TEA Delays 'End of Course' Requirement Another Year

15% rule punted for another year

"...The beleaguered and widely criticized STAAR testing system takes another hit today as Commissioner of Education..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Down With Tests, Up With Standards?

Bipartisan starting point for school graduation reform

"...Putte, D-San Antonio, and Rep. Diane Patrick, R-Arlington, are offering him a first draft...."

Jan. 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Changing Course

AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college

"...work force more quickly. The aim is nothing short of a wholesale rebuilding of the culture of college applications,..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...something is changing. In fact, over the last couple of years, the campus has seen double-digit improvements in test..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Standardized Testing in Lege Limbo

STAAR results prompt discussion of retesting requirements

"...Ever since the first round of preliminary STAAR test results were released on June 8,..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Data Integrity Issues Plague STAAR Testing

Education commissioner cancels June retest dates

"...More bad news for Educational Testing Service, the company that provides the bulk of school..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...for its third album Night Life, a neon shard of electric R&B. Harmonizing with mercurial Scottish axe murderer Brian..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: Queer Alt-Country Trio Next of Kin Debuts New Single

Be part of the country collective this Friday at the Continental Club

"...by executive management but a few have the distinction of organic origins. Such was the start of local queer..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by James Scott

'At the Snap of a Finger'

Anti-IDEA activists keep up due diligence for AISD

"...ISD board meeting, speakers from Occupy Austin – many of them reading anonymous letters from staff, students and families..."

Feb. 1, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...a time not so long ago when Austin's public officials concerned themselves with the business of running the city,..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...Nelson, a genderqueer 27-year-old, made a choice last year. Having spent six..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...Ever put off until tomorrow what you could have done today? Of..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...didn't take place in the high-volume inner-city cocaine rings of Houston or Dallas, or in a major trafficking hub..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...as much the direct catalyst for the recent flood of punk books as for the equivalent avalanche of archival..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Making Hay Out of Y2K

Preparedness 101

"...A spectacularly attended Austin City Council meeting held recently brought together Mayor..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Marc Savlov

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...the one about corporations planning to charge you hundreds of dollars a month for your tap water? Or the..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...Karen Johle arrived home from work on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, her youngest son, 13-year-old Christopher Brownlee..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'The Powerful Odor of Mendacity'

An interview with Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose, authors of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America.

"...Last month Molly Ivins, the queen of Austin political columnists, and former Austin Chronicle Politics Editor..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...short but thunderous Watson, 38, delivered a standard candidate's kick-off speech in his deepest Texas twang, casting himself as..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...a child. Yet between No Child Left Behind's culture of high-stakes standardized testing, the reform movement's bullish attitude to..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Face of Inclusiveness

Hint: It isn't white or male

"...posted a video on YouTube about the facial tracking software for the built-in camera on a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion laptop...."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Art of the State

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

"...on the Arts, Dolph Briscoe was in the governor's office, Jimmy Carter was in the White House, and Elvis..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Vision of a New Republic

Plans for the Revitalization of Republic Square

"...When Bobbie Barker, regional vice-president of Southern Union Gas, was chair of the Downtown Austin..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Chale Nafus

The Next Round of School Reform

AISD focuses again on Eastside schools

"...There's a consensus in the Austin Inde­pendent School District: The schools in East Austin should get..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Testing, Testing, 1 2 3 ...

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics … and then there's the TAKS test

"...newly released 2004 student scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. The TAKS scores hit the headlines..."

June 4, 2004 News Column by Michael King

School of Hard Knocks

Number Discrepancies

"...passing rate and requiring schools to report the scores of students in special education. Apathetic students and low achievers..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Perry Signs Education Bill: Now What?

Gov signs off on HB5 after veto speculation

"...Bill 5. Now he's done the reverse, putting his official seal of approval on it by signing the measure...."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Not the Brightest STAAR

Under pressure from lawmakers, education commissioner defers 15% grading system

"...Parents, students, and teachers across Texas breathed a sigh of relief when Texas dumped the dreaded Texas Assessment of..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Smartest Kids in the Room

Hint: It may not be the AISD board of trustees

"...Between budget cuts and the unrelenting anti-intellectualism of standardized testing, there is no place for skills like..."

April 29, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Will Texas Do Better?

Ongoing lawsuits are keeping everything in limbo, but after that …

"...Republicans have made clear that the Dietz ruling is of very little interest to them. They want to hear..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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