Getting School to Work

Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.

"...of technological innovation -- present-day realities in the state's school system stand out like smallpox sores. Texas leads in..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

AISD Ends T-STEM Partnership at Mendez Middle School

District will decide how to move forward in a vote later this month

"...The operators of Austin ISD's first in-district charter school have run out of time to boost performance at..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...On Nov. 6, voters in the Austin Inde­pen­dent School District won't just be selecting new trustees. They will..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Johnston High School Is Dead; Long Live ...?

Johnston High will get a new name and perhaps a new lease on life

"...The death of Johnston High School was a painful, five-year process. But the birth of..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Charter School Earns an F

The Texas Academy of Excellence fails accounting (and ethics)

"...did with the $6.5 million the East Austin charter school has received from the state since it opened its..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

School of Hard Fox

Superintendent Jim Fox Is Far From Warm and Fuzzy

"...of parent-teacher associations from all over the Austin Independent School District convened at Anderson High School to hear superintendent..."

Dec. 13, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

AISD Boys' School Has a Target

Covington Middle School seems the likely candidate

"...The Austin Independent School District is edging closer to opening a second single-sex..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Johnston High School: TEA Allows 'Repurposing'

Generations of Johnston High alums ponder the fate of the 'Pride of the Eastside'

"...is granting the district's request to "repurpose" Johnston High School, in the wake of the earlier ruling by the..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

School Finance: Where We Are and How We Got Here

The Supreme Court's ruling leaves a lot of blanks for the Lege to fill in

"...a Texas Supreme Court decision that declared the state's school finance system to be teetering on the brink of..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Ratliff Helps Both Sides in School Trial

The "Father of Robin Hood" takes the "West Orange-Cove" stand

"...witness in the ongoing West Orange-Cove CISD v. Neeley school-finance trial, has shown the contrast in strategy between the..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Taking Accountability

"...unions across the country to keep kids out of school and learning remotely? AISD now wants to "over-serve the..."

April 9, 2024 Postmarks

Back to School

Carstarphen and Austin ISD trustees wrestle over priorities, budget, and power

"...after a decade as superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, he left for his successor one piece of..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional

Court ruling ends five-week trial with a mandate to Legislature to design a new system

"...trial by ruling unconstitutional the Texas system of public school finance. Following a brief recess in the immediate wake..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

School's Out for Johnston High Principal

"...Estrada-Thomas announced Tuesday she would resign from Johnston High School at the end of this school year, adding just..."

May 23, 2008 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Lege Lines: Weak Oversight Rules, School Vouchers Pass Senate, and More...

Lege pushes weak oversight rules, school voucher bill sails through Senate, and more...

"...in point: SB 4, the heavily neutered version of school vouchers. It passed out of committee on April 13,..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School Board Election Preview

Race to fill District 2 spot on AISD board of trustees promises to be highly contested, with four candidates vying for empty seat left by board's longest-serving member, Rudy Montoya

"...fill the District 2 spot on the Austin Independent School District board of trustees promises to be highly contested,..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Will School Funding Take a Beating From a Pandemic-Pressed Budget?

Pandemic-pressed budget puts 2019's funding gains at risk

"...Legislature met, it pumped billions of dollars into public schools, providing districts like Austin ISD with some much-needed financial..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Fed School Funding

Teachers' unions say Race to the Top places too much emphasis on testing

"...While legislatures and school districts in other states rush to comply with the..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Some Reforms Left Behind

Lege looks to account for school accountability

"...separate meetings March 17 to discuss the new public school accountability bill – Senate Bill 3 and its companion,..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry Signs Education Bill: Now What?

Gov signs off on HB5 after veto speculation

"...Gov. Rick Perry might veto the comprehensive graduation and school accountability reforms in House Bill 5. Now he's done..."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Bipartisan starting point for school graduation reform

"...knew there were 150 House votes for reforming the school graduation standards: He just didn't know what consensus reform..."

Jan. 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Go Rebels!

Travis High wins school state accountability appeal

"...day for the staff and students at Travis High School: The Texas Education Agency has granted the Austin independent..."

Oct. 28, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TEA Rankings: AISD Improving

Only one campus marked academically unacceptable

"...The Texas Education Agency has released its school accountability ratings, and Austin ISD has managed to pull..."

July 30, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Re-Forming AI$D

What's behind the national involvment in local school board races?

"...first ran for District 7 in the Austin Independent School District, "It was the PTA folks who ran for..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Where There's a Heartbeat, There's Hope

Author Michael Brick and principal Anabel Garza on saving Reagan High School

"...Spoiler alert: In Michael Brick's new book, Saving the School, the main character survives. That character is Reagan High..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

TPPF, Jim DeMint, Milton Friedman, and Me

Lunch and school choice with unholy free market triumvirate

"...tank sat in conclave with arch-Republican Jim DeMint about school choice...."

March 31, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Eastside and Johns Hopkins Gets the TEA OK

Ed commissioner Williams approves new deal for campus

"...apt. As the graduating class of Eastside Memorial High School were crossing the stage at the Frank Erwin Center,..."

June 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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

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

"...Monica Mills is the principal of Rodriguez Elementary School in Southeast Austin, a school where 98% of the..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Public Notice: Which CAMP Are You In?

Privatizers launch new strategy for school board elections

"...basically two camps. One side wants to maintain public schools as a common good overseen by democratically elected school..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Eastside Memorial Celebrates

High school meets state standards, first time since 2002

"...Eastside Memorial High School at the Johnston Campus didn't just suddenly become a..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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