Bracing for School Closures

AISD says all schools at risk, but parents worry for poor areas

"...aren’t ready to say which of the district’s 116 schools will be closed and consolidated to save money as..."

May 30, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

With 25,000 Empty Seats, AISD Enrollment Factors Into Massive Budget Problem

Falling down an endless budget hole

"...The school closure crisis is entangled with the release of Texas’..."

May 30, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?

Behind efforts to eliminate the state test that stresses kids out and shuts schools down

"...Readiness – is the test given to all public school students at the end of each school year in..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...than do their jobs are afraid of transparency and accountability.”..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature

Fearing State Takeover, Austin ISD Plans to Replace Middle School Teachers

New staff planned for three poor-performance schools

"...The plan to address our local school district’s worsening accountability crisis has changed again. Three weeks..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sixteen Austin Schools Drop From B to F Ratings Under New State Measure

A state takeover of the district’s school board becomes likelier

"...Monica Mills is the principal of Rodriguez Elementary School in Southeast Austin, a school where 98% of the..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

AISD Superintendent Considers Moving Hundreds of Students From Dobie to Lamar Middle School

Parents and staff worry as AISD avoids possible state takeover

"...With a temporary or permanent closure of Dobie Middle School looming, Austin ISD is proposing to fold between 300..."

April 25, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Family and Staff Dismayed at Dobie Middle School’s Likely Closure

Austin ISD could face state takeover if school remains open

"...meeting between Austin ISD leaders and the Dobie Middle School community. Over a hundred students, parents, teachers, and staff..."

April 18, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

One Week After Warning of School Consolidations, AISD May Have Its First Target

Dobie Middle School low test scores create risk of TEA takeover

"...The press conference on April 4 at Dobie Middle School seemed like any other. It was arranged by local..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...with those impacted and calls for due process, transparency, accountability, and support for affected families,” the group said in..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature

Texas Law Would Make Law Enforcement Misconduct Records More Secretive

New law would create “G file” for all state law enforcement agencies

"...require all law enforcement agencies (city, transit, university and school district police departments, sheriff’s offices, and state law enforcement..."

April 4, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...opposes: the initiative Gov. Greg Abbott refers to as “school choice” and “education savings accounts,” but that is most..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Scholars Visiting Austin Discuss the Building Blocks of a “Just Economy”

Authors sit down at SXSW and UT to dissect moral economics

"...and then Wednesday for a free talk on corporate accountability at UT-Austin’s business school...."

March 7, 2025 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...success of the city’s approach generally supports the urbanist school of thinking that more housing construction – whether it..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Opinion: America’s Civic Literacy Crisis: Are We Losing the Foundation of Our Democracy?

Why we need to prioritize civic education

"...an academic exercise; it’s a tool for liberation and accountability. In my work with the Baylor University iEngage Summer..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Column by Toyosi Stephen Adedara

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...automatic admission threshold to 5% of Texas’ top high schoolers in the 2026 admission cycle, down from 6%, the..."

Sept. 20, 2024 News Feature

The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz

Local newsroom leaders see growth potential despite tough climate

"...is, in many respects, even more grim. The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University found that an average..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

The 20-Year Overnight Success of Glen Powell

Hollywood’s newest A-lister – according to the directors who knew him first and best

"...invited his kindergarten teacher, his fifth-grade teacher, his high school football coach, creative writing teacher, and guidance counselor to..."

June 7, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Taking Accountability

"...unions across the country to keep kids out of school and learning remotely? AISD now wants to "over-serve the..."

April 9, 2024 Postmarks

Austin ISD Reduces Budget Deficit by Half

Meanwhile, special ed students are still struggling

"...the 2023 legislative session has proven false and now school districts across the state are announcing budget deficits...."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin ISD Has Cleared Its Evaluation Backlog for Special Ed Students

The district is fixing its special education department

"...Austin’s public school system has cleared a major hurdle in its goal..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin ISD Celebrates Hiring of New Superintendent

And worries about slow progress in reading, math

"...The Austin Independent School District stepped into a new era on Thursday night..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Graders: The release of the Texas Education Agency's A-F accountability ratings is delayed again. In October, a Travis County..."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Feature

To Keep Teens Out of Jail, Travis County Pilots First of its Kind Program for Those Accused of Assaulting Caregivers

Kids in the program get resources to stabilize

"...Justice Center. There, kids are pulled out of their schools and enter the juvenile court system, often for the..."

Nov. 8, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Judge Blocks Texas Education Agency From Releasing New, Harsher Grades

A-F accountability grade: incomplete

"...releasing its new, harsher A-F grades of the state’s schools any time soon...."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Del Valle and Leander ISD Supers Testify Against New State-Imposed School Rating System

Dozens of districts have joined the lawsuit

"...School superintendents in Del Valle and Leander testified in a..."

Oct. 11, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...and Denton ISDs voted last week to join other schools in an ongoing lawsuit against Texas Education Commissioner Mike..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature

Senate Hopeful Colin Allred Makes His Moderate-Dem Case Against Ted Cruz

The former NFL player came to Austin for TribFest

"...a fourth generation Texan, son of a single mom school teacher, and a former NFL linebacker-turned-civil rights attorney who..."

Sept. 27, 2023 News Post by Oscar Rodriguez

The Exquisite Torments of Ken Paxton

Why is everybody so mean to the Texas Attorney General?

"...Texas, or rather the end of political and moral accountability (never flourishing) at the Texas Capitol?..."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...against the Texas Education Agency over its changes to accountability ratings, which raised the threshold for an A rating..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature

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