Good Enough for Your Kid

The Lege considers the cost of an "adequate" public school education

"...Public Education, where members heard the results of the "adequacy" study performed by researchers from the University of Kansas..."

March 12, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

Everyone's favorite Christmas misanthrope loses his edge

"...match for a movie that’s been engineered to achieve adequacy, but not much more...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Joins the Inadequacy Club

School-finance decision consistent with national trends

"...brings with it, however, is the new challenge of adequacy – the argument that the state's big pot of..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Barely Adequate

The State Board of Education and legislative finance committees consider the public schools

"...have wrestled with similar problems, and they focused on "adequacy" in the schools -- that is, can the state..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Chum in the Water at Finance Trial

Dueling 'adequacy reports' liven up the courtroom

"...According to the figures from the adequacy report presented on Tuesday, Texas needed between $504 million..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

School Lawsuits Multiply

Three groups of Texas school districts are suing the state over the public school finance system

"...2) Adequacy: The current tax system provides inadequate funding to meet..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Challenge of Judge Dietz

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

"...Texas A&M, responsible for the recent legislative study on "adequacy," which purported to show that current levels of funding..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Snake Eyes

As Perry's session goes down to defeat, the rest of Texas celebrates a victory

"...and Colleyville as "Robin Hood." Last year's mantra was "adequacy" – if we just found out scientifically how much..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Confess, Fletch

Jon Hamm's laconic detective is too laid-back for his own good

"...and unbothered, Confess, Fletch never climbs higher than mere adequacy...."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

School Finance: A Timeline

"...school districts file suit against Texas over equity and adequacy of the school finance system. Judge John Dietz rules..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature

Point Austin: Hecht v. Dietz

Supremes find high taxes onerous, but lousy schools OK

"...districts – had also prevailed on the issues of "adequacy" and "equity" in funding, demonstrating at excruciating length that..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...legislative session on public school finance, now that the adequacy study has been issued (see "Capitol Chronicle," p.17), and..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Public Ed: What's Equal?

"...what amount of money can be defined as delivering "adequacy." Since some districts get by on roughly $4,500 per..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

APD Chief Joseph Chacon’s Legacy

Assessing the final years of a career that saw a rise from beat cop to chief of police

"...promise of that moment. Instead, he settled for mere adequacy. Chacon summed up his own record at the press..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW TV Review: Lucky Hank

Bob Odenkirk lends his weight to light academic comedy

"...war on (or for, depending on your viewpoint) mere adequacy...."

March 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

As Austin Recovers From Winter Storm Mara, City Manager's Job Is (Again) on the Line

Walking on thin ice

"...investigate AE's response to Mara, taking stock of the "adequacy" and "execution" of AE's vegetation management plan, coordination between..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City, County Issue Disaster Declaration, Seek Federal Funds for Cleanup to Come

Food Bank will be at two Eastside locations tomorrow

"...of Austin Energy’s response to this storm and the “adequacy and execution” of their vegetation management plan, in a..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...The Firewise program, they say, is voluntary, and its adequacy is currently being questioned on a national level. "WUI..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Next Anti-Choice Strategy?

Widening the A.G.'s authority to prosecute

"...isn't sorely needed, at least for Travis County. "The adequacy of resources to enforce the law is not an..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Obamacare Lives!

Navigating ACA open enrollment after the Trump-ocalypse

"...doctor or hospital is not in-network, the ACA has adequacy requirements that each plan must meet. "We work with..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael Agresta

School Finance on Trial

Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours

"...300 school districts sue the state over equity and adequacy of the school finance system. Judge John Dietz rules that the..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...it will still barely touch the lowest definition of adequacy. Pierce said, "The Constitution is not what we need..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Court Rules Texas School Finance Unconstitutional

Dietz says current system fails students, must be rebuilt

"...tax, and the parts of the education clause requiring adequacy, suitability, and equity. This is in fact the second..."

Aug. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Changing the Climate

Ellis hopes for a cooler future

"...and a statement from the state climatologist "regarding the adequacy of the scientific basis of the plan."..."

Feb. 9, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Playback

The Eastern Sea catch the 'Plague,' Eagle Claw goes samurai, John Wesley Coleman III wants to direct, and you can't pee on the Midgetmen

"...Midgetmen Day. The fourpiece, celebrating a decade of glorious adequacy, played an acoustic cover of Weird Al Yankovic's "Dare..."

June 22, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...district. Magellan then undertook what is called an educational adequacy study, which AISD Facilities Executive Director Turner called "a..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Matching Buildings to Kids, or Vice Versa?

AISD aims to resolve under- and overcrowding issues with its facilities master plan

"...use to create "a facilities plan that provides educational adequacy for all students at all facilities throughout the district."..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...meeting watchers who are worried in part about the adequacy of a proposed privacy policy. Commissioner Ramey Ko, also..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature

Austin Film Festival: 'Calvin Marshall'

A wannabe shortstop goes through the ringer in this baseball comedy.

"...with Calvin’s delusions of grandeur, or even delusions of adequacy – he’s a smart kid, after all; he knows..."

Oct. 22, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Front-Runner Emerges for CAMPO Seat

Capital Metro board mounts search to fill vacancy

"...My professional convictions are: affordability, accessibility, availability, appropriateness, and adequacy." Manor is a social-services program administrator with Travis Co...."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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