Scott Quitting Texas Education Agency

Controversial schools commissioner to leave July 2

"...nary a flutter, but not so today. Commissioner of Education Robert Scott – possibly Texas' most widely-known and controversial..."

May 1, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Education Agency on the Money

Budget cuts coming to state public schools. Sound familiar?

"...The Texas Education Agency will seek about $3.5 billion less in..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

NAACP and LULAC: Texas Education System Violates Federal Law

State board members say they're just whining

"...On Dec. 19, the Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advance­ment..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Austin ISD Receives "B" Grade from Texas Education Agency

District's overall score was 89%

"...School District received a "B" letter grade from the Texas Education Agency in a report released Wednesday for a..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Education Agency Ratings

"...evaluated. Of these, only 94 were rated by the Texas Education Agency in the same manner as traditional Texas..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature

Jesus, Take the Wheel: Texas Education Is a Mess of Biblical Proportions

Texas education is a mess of biblical proportions

"...public school districts and three charter school districts in Texas...."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Education Still Needs to Be Desegregated

"...activism that has already emerged in response to the Texas A&M decision to rescind affirmative action in admissions, there..."

Jan. 14, 2004 Postmarks

Will Texas Do Better?

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

"...Last session, education issues split the House viciously. Republicans held their noses..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Williams for Education Commissioner: Uh, Why?

Former Railroad Commissioner an inexplicable choice to lead schools

"...Welcome to the era of Commissioner of Education Michael Williams. No, do not adjust your television screens,..."

Sept. 2, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ingalls Angles Education Board Bid

Former mayoral candidate Josiah Ingalls to run for SBOE seat

"...As if Texas' State Board of Education was wanting for excitement: perennial-candidate-in-the-making..."

Sept. 8, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Post-Pandemic, Can Schools Make Sex Education Work?

Tackling difficult subjects in Texas schools

"...When the school bell rang for coed sex education class, Layla Bonnecarrere remembers feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable as..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Madi Donham

Court Rules Texas School Finance Unconstitutional

Dietz says current system fails students, must be rebuilt

"...In a long-awaited turn for Texas education, Judge John Dietz today issued his final ruling..."

Aug. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Fiction Science

The State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biology

"...But here's a bit of nonfiction: The Texas State Board of Education has just those two things...."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...The Texas Senate Education Committee voted 8-0-3 to advance a fleshed..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

State Board of Education Rejects Racist Mexican-American Textbook

Board votes unanimously to dump controversial, error-riddled book

"...are too politicized for even the State Board of Education to accept. In a unanimous vote this morning, Republican..."

Nov. 16, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Film Festival: The Texas Promise

Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth finds the lie and the hope in Texas schools

"...There's a few billion dollars missing from the Texas education budget, and every capitol and education reporter was..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Has AISD Cleared its Special Education Backlog, or Not?

After July 1 deadline, 77 evaluations still not complete

"...announcement: its once-egregious backlog of hundreds of uncompleted special education evaluations was “no more.” The backlog, which had prompted..."

July 7, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Opinion: Another Unfair Burden Put on Texas’ Public Schools

Greg Abbott and Mike Morath have put Texas schools in an impossible decision: shift to online learning, which is not as effective, or put students and families at risk by returning in the fall.

"...In 10 years of teaching, I have seen Texas enact policies that have eroded families' trust in public..."

July 3, 2020 Column by Alyssa Potasznik

Gifted and Talented Education Programs Turn the Lights Out on Non-White Students

"Race is the greatest predictor of who succeeds and fails in American public education"

"...her teachers planned to refer her to the special education coordinator. Her mother fought – against much resistance from..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Autumn A. Arnett

Education Austin Calls Out AISD Police

Austin Justice Coalition, the NAACP, the Transgender Education Network of Texas, and more insist on “roundtable discussion” to address policing in schools

"...members of the public at district meetings and events. Education Austin President Ken Zarifis assembled the group, which included..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

"...fifth term representing most of the city in the Texas Senate. His committee posts have included Finance, Health &..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Strama and the Mystery of the Texas Score Contradictions

State rep puzzled by how students do well and badly at the same time

"...Is Texas doing well in education, or is it doing badly?..."

June 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...many involving thousands of high school football players in Texas...."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Ted Cruz, Julián Castro Lead Texas Tribune Festival Lineup

September politico fest draws 400 speakers

"...the very tip of the iceberg of this year’s Texas Tribune Festival lineup...."

Aug. 1, 2019 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Supremes: Not Our Job to Fix School Finance

Long-awaited ruling says school funding system constitutional

"...The Texas school finance system meets the minimum standards demanded by..."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Texas School Solution: More Guns, Less Money

Post-Sandy Hook bill would put teachers in firing line

"...Last session, Texas cut $5.4 billion out of public school funding. And..."

Dec. 26, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last three, or..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

AISD’s Special Education System Struggles to Keep Up

School system tries to keep up with its workload and comply with legal mandates

"...disorder (ADHD). She brought the results to the special education staff at Pecan Springs Ele­­ment­­ary, who concurred. But diagnoses..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

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

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...After a long fight, Texas looks likely to receive a delayed $830 million in..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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