Bridging the Language Gap

A Q&A with AISD Public Relations & Multicultural Outreach Director Alex Sanchez

"...Austin Chronicle: You've already packed a lot into your career,..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Death of Schools

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

"...On the subject of public education, Diane Ravitch may be America's most important whistle-blower...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD: The IDEA Debate in Full

Four hours to spare? Monday's board meeting for your viewing pleasure

"...No-one expected last Monday's Austin ISD Board of Trustees work session to be a..."

Dec. 6, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What's at Stake in Austin's Schools?

Austin ISD faces a spring election and a brace of persistent problems

"...of a school board trustee is a little like being a secret agent: Plenty of people want to kill..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Fixing the Gap

Mayors tackle school finance at SXSWedu

"...by Southwest geared up last Thursday, March 10, its sibling SXSWedu wound down. In the final hours, mayors of..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Education in Central Texas: A worrisome portrait

Community Action Network releases its Education FAQ on education in Central Texas

"...The Community Action Network, a public/private partnership that produces reports and builds coalitions, has released..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...It is 8am, and the Joslin Elementary library is waiting, patiently, for elusive families...."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Dawn in the EAST

Big Medium's Shea Little recalls the East Austin Studio Tour's beginning

"...Shea Little gazes over Big Medium's parking lot, which has been converted haphazardly into a courtyard...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Naked City

"..."We close at 5." – Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, rejecting any extension of..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature

'If Not Edison -- What?'

Austin Interfaith's Alliance programs represent one alternative to failing AISD schools.

"...In the Texas Education Agency's 2001 assessment of state school..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of a little bad press. We appreciate the free advertising, but the Journal isn't that powerful." – Wall Street..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Bad Medicine?

No Child Left Behind prescribed for Austin schools – although the cure may be worse than the illness

"...at Anderson High's back-to-school night. Parents jammed the cafeteria, crowding around tables for the school's 22 booster clubs, while..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

SXSWedu Tackles High-Stakes Testing

How can student assessment be weaned away from an antiquated system?

"...to see what they had on their shelves, and schools tested once a year to see how well their..."

March 12, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Opening the Doors

As college access tightens, minority students and families, and educators, look for ways to help more students.

"...A lot of hopeful but nervous faces were passing through academic adviser René Sanchez's office at Lyndon B...."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Demographic Change Shapes AISD Bond Debate

Is the district really growing? And will $420 million be spent in the right place?

"...The Austin ISD board of trustees last week held its first..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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

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

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

SXSWedu: Steady as She Goes

Women's rights advocates push for educational equity

"...Fiercely eloquent Shiza Shahid was the machine behind Malala Yousafzai’s rise to international icon after the..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Deconstructing Sonic Borders

The 13th annual No Idea Festival explores everything from phenological sound art to avant jazz and microtonal composition

"...This weekend, Austin's No Idea Festival once again fuses aural experimentalists and..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

'The Time to Speak Is Now'

Judge John Dietz on the Texas school finance system and closing the gaps

"...Before making his official ruling, Judge Dietz took "a moment of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

AISD Casts a Wider Blueprint

The Austin ISD announced its expansion of the Blueprint Initiative to LBJ and Reagan high schools

"...The next battle in the Austin ISD's accountability wars was announced last week,..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

A Mission To Communicate

Austin ISD's new multicultural, multitasking outreach director has a big job ahead: telling the district's story and getting the district to listen to the response

"...For a young man, the Austin Independent School District's Director of Public Relations & Multicultural..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I am writing..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

Uncontrolled Experiments

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

"...The mantra of the Austin Independent School District under Superintendent Meria Carstarphen has been..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...a lot of tongues at SXSWedu. That name is inBloom – and it will be invoked with a worrying..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Headlines..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional

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

"...District Judge John Dietz concluded a five-and-half-week trial by ruling unconstitutional the Texas system of public school finance. Following..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"..."After carefully considering the facts of this case ... I believe the..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"..."You know, I haven't had to listen to a single zoning case, and so by definition I may be..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...why people should be horrified." – Democrat Chris Bell, responding to an election trivia question thrown at him during..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature

So Let Them Surf...

One Child, One Computer: Gary Chapman's Vision

"...Nowhere do you find more enthusiasm for the god of Technology than among..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

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