Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

"...just over four weeks left to go, the 86th Texas Legislature is on track to send Gov. Greg Abbott..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

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

"...The last time the Texas Legislature met, it pumped billions of dollars into public..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

School Finance Plan Headed for Hearing

Aycock promises no losers as Senate obsesses on vouchers

"...Can Texas avoid further school finance lawsuits? That's what House Public..."

April 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of the Race to the Top

Legislators, educators respond to lost federal funds

"...on $700 million in federal Race to the Top education funds, both teachers' bodies and legislators have weighed in..."

Jan. 14, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Day for AFS Film Grants

Get your AFS Grant applications in before midnight

"...June 2 as the final date to get your grant application in to the Austin Film Society...."

June 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSWedu: Weingarten and Ravitch on Schools

Highlights from the education conference

"...SXSWedu – the education intro to the high festival season – kicked off..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

The Sunset Commission issues recommendations to improve the Texas Education Agency

"...its list of recommendations for tweaks to make the Texas Education Agency run smoother as it oversees the academic..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

News Roundup: Schools, Fair(?) Housing, and Plastic

TEA releases rankings, Linda Curtis returns, and more

"...• The Texas Education Agency has released its 2015-16 Public Education Grant..."

Dec. 29, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Campaign, Legislators Back Bill to Repeal Anti-Abortion Law

"Trust. Respect. Access" campaign hosts lobby day at Capitol

"...College students from around Texas swarmed the Capitol on Thursday to convince legislators to..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Secret Dennis Bonnen Recording Released, Confirms Quid Pro Quo

GOP House speaker put on blast by right-wing lobby group Empower Texans

"...This morning, the Texas Republican Party was busy imploding, and the enemy came..."

Oct. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Talking Travis: Donna Howard

District 48 rep on the pros and cons of getting studies passed

"...What she introduced was a revamp of the TEXAS Grant program, prioritizing college-ready kids for the grants. After..."

May 11, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Big Fish,Small Bowl

On View: Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Moses

"...Moses found out what it means to be a public figure -- with a group of about 30 students..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...self-congratulatory dinner of steak and good cheer at the Texas Land and Cattle Company...."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...Austin Rape Crisis Center (ARCC). He was rewriting a grant request for funding that the agency had recently lost,..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...especially focusing on groups in Southern Utah, Arizona and Texas, have used terms such as 'fundamentalist Mormons,' 'Mormon sect'..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...in her zeal to represent the best of homophobic Republicanism seems unable to write about Kay Longcope's ties to..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Naked City

"...upset, Democrats have claimed yet another seat in the Texas House. On Tuesday, Dan Barrett defeated Mark Shelton with..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...by Christine Brister. Martha Garcia, AISD's director of bilingual education, explained, "What we want to do is create children..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature

Who Can Vouch for the Charters?

The state's freewheeling experiment with charter schools gets a poor grade.

"...As proposals for public school voucher programs and related school issues are once..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Schools in Session

Legislators Study Issues: From Vouchers to Combat Pay

"...pick a few of them back up again. The Texas Education Code was revamped, streamlined, and (most folks agree)..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Column by Roseana Auten

AISD’s Transformative Schooling

Decoding Kendall Pace’s texts

"...leaked text messages grabbed headlines, some parents, teachers, and education activists were more alarmed by the actual subject matter..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...filmmakers and their projects. The 2014 recipients of AFS Grants (formerly the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund) and Travel Grants..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lege Lines: School Finance Math; Tax Plans Diverge; Veteran Benefits Restricted; and More

Is school finance dead this session?; House and Senate tax plans split; Lege restricts veterans' benefits; and more

"...for this session. House Bill 1759 by House Pub­lic Education Committee Chair Jimmie Don Aycock, R-Killeen, was the big..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Money for Nothing

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

"...Isn't Texas supposed to be the state of "government accountability"? A..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Endorsements

Democratic and Republican Primaries, March 7

"...race immediately following the primary. Because of the restrictive Texas election code, independent candidates will need roughly 45,000 signatures..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I contacted the other candidates for the Commissioners Court, Republican and Libertarian, and found that Mr. King hadn't talked..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...EDUCATION AGENCIES BRAWL OVER GRANTS The Texas State Teachers Association..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature

The Next Round of School Reform

AISD focuses again on Eastside schools

"...in any other part of town. That official and public consensus has been in place for decades – yet..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Uncontrolled Experiments

AISD says charters and single-sex academies will lift all students' boats – and attacks any research that says otherwise

"...turning the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team over to IDEA Public Schools – a South Texas-based charter group – beginning..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...the return of the two-party (at least) system in Texas – and a more than usual necessity to "throw..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

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