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"...governor and the commissioner of education, has taken the 11th-grade test results this year and compared them to the..."

June 18, 2004 Column

Amid COVID Chaos, STAAR Scores Take Dive

Number of students taking standardized tests also drops

"...According to state numbers, a total of 5,043 AISD eighth-grade students took the STAAR reading test in 2019. This..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

AISD Board Unanimously Approves Expansive Sex Ed Curriculum

Marginalized students will see greater representation in gender identity, same-sex relationships lessons

"...Beginning next year, Austin ISD students will, for the..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...with delicious doses of humor and stinging justice. 10) Eighth Grade..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Eighth Grade, BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther Most Overrated..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fuller Statements Misleading

"...district in almost every subject, and students who finished eighth grade went on to some of Denver’s top high..."

Dec. 13, 2011 Postmarks

Making Plans for Reagan and Pearce

AISD bracing for news on fate of Reagan and Pearce

"...Dead," July 17, 2009), will become a pre-K through eighth-grade college prep academy in 2011. Education Austin President Louis..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...tied with Charlotte, N.C., for the highest scores on eighth-grade math, with 68% of the students scoring above basic..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature

AISD: Math Debate, More on Kealing

Board members and faculty debate which text to adopt for middle school mathematics, board discusses plans for Kealing Middle School

"...make a recommendation failed to reach a consensus across grade levels...."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

How To Eat Fried Worms

This kids movie, which was filmed in Austin, is not as wormy as it sounds.

"...which lays dormant until the recipient dies in the eighth grade. On his first day at school, Billy inadvertently..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Web Extra: B-Boy Bluez / Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower

In his 'B-Boy Bluez,' playing on a double bill with Maggie Gallant's 'Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower,' Zell Miller III creates whole worlds on stage and performs his heart out for whatever audience he gets

"..."a talking bleeding carrot." Gina, the love of his second-grade life, was wearing "19,000 barrettes and looked like the..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"...promotional trip to Japan when I was in the eighth grade, after the film came out, and when we..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Catholic school boys and comics.

"...new meaning, but the perils faced by the film's eighth-grade adolescents are the stuff that every nascent teenager experiences...."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Graduates

Once They Were My Students Now They Are

"...son of Mexican immigrants. "I learned English in first grade," he says. "It was frightening, just going to school...."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

"...who as the film opens is just entering the eighth grade alongside his buddy Tom (Solberg). His mother has..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Producer Christian Herrera Is Building a Hub for Austin Hip-Hop

Elevate studio expands into South Austin multiuse creative space

"...aka local producer the Mask – was in seventh grade, he had no interest in music. With his family..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Jenna Yoon Is on the Hunt for Lia Park and the Missing Jewel

Austin author Jenna Yoon hopes to bring more diversity to YA fantasy with her debut novel

"...Jenna Yoon stopped writing when she was in third grade. Any hopes she'd had of becoming an author were..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Kaushiki Roy

AISD Administration Proposes Changes for 2012

A breakdown of what's in store for the next school year

"...IDEA Public Schools would take over kindergarten through second grade and sixth grade at Allan Elemen­tary in 2012-13, then..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Closeted Curriculum

It's Elementary Brings Gay Issues to the Classroom

"...approaching gay issues in a variety of ways. A fourth-grade teacher in New York City encourages her students to..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Roseana Auten

Misery Loves Company

'Mortified' turns teenage writing into performance

"...you in high school?" Erica asked. I skipped a grade and was the youngest kid in my class, I..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

School's Garden Bulldozed

AISD contractors mowed down Martin Middle School's wildlife habitat

"...Habi­tat. "Everybody had a hand in it," said sixth grade science teacher Melissa Shannon...."

July 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Some Reforms Left Behind

Lege looks to account for school accountability

"...college. There will be one shared core curriculum through eighth grade, then students will specialize. Students will have electives..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...came up with his Defuser character in the seventh grade after hearing a story about a cop who'd shot..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature

Can (or Will) the Lege Fix TYC?

The Joint Select Committee on the Texas Youth Commission meets for the first time today - but will they tackle the problem, or the symptoms?

"...had an IQ of 88, and had only completed eighth grade with sixth-grade-level reading skills and fifth-grade math skills...."

March 8, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...according to the Trial Urban District Assessment Report Card. Fourth-grade students did particularly well; they led students in other..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...54), Jeremy Pollet renamed himself Jerm in the ninth grade. The nickname "was founded in subjugation and taunting from..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

AISD Hears Loud and Clear: No Cops in Schools

Austinites call for schools to defund its police, too

"...district police officer got into a scuffle with an eighth-grade student who was removed from class for disruptive behavior...."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Aaricka Washington

Mr. Show Busy

Michael McKelvey's just a guy who cain't say no (to musicals)

"...is a crazy thing, doing things like Medea with eighth graders. These were things that just said: We need..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Old Soul

Bill Maddox died violently under bizarre circumstances – and left a legacy of music, love, and friendship

"...the band's five members. "And that's pretty good for eighth-graders," Kelton said recently. Playing with Maltese was the first..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...argues that NCLB is too focused on kindergarten through eighth grade, largely ignoring the needs of high school students..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

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