Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...because the FLDS adheres to the very early, "fundamentalist" teachings of Mormonism, long since abandoned or limited by the..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...scores are supposed to measure a school's progress in teaching the children, and it's unfair to evaluate a school..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

More to Education Than Test Preparation

Austin Interfaith asks AISD to de-emphasize standardized testing

"...walks," through which they offer additional instructional strategies for teaching the district's standardized curriculum...."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Vision and Focus

In the 'Undertow' with director David Gordon Green and first-time screenwriter Joe Conway

"...game of basketball. A UT grad who had been teaching English at St. Stephen's private school since 1989, Conway..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACC Scrambles for Staff

The college's accreditation troubles leave students without teachers

"...is a full-time employee, ACC found him another appointment teaching Spanish and German (his graduate degrees are in Latin..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...lack proper credentials to instruct courses they have been teaching, sometimes for many years. However, the board's move also..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

AISD Candidates

Profiles of the contestants

"...the curriculum is a rich one that goes beyond teaching to the test. Finally, he supports improving teacher compensation,..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature

Giving Voice

Students and colleagues sing in tribute to the late Martha Deatherage

"...of commitment, both to her craft and to her teaching, that inspire admiration and affection and sometimes even awe...."

April 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Choreographer Allison Orr pops up on the National Geographic Channel, and Ballet East and UT professor Bion Tsang are honored

"...of Fine Arts' recipients of this year's Texas Exes Teaching Award. Tsang, an assistant professor of violoncello, and Malone,..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...Families Association. UT campus, room 3.122 in the University Teaching Center, Speedway and 21st...."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

In Search of Intelligent Life at the SBOE

The State Board of Education reviews biology textbooks, and the battle over evolution rejoins.

"...evolutionary theory to please those folks who believe that teaching evolution is part of the secular humanist plot to..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"...But children weren't interested in teaching concepts or funding sources or the political climate from..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

One week without a column and news surely does back up around here. Restaurant openings, exciting new products, chef stories: You name it, we've got it!

"...flavor of Thailand to home-cooked meals... After years of teaching Austinites to love flan in a variety of flavors,..."

May 31, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Letters at 3AM

A proposal for grading high school literature students gauges their “engagement” with the material.

"...on me. I will always be grateful to them; teaching has been among the richest (and happiest) experiences of..."

April 5, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Articulations

UT-Austin Professor of Cello Phyllis Young is honored with a lifetime achievement award, and visionary director Anne Bogart comes to town to teach a master class.

"...used pedagogy books, Playing the String Game: Strategies for Teaching Cello and Strings and The String Play: The Drama..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...on the written exam," he offers.) Blackwood was now teaching English at a high school for pregnant girls, optimistically..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

University High

Community colleges are pushing "college credit" courses for high school students -- but the education is in doubt.

"...where senior faculty comprise a larger portion of the teaching staff than on other NH/MCCD campuses, that faculty pressure..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden

The exhibition "Charles Umlauf: A Retrospective, 1933-1992" at the gallery Spazio by Lytle Pressley, is a fresh reminder that Umlauf was an artistic virtuoso in many ways and not simply an artist who lived in Austin, but an artist who was Austin, who embodied something of the character of the city and revealed it in his artwork.

"...This one small piece, Christ Teaching the Children, currently on display at the gallery Spazio..."

June 1, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Life on Wheels

"...Toys at Christmas, baking cookies for Magnolia [Cafe], substitute teaching, child care ... and this postering thing just started..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Shadrock Roberts

Too Much Caffeine Woman

Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.

"...when talking about many subjects -- art, punk rock, teaching, making records, gardening. So much so, in fact, that..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The University of Houston

"...and curriculum, many U of H students are granted teaching assistantships and fellowships in order to help them pay..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Postmarks

A point-counterpoint on Long Park development; Austin Music Network's bad move; and a call for a car-free council member.

"...at Bowie High School entering my second year of teaching. I'm writing to you concerning Dr. Forgione's proposed solution..."

April 7, 2000 Column

Velvet Underdog

Sterling Morrison: An Oral History With Interviews

"...played the Vulcan Gas Company [Austin, 1969], I was teaching Literature & Electronic Media [at UT]. I wanted someone..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Education of a Lifetime

A look at UT's Performing Arts Center and the process by which they bring the biggest names in jazz to Austin.

"...musicians of his generation, was doing a little after-hours teaching. Sharing a piano bench in the bulding's green room..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Code We Share

How a nice Jewish boy like Lorne Opler found G_d at a Christian seminary.

"...My tutoring idea was now elevated to a full-blown teaching position. Finding myself in an environment where my faith..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

Far and Away the Best

"...Tina Buck photograph by John Anderson..."

July 9, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Spotlights

"...occupation enough, Mims also takes an active role in teaching what he knows to others. After six years of..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Mueller Will Gentrify

"...in the church. I am against your preaching and teaching of witchcraft by means of mixing the law of..."

March 5, 1999 Column

Writing by Degrees

The Unfolding Now

"...programs at UT, the Michener Center utilizes the permanent teaching faculty of its affiliate departments (English, Theatre & Dance,..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Jay Hardwig

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Penny's active faith in the teachings of the Bible led her to strive for an..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

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