Save Our Schools!

Texans advance on Capitol in bid to preserve public schools

"...through the $10 billion in planned cuts to public schools, or do they protect classrooms? The Save Texas Schools..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Save Texas Schools Rally

February 23, 2013. 13 photos.

"...Members of Austin ISD’s Eastside Memorial High’s Panther Band join the Save..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

Save Texas Schools Declares Independence

Have Texas lawmakers made 'adequate yearly progress'?

"...them. That was the message of the March 24 Save Texas Schools rally at the Capitol, as public education..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Save East Austin Schools PAC vs. Facts

How did something so wrong get into the League of Women Voters’ voting guide?

"...beware. The new League of Women Voters of the Austin Area guide to the Nov. 7 election contains a..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Will the Lege Save Texas Schools?

Pro-public education rally drew thousands from across the state

"...greets a crowd of public school advocates at a Save Texas Schools march and rally at the Capitol on..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature

Weekend Warriors for Public Schools

Save Texas Schools and Texas AFT to rally at capitol

"...hearings on the state budget, public school advocates including Save Texas Schools, Texas AFT and Texas Forward have organized..."

June 2, 2011 News Post by Ramon Martinez

Point Austin: Underfunded and Overtested

Save Texas Schools builds a groundswell for public education

"...Austin Rep. Donna Howard was speaking about the politics side..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...advertising Joslin as "The Coolest Ele­men­tary School in South Austin," information sheets about the area's middle and high schools,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

A New Plan for Austin ISD?

School board elections tee up calls for change – and rebuilding broken trust

"...Everybody running in, and many people observing, the current Austin ISD school board election agrees that things need to..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...the kind of school that it's sometimes easy for Austinites to forget exists – a good school on the..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...a time there were three documents. There was the Austin Independent School District's Facility Master Plan, being developed by..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Out of the Schools and Into the Polls

Lege (and voters) still fighting over how much to cut public schools

"...series of videos promoting the idea that Texas public schools are larded with profligate administrators and that anyone who..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Schools and Environment

Big Saturday events for education and environment

"...Question: Is Austin truly a progressive city or just a pricey hipster..."

April 17, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: The Quality of Mercy

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

"...otherwise dismal 82nd legislative session was the creation of Save Texas Schools, the Austin-engendered statewide coalition of Texans opposed..."

July 22, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Austin At Large: Fractured Fairy Tales

Will no Prince Charming come to save our school district in distress?

"...too long, rather than face up to what we, Austinites, must do to save our own schools. Yes, the..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: We Have Just Begun To Fight

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

"...turned out in six weeks by the newly established Save Texas Schools volunteer network. Malfaro had his own AFT..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Super Looks Back

Retiring Pat Forgione considers a decade mostly well spent

"...not entirely fair. While it's undeniable that the retiring Austin ISD superintendent could talk the painted mascot off a..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Saving Austin's Schools

Nobody gets everything they want, but AISD’s bond may give everybody something they really need

"...Austin ISD's bond package has something for every campus, as..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...and the ongoing, bipartisan, national love affair with charter schools – have done much, or anything, to fix American..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board Votes to Close Four Austin Elementary Schools

Despite public outcry, Brooke, Pease, Sims, and Metz all to shutter

"...Four Austin ISD elementary schools will close next year, following a..."

Nov. 19, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

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

"...revised since 1990, and contain outdated presumptions like an Austin education costing the same as one in Killeen (and..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Closing Schools Won't Fix AISD Budget

We have the Legislature to thank for this mess

"...When the Austin Independent School District released a draft list of nine..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Delays Plans to Close Eight Schools

Advocates push to save Pease, Brooke

"...school campuses initially identified for closure and consolidation under Austin ISD's sweeping, multiyear School Changes process have had those..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Dukes: Stop Killing Schools

Austin rep and public ed chair clash over closures and unemployed teachers

"...Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, had an amendment that would strip away school closures,..."

April 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Design a Poster, Save A Life

Local ISDs and Cap Metro launch rail safety competition for kids near new tracks

"...of the Capital MetroRail system starting on Feb. 12, Austin ISD, Leander ISD and Capital Metro are joining forces..."

Jan. 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD Fields Criticisms of Plan to Replace Nonprofit

Director of Austin Voices for Education and Youth suggests a fix

"...of City Council, are engaging in back-channel discussions with Austin ISD’s board of trustees...."

April 19, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...(every Saturday)2/16/20132/16/2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee Launch _ Brazos Hall2/16/20132/25/2013 Austin Livestrong Marathon2/17/20132/17/2013 March for Humane Immigration Reform2/22/20132/22/2013 Boys and..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

Point Austin: The Governor's Principles

The latest Perry eruption is a characteristically lamentable mash-up of political calculation and fiscal faux conservatism

"...state history, not to fund population growth in public schools, making a mockery in advance of Perry's pledge to..."

April 27, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...of this year, Chris Saldaña sent a tweet, tagging Austin's mayor and police chief: "Happy New Year @Chief_Chacon, any..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Austin at Large: Days Seem Harder and Meaner

Mayor Steve Adler put it best this week: “We’re tired and we’ve had enough”

"...people in Texas saw their darkest fantasies come true, Austin Mayor Steve Adler spent the better part of an..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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