School Redesign Lacks Rigor

AISD reforms scrutinized by trustees

"...draft plan for the first stage of a high school "redesign" to instill greater academic rigor and career relevance..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

School System Needs to Serve All Students

"...High students who tormented her, at the teachers and school officials who pretended not to notice, and (to a..."

Feb. 11, 2004 Postmarks

Sculpting a School

David Deming on the Art of Being a Dean

"...at a time when it's highly ranked among similar schools in the country, yet when the competition is fierce..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

School's Back in Session in Round Rock and So Are Book Banners

On the agenda: dirty talk

"...that the people who want to remove books from school libraries can't stop themselves from reading aloud what they..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Legislature Narrowly Averts Funneling Public School Funds to Private Schools

How schools fared in Texas' 88th legislative session

"...began the session optimistically, pushing House Bill 100, a school funding bill that would have provided $5 billion to..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

State Offers Exciting New Incentives Package to Retain Public School Teachers

Tough times for teachers, but the Texas GOP is here to help

"...a crisis of teacher retention in the state's public schools, companion bills passed both chambers of the Legislature last..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by the News Staff

Public Notice: School Boards and Rail Lines

Searching for a super, roughing out the rail routes

"...The Austin Independent School Dis­trict Board of Trustees will be selecting a new..."

March 17, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Back-to-School Brings New COVID-19 Records

Let there be masks

"...on-campus learning having barely just begun for most Austin-area school districts, local health officials are already seeing the impact..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

At the Ready Gets in the Uniform Boots of Texas’ High School Cops

Sundance title comes to AFS's drive-in screen

"...If you walked into a school and there were kids with fake guns running police-style..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD School Closures, Racism at APD, and More on This Week's The Austin Chronicle Show

Also: What to watch in movie theatres Thanksgiving Day

"...That was the devastating assessment of the so-called “School Changes” plan for school closures, as delivered by Austin..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: School’s Out for Dayglow

Nineteen-year-old Sloan Struble leaves UT for the bedroom-pop big leagues, while two new area record stores make their debuts

"...using loops and samples "like song Legos." Into middle school, he emulated Christian mainstreams Owl City and Relient K..."

June 21, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Lawmakers Agree to Improve School Funding

Full-day pre-K, financial assistance, and more to support the state's public schools

"...the state's K-12 system, providing pay raises to most school employees, additional resources to help educate the state's most..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Starts the Clock on School Closures

Board set to decide in June on campus consolidations

"...is taking its first concrete steps toward consolidating district schools, with Monday’s work session of the Board of Trustees...."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Day Trips & Beyond: New Orleans School of Cooking

Cajun cooking made simply good

"...group of friends, I ducked into the New Orleans School of Cooking (NOSOC) for a class in classic Louisiana..."

May 18, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Patrick Bullies School ISD Over Transgender Policy

Lt. Gov. calls for resignation of Ft. Worth superintendent

"...anti-LGBTQ state official from Houston meddled in the Dallas-area school district after it approved rules in late April that..."

May 10, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

AISD to Consider Ridding School Names of Confederate Legacy

AISD Board in the process of crafting a mechanism that allows for renaming schools upon public request

"...Austin Independent School District trustees could adopt a new policy for renaming..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School's Out, but AISD Pay Raise Talk Goes On

Debate over salary increase details carries on at AISD

"...will see in their pay packet when the next school year starts...."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Old School Leathersmith, Lockhart

Making leather goods that last to customers' specifications

"...Old School Leathersmith in Lockhart lives up to its name. When..."

June 12, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Except for Eanes, Area School Bonds Win Big

Low turnout election sandwiched between primaries

"...bond proposal. The money would have paid for essential school renovations, including a replacement elementary school that the district..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Med School Campaign Goes High-Speed

The campaign for a UT-Austin medical school accelerates

"...consequences and benefits implicit in the proposed UT-Austin med school and teaching hospital championed by state Sen. Kirk Watson,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Second Round of Papi Tino's Culinary School Competition

Week Two: Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

"...are two kinds of cooks: those who attended culinary school and those who did not. Those who did not..."

Sept. 15, 2012 Food Post by Gracie Salem

School's Garden Bulldozed

AISD contractors mowed down Martin Middle School's wildlife habitat

"...Families at Martin Middle School are already feeling like they're under siege from Austin..."

July 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...her newly focused energies from three years of grad school into her 12-year-old troupe, Spank Dance Company, planning an..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

As A National Board Certerfied Teacher Shocked by IDEA School

"...Teacher, I was shocked to learn about the IDEA school [“Not Everyone Keen on Charter IDEA,” News, Nov. 11]...."

Nov. 17, 2011 Postmarks

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Texas High School Football: More Than the Game'

Bullock Texas State History Museum, Saturday, August 6, 2011

"...certainly the big man on campus at Henryetta High School, where he was a center on the basketball team..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

School Is Out

"...matters worse, the scene takes place in a high school, and high school movies, I’ve decided, are the lowest..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Name That School!

Cesar Chavez and East Side are among the top name choices

"...asked residents to submit suggestions for what their new school should be called. Nominations are now closed, and the..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The School-Bond Lowdown

AISD trustees tell staff to work on language for three bond propositions for May ballot

"...After months of discussion, the Austin Independent School District is moving forward with a $343 million bond..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Time for a New Mueller Public School

"...a national model of community planning, the Austin Independent School District should contribute to the project by building the..."

Jan. 20, 2008 Postmarks

AISD Considering All-Boys School

District asking for input from community on plans to open a school for young men

"...from the community on district plans to open a school for young men, which would span sixth grade through..."

June 8, 2007 News Post by Michael May

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