In a Better World

This Danish import by Susanne Bier deservedly won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

"...aggression on Elias’ bullies, but before long he is teaching himself to build pipe bombs in the garage. Meanwhile,..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AISD: Tax Relief vs. Teacher Relief

AISD board hears testimony on historic property tax exemptions

"...the exemption only costs the district $100,000 extra for teaching. In fact, that number is a bit misleading. Due..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Communication Breakdown

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

"...and three are less than three years into their teaching careers. Their loss may be a hammer blow. Duron..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas <3 Teachers (Allegedly)

File under "chutzpah"

"...Three, yet again the non-teaching staff (including custodians, teaching assistants, principals, nurses etc etc..."

March 23, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Apple on the Table

Breaking down the AISD RIF list growth

"...surprised. However, his real concern is that so many teaching positions are being paid for out of non-recurrent grants...."

March 7, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD's Next Step After Exigency?

If exigency doesn't mean cuts, what does it mean?

"...off teachers or technology support staff or special education teaching assistants. Gorzycki Middle School student Ty Tuttle told the..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Who is Under the Axe?

Breaking down the 1,017 proposed cuts

"...formulas, and the emphasis will be on how many teaching jobs will go. However, the terms "administration" and "classified"..."

Feb. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The First To Question

Remembering the ultimate theatre historian, Oscar Brockett, 1923-2010

"...lore comprised of decades upon decades of learning and teaching and continued discoveries. He was a great man –..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Oscar Brockett

Remembering the world's foremost theatre historian

"...his master's and doctoral degrees, then embarked on a teaching career at the University of Kentucky and Stetson University..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'It' Program

Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews

"...appeal to them – they'd both been coaching and teaching all over the country for years and loved it...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking Politics Back to School

State Board of Ed races highlight educational tensions

"...work, but more recent research on what works in teaching reading has shown that there are other ways of..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Finding an SBOE Balance: District Roundup

SBOE contests around the state

"...only three Republicans on the board who defended the teaching of evolution and rejected creationism (the others were Lubbock's..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Louis Malfaro and 18 Years of AISD Politics

The teachers' union veteran looks back as he moves forward

"...city that's churning and changing." When he first started teaching at Blackshear, 60% of the students were African-American and..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Engaging 'Fourplay'

Before departing for Chicago, Kyle Henry makes a cross-platform debut

"...be relocating so that Henry can take a tenure-track teaching position at Northwestern University. Back in Austin after the..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

After a Fashion

In memory of a friend

"...Austin, where I'd gone to school, and he was teaching theatre at Austin Community College as well as being..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, July 2-8

"...she retires from four decades of entertaining – er, teaching – the luckiest 3-year-olds in Austin. (See "Teaching the..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the June 12 run-off elections

"...professor and former Leander mayor pro tem offers both teaching and municipal government experience. The government background would fill..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Putting the 'UT' in 'Cut'

UT loses Vietnamese classes

"...in the budget for its lecturers, adjunct professors, and teaching assistants. Even with savings created by increasing class sizes,..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

To Mars, With Love

Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond

"...An award-winning lecturer at UT (he received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the UT System board of regents in..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Harmonic Convergence

Three stellar performers of Indian classical dance finally unite onstage

"...dancers of varying lineages, all of whom have experience teaching, have been able to become students again. "When we..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conservatives Take Another Swing at Social Studies

Curriculum vote pushed to March

"...socialism in our educational system and calling for the teaching of "American exceptionalism." One sign at a rally outside..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...and funny adaptation turned out to be perfect for teaching bored students the basics of geometry and spatial relationships..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Setting the Table

New director Ned Rifkin wants to bring more people to the feast that is the Blanton

"...do into something meaningful, some sort of embodied practice. Teaching is where I started, and in a funny way..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cause of Brees' Death Still Unknown

Former Austin Bar Association president and mother of pro quarterback Drew Brees dies in Colorado

"...the Austin Bar Association, had recently completed a five-month teaching stint at the Institute of International Relations in Ukraine..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

TEA to Pearce: Drop Dead

School officials and community are blindsided by agency's decision to close Pearce Middle School

"...place but with more emphasis on science and the teaching of English as a second language. But district leaders..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Whatever Works

Confessions of a cranky misanthrope.

"...fine apartment in Beekman Place). Yellnikoff earns a living teaching chess to youngsters and spends his leisure time hanging..."

July 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

LegeLines

A little bit of lowdown on big things at the Capitol

"...university campuses and employers' parking lots... What were they teaching before? On March 31, the House Public Education Committee..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by the News Staff

Creationists Get Creative at the Capitol

Two new creationist-backed bills take aim at science education

"...that "no governmental entity shall prohibit any teacher" from teaching "strengths and weaknesses using scientific evidence and information."..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Miss March

Two-fifths of the Whitest Kids U'Know comedy troupe wrote, star in, and co-directed this nubile sex romp about a road trip to the Playboy mansion.

"...A high schooler who has dedicated his life to teaching kids the value of sexual abstinence is finally ready..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Creationist Bills at the Lege

"Does Texas really need that kind of crazy?"

"...and “no governmental entity shall prohibit any teacher” from teaching “strengths and weaknesses using scientific evidence and information.”..."

March 16, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

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