Pole Position

For some kinds of dance, you need Brass Ovaries

"...me and no one else. Serena had a different teaching style, one paced more slowly, using an easier routine...."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Feature by Kaci Beeler

Watch/Learn at America’s Academy of Professional Wrestling

WWE-style wrestling on the north side

"...George opened the facility in 1990 after a 10-year teaching stint in California. Fourteen years beforehand, George was a..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Sports Post by Carly Yansak

What Now for Central Health?

Medical school planning begins, and associated care programs move to implementation

"...public funding of the construction of a proposed Catholic teaching hospital that does not support the constitutional rights of..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Culinary Networker Extraordinaire

Cooking with a message: community, diversity, ambition

"...one of those people with a natural talent for teaching. When the restaurant closed, my visits to the academy..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Food Feature

Half True: What Politifact Got Wrong About the GOP and Critical Thinking

Fact checking the fact checkers

"...called "Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching 'critical thinking' in public schools", Politifact cast its beady..."

Aug. 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Education: 'It's Time To Be Innovative'

Something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms

"...for office hours actually made for closer communication. His teaching system allows students to pick from a menu of..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Excited About Life

Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera

"...with special needs whom she worked with as a teaching assistant at Casis Elementary School, and a booster extraordinaire..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...caught in horse trading, balancing the value of each teaching position against the needs of the school. He already..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Charles Pasco

Remembering the Texas State University educator and playwright for children

"...the northern Midwest learn to speak. But when a teaching stint at a private college that didn't have a..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Her Fair Ladies

Cristina García's antidote to the so-called 'spicy señorita'

"...at the University of Texas' Michener Center for Writers, teaching a first-year Master of Fine Arts seminar on political..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Dead White Males

This critique of public education loses grade points on acting choices

"...attempting to justify their own positions, annually implement new teaching "strategies," which usually involve the latest instructional "theories," and..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...those classical guitars in the hands of local students, teaching them to pluck and strum, turning them on to..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Clouds Over Campus

With less funding, more competition, and a wavering vision, UT-Austin faces an uncertain future

"...can be made without undermining the "primary mission" – teaching – Howard said, "There's a real quandary about how..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clouds Part Over AISD Budget Forecast

AISD looks to be less squeezed for money than previously predicted

"...that date. How­ever, since most of those employees hold teaching credentials, the district is asking them to apply for..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Where's the Outcry Over Informal Classes?

Plan to cut Cactus is pricklier than continuing ed program

"...of those experts. A professional belly-dance instructor, she's been teaching at the Union for almost two decades. During that..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...through, not for your own self-aggrandizement but as a teaching tool. The community aspect of it – yeah, clearly,..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stars Aligning in Planetarium's Favor

Austin Planetarium group's persistence may finally be paying off

"...study of Houston schools, Hessel said, "They compared classroom teaching to teaching with access to a planetarium, and there..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Just Watch the Livestock

Texas schools' sex ed favors 'don't ask, don't tell ... and keep 'em ignorant'

"...sex ed. "Drug problems arose only when we started teaching about drugs, and similarly if you teach about sex,..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Another SBOE Voice for Creationism

The SBOE's Ken Mercer chimes in on creationism and evolution

"...all the headlines – as a strident voice against teaching evolution, an editorialist warning of martial law under Barack..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Darwinists Attack!

The State Board of Education doesn't understand the meaning of 'separation of church and state'

"...the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills requirements for the teaching of science in public schools. The SBOE will vote..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Urban Roots

Urban Roots gets kids growing vegetables and growing up, too

"...where working with urban teens could be combined with teaching sustainable-farming practices. For months the two men hashed out..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Energy Forward

Sofia Resnick gets her kee-op! on at Master Yi Martial Arts Academy

"...founded the World Tukong Moosul Federation and has been teaching Tukong Moosul, a style of martial arts he invented,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Point Austin: God Knows

Two recent Texas lessons about the relation between religion and freedom

"...on the national "intelligent design" campaign to undermine the teaching of science in the name of repackaged creationism. Bush..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Allegations Involving Axes, Bombs Follow Rumbo to TYC

"...be principal. The post requires five years of classroom teaching experience, and Rumbo counted four years of teaching track..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

MACC Mommy

Managing the busy new Mexican American Cultural Center is inspiring work for Amparo Garcia-Crow

"...And that is just her writing. In addition to teaching acting and directing workshops, she still performs and has..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Pearce Gets a New Principal

High test scores at what cost?

"...first-year teachers and, in some cases, uncertified substitutes and teaching aides. TEA stats show that during his tenure as..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Teacher Found Guilty of Injuring Child

Jurors find teacher at Hyde Park Baptist Church's day-care center intentionally injured at least one young child in her care

"...Rene Ratliff, a teaching aide to Lowry during the time that Parker was..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Desk Set

Its inaugural class – equipped with cameras, computers, and expert instruction – wades into a sea of possibility

"...Young Cinema, which, after the move to 501, began teaching kids under 18 how to write, shoot, edit, and..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...John Cage birthday concert (now in its sixth year), teaching and serving as artist-in-residence at the University of Mary..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...Morris says he takes a lot of pride in teaching the students but takes even more in making them..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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