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Barrientos implores Forgione and AISD not to drop its successful dropout prevention program.

"...budget cuts publicly contemplated is eliminating the district's successful dropout prevention program, an estimated savings of $1 million. (Slashing..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

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A Hard Lesson

"...keep struggling teens from tumbling onto the district's lengthy dropout rolls. The man hired last August as AISD's Dropout..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Peter vs. Paul at AISD

"...the board last week: $1 million slashed from the dropout prevention program, about $1.6 million in reduced library book..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Scaling the Pyramid

City moves to reprioritize social service programs in the new year

"...the Austin Comprehensive Plan, the city's commitment to these programs is as much a moral question as it is..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Communication Breakdown

Rocked by financial crisis, AISD goes to war with itself – and everyone suffers

"...particularly worried about board discussions concerning Grad Labs, a dropout prevention program currently being tested in Houston. While he..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...AISD Board of Trustees has discussed cutting its successful dropout-prevention program as a way to balance the budget for..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Staying Healthy to Stay in School

National nonprofit Communities in Schools looks at the role of food in education

"...itself). It's an ideal place for a national nonprofit dropout prevention program to set up shop...."

Sept. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Players Guide

"...2006 registration fees were donated to Tech Tots, a program that gives computers to children from low-income families. The..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

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Mock exam gets grown-ups involved in kids' study habits

"...Austin, which sees parental involvement as key to its dropout prevention program. The idea is that reminding parents what..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Changing Directions

Community-based programs aim to redirect the 'school-to-prison pipeline'

"...from her 10th-grade classroom and placed in a tutoring program housed in a portable building. She was not receiving..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Dagny Zenovia

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...day fund would be right useful to legislators slashing programs in a state that's always in a dead heat..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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"...tackled single-member districts: Mark Boyden, producer of neighborhood-association-informed news program A Neighborly Conversation, and Jim Walker. Also up at..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

Man of the Hour

Superintendent Pat Forgione discusses his goals for AISD in a Q&A interview with reporter Kevin Fullerton.

"...allowed to balloon, as with the 1996 bond construction program, which drew an uninvited audit from the state comptroller...."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Sorting the Categories: Current Social Services Contracts

The city attempts to define its basic social service priorities

"...the new bidding process. In any case, sorting the programs is an inexact science; as H&HS Director David Lurie..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...For Roland, those concerns include things like dropout prevention, quality child care, affordable health insurance, and equity..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...Rodriguez says ACC needs to do more to promote programs like Early College Start, a controversial program which allows..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...a middle school principal and then ran a gifted-and-talented program in Victoria – that's not what the community wanted...."

July 14, 2006 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 again under discussion..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...the contract to administer the Section 8 housing assistance program for the entire state. This is a far cry..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Promises, Promises

Two Austin neighborhoods vie to bring down federal dollars to help transform communities

"...Austin, has become a leader in issues such as dropout prevention and autism spectrum disorder research. While its staff..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Children's Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?

Travis County groups are competing to become part of a grand experiment

"...using governmental, educational, and nonprofit groups in a coordinated program to break the cycle of childhood poverty. His election..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Poverty Knocks at Texas' Door

State's top guns order more cuts

"...involve children, with protections for the Children's Health Insurance Program, foster care, and the Foundation School Program. However, that..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Poverty Knocks

Texas' financial black hole widens

"...protections for CHIP, foster care, and the Foundation School Program. However, that still means massive and swiping cuts may..."

May 29, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...finalized plans for Austin Community Television to maintain AMN programming on Channel 15 in the interim. Current plans are..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Politics

"...Austin Independent School District was leaking a lot more dropouts than it reported. And as a court ruled recently,..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Best of Austin Feature

A-to-Z Guide to Education in 1999

"...D is for Dropouts. AISD has far more than they're telling us, but..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Off the Desk:

"...has selected four design leaders to advise on acoustics, program management, and cost factors. Heading the team will be..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...made his biggest marks working to stem the school dropout rate, protecting the elderly, and championing the rights of..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

The Constable Races: Part 2

The relatively tame contests at play in precincts 1,3, and 4

"...wants to fold that experience into creating new outreach programs. "Luke has done a great job," Thomas said of..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...in this world. Every child in a Head Start program, every wildflower brightening our roadways is a testament to..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

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