Fearing State Takeover, Austin ISD Plans to Replace Middle School Teachers

New staff planned for three poor-performance schools

"...The plan to address our local school district’s worsening accountability crisis has changed again. Three weeks..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Local K-12 Educators Look at Ways to Start the School Year as COVID-19 Looms

Put on your thinking cap

"...for such interactive, kinesthetic science lessons in the new school year is nearly impossible. As a pandemic makes the..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Aaricka Washington

How Texas’ School Funding Scheme Contributed to Austin ISD’s Massive Budget Shortfall

Recapture is just one puzzle piece

"...the state. We have enough money to run two school districts this size, if the state didn’t rob us.”..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Abbott Flirts With Endorsing School Vouchers

Primary challengers pressure the governor from the right

"...put a push behind a key red-meat issue like school choice, be it vouchers or private school tax credits...."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

TEA Takes Over Eastside Charter School

The state steps in at the Texas Academy of Excellence

"...Responding to growing evidence that East Austin charter school Texas Academy of Excellence faced total financial meltdown, the..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

AISD Readies for School, Sports, Elections, and Red Ink

Students go back to class and sports Sept. 8 and more district news

"...(old) CFO in town, Austin kids go back to school and sports, and the election race is heating up...."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Help Wanted: School Board Candidates

Scarce bids concern education advocates

"...with wannabe office holders. If only the Austin Inde­pendent School District were so lucky...."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dell Medical School Team Unveils Plans to Reinvent Austin State Hospital

Rising from the ashes of the aging mental hospital

"...the "ASH Redesign" study led by UT's Dell Medical School. This tees up a push to obtain from this..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

School District Preps for Electoral Fight

Challengers emerge for two AISD trustee seats while three remain unchallenged

"...is my home. I'm convinced the future of our school district is the future of our great community." He..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

UT Faculty Say Conservatization of the School Is a Long Time Coming

Another brick in the wall

"...that pressure was evident in the elevation of McCombs School of Business Dean Jay Hartzell to the president's chair..."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Election Notes: Campaign Finance Time

Who's got the money?

"...public office, she figured she would start with the school board; she has been a high school teacher for..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

School Days

"...unpleasantries of law-enforcement training: a background check with a finance review ("If you've got a police officer in debt..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

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

"...back. That's how Texas lawmakers have treated the state's school finance system, and now even the chair of the..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...there's a poster child for what's best about Texas school kids, she could be Regan Lively. With a slight..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House to Address Education Funding

Speaker Joe Straus sets school finance as interim item

"...the Texas Supreme Court rejected challenges to the state's school finance system last month, it was a blow to..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

If It's Broke, Don't Fix It

Texas school finance system ruled constitutional

"...The Texas public school finance system is broken, but not so badly broken..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

School finance debate heats up, HHSC consolidation on hold?, and more

"...A Fix for School Finance?..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Challenge of Judge Dietz

School finance decision puts responsibility where it's always been - on all of us

"...John Dietz last week found the current Texas public school finance system unconstitutional. His rulings were brief and straightforward,..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Definition of Insanity

Waiting for the Legislature to finally do its duty on school finance

"...and the Capitol might actually accomplish some progress on school funding, health care, transportation ......"

Jan. 18, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Houston Voters Say No to "Robin Hood"

HISD rejects making school finance payments

"...nobody noticed, but which may have monumental consequences for school finance. Houston ISD voters delivered a message to the..."

Nov. 15, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

It Just Doesn't Add Up

As the session winds down, school finance reform recedes once again

"...poll have weighed in on the Legislature's handling of school finance, it appears that House and Senate leaders have..."

May 20, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

The Budget Implosion

School finance runs aground, but health spending will follow soon

"...Does anyone really know what's happening with school finance reform? Quick answer, no, but if there is..."

May 24, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege

No solution; another special session is coming

"...to go. Such is the perpetual state of a school finance plan, which was literally half-baked when the session..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Robin Hood Goes to Court

The Lege punts, and the judge catches the school-finance football

"...Depending on your perspective, the Texas school system is either near collapse from insufficient resources and..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Tits for Tots

The governor rolls out his school finance plan, starring smoking, gambling, Desirée, and Ecstasy

"...would be enjoined to underwrite the education of Texas schoolchildren. Many municipalities currently waste buckets of public time and..."

April 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines: Robbin' the Hoods

How can state lawmakers fix school finance?

"...is one undoubted point of constant consensus: The state's school finance system is critically broken. After failing to achieve..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege: Two Sessions, Two Failures

Lawmakers still can't salvage school finance

"...end their second special session Friday without passing a school finance plan that would have provided tax breaks for..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Out of Pocket

Teachers forced to pay for supplies after flood

"...teachers go through every year under the state's broken school finance system. Now imagine going to work, all those..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Neither Efficient nor Adequate

The official ruling of Judge John Dietz on the Texas school finance system

"...under the State's current funding formulae. Therefore, the State's school finance system fails to provide an adequate suitable education..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature

No Sales Tax for Schools

Senate approves its version of school finance, with a few notable changes

"...Senate approved its version of House Bill 3 on school finance legislation Monday, after hours of debate and dozens..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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