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Middle-aged white guys have it tough all over, not just in Texas
"...it is, we should definitely keep it out of textbooks. We can just use the Bible instead. Jesus always..."
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Feb. 23, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Textbooks Rejected Over Climate Content: The Republican-controlled Texas State Board..."
Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature
Saltburn
The Talented Mr. Ripley riff adds little to the conversation
"...classic tropes of the niche aesthetic: extravagant architecture, dusty textbooks, and musky queer-coded young men...."
Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Should Texas Science Textbooks Cover Climate Change?
Kids are affected by it but can't learn about it
"...the depth of those lessons will depend on which textbooks and other materials the Texas State Board of Education..."
Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Emily Engelbart
APD Victims Services Unit Calls on Local Therapists for Help
Unit offers training in EMDR therapy in exchange for pro bono counseling for trauma survivors
"...crime. The incentive? Free professional training – cost of textbooks not included...."
April 14, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra
Much Wine! Many Food! And Buzz Burger Debuts, Sway Goes West, It’s a Whole New Lunar Year, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...the Lunar New Year, as traditionally celebrated in what textbooks like to call the East Asian cultural sphere, and..."
Jan. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Indoor Queers Club: History’s No Mystery!
Qmmunity recommends readable & watchable media about queer history
"...moment of queer resistance that made it into history textbooks. The episode includes some classic You’re Wrong About myth-busting..."
Sept. 9, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott
Post-Pandemic, Can Schools Make Sex Education Work?
Tackling difficult subjects in Texas schools
"...textbook revisions trying to keep scientific information away from textbooks," Mejia said. "It's concerning how much critical information will..."
Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Madi Donham
Opinion: On Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Americans Still Erased in Texas
With the State Board of Education updating our history curriculum, we have an opportunity now to highlight Asian American narratives for future generations of Texas students
"...Asian Americans are literally reduced to nothing in our textbooks. Texas must create a more historically inclusive approach, so..."
March 18, 2022 Column by Ashley Cheng
Chronicle Endorsements for the March Primary Election
Here are the local, state, and national Dems we picked to represent us
"...seat on the board that tries to edit everybody's textbooks, Bell-Metereau has been rewarded in redistricting with an easily..."
Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature
State Board of Education: Bell-Metereau Faces Two Challengers
Bluer district creates opportunity to push board leftward
"...what's taught to Texas public school students by adopting textbooks and curriculum standards. In recent years, board members have..."
Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon
Vaquero Taquero Opens Second Location in Downtown Austin
Saturday grand opening promises music and carne asada
"...McAllen MD/loopmaker Dr. Loops, and local country left-wingers Texas Textbooks. Cobos hopes to “showcase the border music scene” with..."
Sept. 16, 2021 Food Post by Rachel Rascoe
Texas' True Legacy
"...the Palm building. Hopefully some day the Texas school textbooks will cover the true legacy of Texas, which consists..."
June 14, 2021 Postmarks
The Get Together
Austin party movie is one perfect night in the velvet rut
"...be wrong), The Get Together might not make the textbooks of indie cinema. Still, grab an Eastcider or a..."
May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu
In Memoriam: George Wilkerson
Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar
"...he has more than three published, with royalties from textbooks paying the bills. I visited him when I was..."
June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Braces Looks to the Left
Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel
"...School Fund, approving charter schools, and adopting curricula and textbooks for the state's 5.4 million public school students. (And..."
Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left
Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel
"...School Fund, approving charter schools, and adopting curricula and textbooks for the state's 5.4 million public school students. (And..."
Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma
Another Survivor Comes Forward Against Travis County D.A.
Change.org petition calls for the removal of Margaret Moore
"...man” who stole her backpack containing medications, a laptop, textbooks, and class notes, and left her struggling with “severe”..."
Dec. 4, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff
State Board of Education Brings a New Anti-Sex Circus to Town
Anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, and creationism advocates to help revise Texas public schools’ sex education
"...The state's current health education standards and textbooks include no information about sexual orientation and gender identity,..."
July 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Great Austin Gift Ideas for College Graduation
Local bites, books, apparel, and ease the transition to the real world
"...out after four years of consuming everything from chemistry textbooks to Russian literature, keep it short and sweet with..."
May 15, 2019 Events Post by Caitlin Davis
Misleading Textbooks
March 31, 2019 Postmarks
In Heartland, Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean Makes the War in Afghanistan Personal
Michener Center alumnus' latest drama turns down the volume of war
"...University of Nebraska's Center for Afghanistan Studies to create textbooks for Afghan schoolchildren that contained violent images and militant..."
Jan. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
ACC Teaches Without Textbooks
Open-source resources help keep education affordable
"...college more affordable by eliminating the need for costly textbooks. The courses cover a variety of subjects across a..."
Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders
On the Trustee Trail
AISD, ACC candidates talk money, equity
"...continue to make ACC more affordable by using open-source textbooks and keeping tuition rates steady, and to grow partnerships..."
Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders
How to Help the San Marcos Fire Victims
From donating to attending concerts, here's what you can do
"...The funds will be used to help replace clothing, textbooks, and other necessities lost in the fire. The university..."
July 25, 2018 Emergency Post by Eilish O'Sullivan
“Regional Fictions” at MASS Gallery
This thought-provoking show takes on the educational system's traditional narratives by juxtaposing the familiar with images that challenge it
"...are usually passed around with the intent to protect textbooks on loan from the school, but here they set..."
June 29, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean
SBOE Passes Mexican-American Studies, but Whitewashes the Name
Right-wing board member objects to “hyphenated Americanism”
"...Four years and two failed textbooks later, the Texas State Board of Education finally agreed..."
April 13, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma
State Board of Education Votes Down Second Mexican-American Studies Textbook
Rejected Text, Pt. 2
"...a refreshing departure from its historically politicized decisions on textbooks. Most SBOE members who voted against the latest book,..."
Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Internet Back to School Supplies
You've filled out the apps to get here – now it's time to download some
"...group. While it’s a great place to find cheap textbooks around the beginning of semesters, you can also find..."
Aug. 22, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katarina Brown
Marathon House Debate Yields “Show Me Your Papers” Sanctuary Cities Bill
Amendment lets cops question detainees' immigration status
"...failed. Pointing to racist voting maps and whitewashed history textbooks, Anchia cast the legislation as another piece in the..."
