has released its Education FAQ, a document that pulls together information about education..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Texas GOP Gets Creative in Crusade Against Sex Education

Next target involves the criminal justice system

"...of limiting access to and the quality of sex education available to youth in schools for years. Marshaled by..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Under New TEA Requirements, Austin ISD Meetings Are Flying By

50% of meeting time must be focused on student outcomes

"...The Austin ISD Board of Trustees' meetings have included a lot..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Meet “Lone Star Governance,” the Model Austin ISD Must Now Operate Under

Testing, testing, testing

"...Those who understand the agreement that Austin ISD struck with the Texas Education Agency in September..."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Interim Austin ISD Superintendent Likely to Become Permanent

District won’t hold a national search

"...like there will be a new, permanent superintendent at Austin ISD by early December. And it'll probably be the..."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Newly Announced University of Austin Struggles to Make the Grade

School sheds founding board members, reports seven-figure donations

"...Lonsdale uprooted his family and took his talents to Austin amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Lonsdale, who co-founded Palantir Technologies..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Texas State Board of Education

"...Austin voters have the option this November to choose between..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Free Literacy Programs Throughout Austin

"...Ascend Center for Learning Offers Adult Basic Education classes to adults who test at a pre-GED level..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature

Point Austin: Adios, Mofo

The governor's legacy of negligence and contempt

"...the governor on his supposed plans for funding public education; it was not a productive interrogation, since one of..."

July 12, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Coming Home to Austin

Latest gerrymander reflects Capitol contempt for capital

"...exactly been a friendly one for the folks at UT-Austin. First there were Perry's broad-stroke budget cuts, dictated not..."

June 3, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: We Have Just Begun To Fight

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

"...many people from so many communities gather together in Austin to defend the public schools, although it remains to..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Michael King

NAACP and LULAC: Texas Education System Violates Federal Law

State board members say they're just whining

"...Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education. The submittal, signed by Gary Bledsoe, president of the..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Children's Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?

Travis County groups are competing to become part of a grand experiment

"...Harlem Children's Zone in New York for using governmental, educational, and nonprofit groups in a coordinated program to break..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Humane Education = No Kill

"...when we and Town Lake Animal Center make humane education the No. 1 priority [“How Many Cats Did Austin..."

April 4, 2009 Postmarks

Point Austin: The Other House

Senators meet the 80th with anticipation

"...with a laugh, "It's kinda boring." The Republican San Antonio/Austin state senator was describing the run-up to the opening..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Column by Michael King

The Problem Is the Quality of Education

"...Dear Editor, Central South Austin has experienced dramatic gentrification. We all know this. The..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Postmarks

Point Austin: A Blueprint for Mental Health

The Mayor's Task Force issues its report, but the real work is yet to come

"...Not many Austinites are going to plow through the "Final Report" of..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin ISD Reduces Budget Deficit by Half

Meanwhile, special ed students are still struggling

"...The good news: Austin ISD is on track to reduce its $52 million..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin ISD Trustees Support Sex-Education Update

Trustees likely to support new K-8 curriculum

"...The Austin ISD Board of Trustees had its first chance on..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin ISD Receives "B" Grade from Texas Education Agency

District's overall score was 89%

"...The Austin Independent School District received a "B" letter grade from..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Education: Dialing for Dollars

School funding remains unconstitutional: Will the Lege act?

"...their already-limited property tax coffers. In a Dec. 2 education symposium at the Capitol, Raise Your Hand Texas CEO..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Behind the Numbers

What we talk about when we talk about budget cuts

"...This Chronicle work week began (as always, in medias..."

March 4, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Guggenheim on Education and Getting the Job Done

Q&A with the director of Waiting for 'Superman'

"...Davis Guggenheim, the director of controversial new education documentary Waiting for 'Superman,' visited Austin for an advance..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Education

Lots of Reform, No Money

"...January about his theory on the importance of arts education, his name has been dropped regularly under the dome...."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Denver Stakes

What Obama signifies for the rest of us

"...military spending to economic development, health care, and public education; a national living wage; gender and racial equity in..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: God Knows

Two recent Texas lessons about the relation between religion and freedom

"...Comer, director of curriculum for science at the Texas Education Agency, was forced from her position last month because..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: One for the Books

All the sound and fury is upballot, but the real work is on the ground

"...political savvy that Kerry's throwaway line to students about education – if you don't take full advantage of it,..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Education Irony

Texas Education Agency gives $10 million to schools slated for closure in AISD repurposing plan

"...burlap sacks of wheat onto starving refugees, the Texas Education Agency parachuted $10 million in grants onto the 100..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Sixteen Austin Schools Drop From B to F Ratings Under New State Measure

A state takeover of the district’s school board becomes likelier

"...is the principal of Rodriguez Elementary School in Southeast Austin, a school where 98% of the students are economically..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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