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El Paso residents object to expelling Mexicans from public schools |
|
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Quiet about Iraan deer case, Boys played in basketball tournament
after admitting beating deer to death |
|
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Houston ISD is transitioning some campuses to K-8 |
|
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Austin school uses perks, parents to fight truancy |
|
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Alief ISD postpones resignation decision |
|
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Royse City student seeks Mustache Institute to combat facial hair
policy |
|
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Dallas ISD tries online courses for students deficient in English |
|
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Alief ISD board could ask indicted trustee to resign |
|
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Levelland school turns heads with design |
|
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Mercedes school board moves to fire high school principal |
|
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Argyle teacher arrested for improper student relationship |
|
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TEA report: Preschool program isn't paying off |
|
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Texas fingerprint law troubles educators, Groups fear good teachers
may be lost for minor offenses |
|
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Disclaimer added to school speeches at A&M Consolidated High |
|
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Silsbee superintendent to retire |
|
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Granbury ISD Forbids Eyebrow Shaving |
|
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Only 88 percent of state schools make grade |
|
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Audit may imperil Dallas schools' bond vote |
|
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16 Houston area schools get off list of failures |
|
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TEA gives $4.2 million to create new schools |
|
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Former Spring ISD teacher jailed on sex charge |
|
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Midland ISD substitute suspended after unacceptable use of force to
a student |
|
|
‘Roo Stadium to get $14.5 million facelift
- I thought public schools were broke? |
|
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Houston approves plan for flexible school day |
|
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Casey: TEA flap shows the evolution of a problem |
|
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Houston ISD: Lawsuit is "without merit", citizens file to stop $805
million bond sale |
|
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Creation college seeks state's OK to train teachers |
|
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Big Spring ISD hopes to cut down on pollutants from buses |
|
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Dallas'
Kimball High School Bans Hoodies |
|
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Math publisher appeals state's rejection of textbook |
|
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Freshman arrested after bomb scare at Cleburne High School |
|
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State lets students transfer from hundreds of deficient Texas
schools |
|
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Implementation of school bonds must keep word |
|
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Cactus Schools Bouncing Back One Year After Immigration Raid |
|
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Donna soccer coach charged in sexual assault of student |
|
|
Mercedes school board tables principal’s fate |
|
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Abilene Cooper High cougar logo about to change after image
challenged |
|
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2 taken to hospital after Houston ISD bus accident |
|
|
Science professors blast ouster at TEA |
|
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Kilgore ISD Taps Clements As New Superintendent |
|
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Alvin cheerleader's dad outraged by suspension |
|
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Dallas: Woman accused of stealing $95,000 from booster club |
|
|
Eanes plans to end dispute with former physics teacher |
|
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More guilty pleas expected in wake of former PSJA schools
superintendent Arturo Guajardo's |
|
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Wylie ISD opts for state law on religious speech |
|
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Longview ISD superintendent calls $193 million bond package a
survival list |
|
|
Parents Say DeSoto Football Coach
Intimidated Players -and? |
|
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Texas biology professors voice support for evolution education |
|
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Small schools score big on magazine's list of nation's best |
|
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Texas aims to close students' skill gap |
|
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'Chitling test' stirs emotion at Klein school |
|
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Parent sues Comal school district over son's death |
|
|
Irving, Richardson schools face sliding enrollment, hard choices |
|
|
Dallas school district officials reassure parents, students on
magnet schools' status |
|
|
High School Coach Resigns After Camera Found In Locker Room |
|
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Gates funding gives boost to Houston ISD program |
|
|
Wylie, Abilene districts say leaders worth pay |
|
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Bastrop school officials add officers after threats of fight |
|
|
Parents decry reading of controversial book to Shallowater
third-graders |
|
|
Lewisville school, Killian's beer have same name, similar logos |
|
|
Rio Grande City students injured in bus collision |
|
|
Bowie teacher resigns after trip with students |
|
|
Dallas schools raise passing rate but fall short of many goals |
|
|
UTD training program aims to multiply math, science teachers |
|
|
Beaumont ISD accused of racial discrimination |
|
|
Texas superintendents get pay raises,
again - I thought schools were
broke? |
|
|
Dallas ISD probes Roosevelt football fight |
|
|
Hawkins ISD Students Get Day Off Because Of Gas Leak |
|
|
Edinburg: School District Police Interviewing Accusers' Relatives |
|
|
UIL high school steroids-testing creates worries |
|
|
UIL extends comment period for steroid testing |
|
|
Editorial: Social promotion continues its hold in state education
- you'd think they were listening to Pratt |
|
|
Some Amarillo parents peeved about school rule baring them from
walking their kids to class |
|
|
Dallas attorney chosen as Mediator in Ector Co. ISD Bible course
lawsuit |
|
|
Lawsuit against Amarillo ISD is dismissed |
|
|
Lubbock ISD looks at solar in long term energy plans
- if they would focus on education they might begin to do their jobs |
|
|
Galveston ISD mulls letting people
choose schools - it's
essentially a public school voucher system, already in place in many
areas |
|
|
Galena Park voters OK school tax hike |
|
|
Parents fight Coppell schools for son's education, want ISD to pay
for private school education |
|
|
Magazine ranks Lubbock ISD's technology center on top
|
|
|
A few Texas schools make U.S. News & World Report's list of Best
High Schools & Hidalgo High tops the national list |
|
|
3 Ector students in custody for threat that lead to class
cancellations |
|
|
Texas school nutrition gets a B- rating
- stupid Liberal group rating |
|
|
Texas fixes glitch that denied many students state scholarships |
|
|
Ex-Galena Park school worker may get 12-year prison term |
|
|
El Paso school trustee admits fraud in the ongoing FBI corruption
investigation |
|
|
Rep. Sylvester Turner calls for audit of Houston ISD |
|
|
State science curriculum director resigns under pressure |
|
|
Midland ISD looks to student increases, eyes another bond issue |
|
|
UIL details high school steroid testing plan |
|
|
Only 20% of 5th Graders Who Fail TAKS Repeat Grade
- a perfect example of why we need state tests and restrictions on
"local control" |
|
|
Will Austin's Johnston High survive or close? |
|
|
Caddo Mills student says high school's paddling punishment left
marks - and? |
|
|
Former coach sentenced to almost four years on child porn charges |
|
|
Judge Denies Request To Keep West Campus Open (San Antonio ISD) |
|
|
Accident Involving School Bus Leaves Several Injured in Upshur Co. |
|
|
Assistant principal arrested, accused of providing fake police badge |
|
|
Update:
Residents air school gripes to DOJ attorney,
Galveston ISD’s
reign of educational apartheid |
|
|
San Angelo ISD eyes merit pay raises |
|
|
No charges in Jim Ned High School explosion case |
|
|
Abilene's Shotwell stadium sees "profits" slip |
|
|
Merit Pay: Texas' plan leaves out too
many teachers - by local
district choice |
|
|
Educators step up fight against a new generation of bullies |
|
|
Rejected math book raises brows |
|
|
As many as 300 Dallas schools workers could be hiding criminal past |
|
|
Houston ISD's library shelves are lacking, report says collections
are too small or old, and many schools have none at all |
|
|
La Feria educators, parents discuss bilingual program |
|
|
Dallas schools' teacher bonus tied to complex ratings |
|
|
Coach responds to South Oak Cliff grade-changing probe |
|
|
Schulenburg baseball coach charged with having improper relationship
with two former students |
|
|
Texas Abandons Fuzzy Math Curriculum |
|
|
Marlin School Board Rejects Effort To Oust Planned Parenthood Clinic |
|
|
Dewhurst calls for public review of steroids program |
|
|
La Porte names superintendent finalist |
|
|
Houston: Registered sex offender jailed after storming into school
classroom |
|
|
Galveston: Officer sprays teacher, student during fight |
|
|
Abilene ISD files lawsuit over old Shotwell scoreboard |
|
|
Behind Before They Begin: Texas must close high school-college
skills gap |
|
|
Merit pay plan for teachers needs tweaking |
|
|
Repeated absences could lead to Elsa commissioner’s removal |
|
|
Inquiry clears state education commissioner |
|
|
Book decision spurs criticism, rejection of math text could lead to
censorship, group says - why
is censorship of school book a bad thing? If no censorship then we
could place pornography in the schools. |
|
|
Texas School for the Deaf fields powerhouse football team |
|
|
4+7=10? Mistakes fill sample textbooks |
|
|
Rio Grande City schools leader named ‘Texas Superintendent of the
Year’ |
|
|
Most school districts opt out of state's merit pay plan |
|
|
Austin students score above other urban districts in reading, math |
|
|
Most Texans aren't ready for college, report says
- "most" Texans don't need college |
|
|
Dallas officials investigate alleged sex assault on school bus |
|
|
Texas vs. California -- Which Approach To Take |
|
|
Schools need less paperwork, more
education - paperwork demand
is created by administration so it follows that schools need fewer
administrators requesting reports to justify their jobs. |
|
|
Edcouch-Elsa school board member charged with beating his mother |
|
|
School districts given incentive to install anti-pollution devices
in fleets |
|
|
DISD board's auditor hunts for payroll 'ghosts' |
|
|
Mother says Dallas special-ed student raped at school picnic |
|
|
Abilene ISD: Closing two more schools a possibility |
|
|
School board member wants curriculum to include more Hispanics
- funny that they never want to honor
real heros |
|
|
Del Rio student suspended for posting fight video on Web
|
|
|
Rigorous Corpus Christi school program draws parents' doubts |
|
|
Houston teachers say district's paperwork demands are excessive
|
|
|
Andrews to offer counseling sessions for middle and high school
students |
|
|
Sex Education: Texas' focus on
abstinence isn't working -
neither is any other system of sex education, teen pregnancy is a
significant problem nationwide |
|
|
Houston ISD approves bonus plan for principals |
|
|
Kyle school bans hugging in halls |
|
|
Texas voters favored school funds to property tax cut |
|
|
Officials, voters analyze defeat of bond issues |
|
|
Retired Texas teachers to get extra pension check |
|
|
Coach arrested in peeping incident in Victoria |
|
|
Editorial: Bushland ISD ambushed at
polls - oh the tears and
wailing of grief |
|
|
Editorial: Tax elections leave districts in a bind
- oh boo hoo, boo hoo, what about taxpayers being in a "bind" being
taxed from their homes? |
|
|
School bond boom means big changes for SE Texas |
|
|
Officials Search Willacy Co. School for Illegal Immigrants |
|
|
Arlington
picks new superintendent, current head of Ysleta ISD
- a BIG SPENDER! |
|
|
Update:
Lancaster newspaper program hits a snag,
Lancaster ISD may pay paper to carry its news |
|
|
Pearland students arrested for hanging noose |
|
|
HISD bond proposal passes — barely,
District says narrow win taught lesson |
|
|
"Dropout Factories" Label Stings Valley
schools - as it should. But
don't worry, they'll find a way to throw money at the problem as if
that will make losers stay in school. |
|
|
Record school bond passes in Fort Worth
- guess what? They'll still have crappy schools. |
|
|
Report critiques how Texas districts send students to alternative
schools |
|
|
Austin ISD gets first look at plug-in/hybrid school bus |
|
|
Texas high school grads less prepared for college than others in
U.S., panel says |
|
|
Odessa teen behind bars after fight with a student and principal |
|
|
Green Party rep. speaks to McNeil High students
- Hmm, would conservatives be so welcomed? |
|
|
Wichita Falls police say dead cow not a school rivalry prank |
|
|
Wimberley ISD balks at 'Robin Hood' payments |
|
|
Aldine teachers' union president sues district |
|
|
Bexar County Academy under investigation |
|
|
Former Central Texas Teacher Free On Bond After Arrest |
|
|
Gone
Crazy:
Huckleberry Finn N-word lesson draws controversy |
|
|
Federal Judge sends Ector Co. ISD bible curriculum suit to mediation |
|
|
Editorial: another take on "dropout factories" |
|
|
Redundant items found in Fort Worth ISD bond package |
|
|
Texas' Math and Science Crisis (pdf) |
|
|
Texas study finds 39 model high schools in math, science -
full list here (pdf) |
|
|
Fire heavily damages Bronte bus carrying volleyball team |
|
|
I-35 corridor to get Catholic High School |
|
|
Fight at Big Spring school ends with one student being disciplined |
|
|
In the South, majority of public school students considered
low-income |
|
|
School's air-quality issues costly for Houston district |
|
|
UIL to begin random steroid testing |
|
|
Study highlights 185 Texas schools "dropout factories", including 42
in Houston area |
|
|
El
Paso's high school dropout rate falls |
|
|
7th grader says school released her to rapist in Edinburg |
|
|
Lee Co. school administrator hospitalized after student attack |
|
|
Schools broke but are spending big $ on surveillance systems |
|
|
Pre-K enrollment expected to soar in near future |
|
|
Senator Lucio: Legislation targets state’s dropout dilemma |
|
|
Former Westlake High physics teacher in contract dispute |
|
|
Spring
teacher accused of having sex with student |
|
|
Wimberly: Saying no to 'Robin Hood' may be costly |
|
|
Beaumont former band director pleads guilty to sexually assaulting
student |
|
|
Is FWISD up to bond challenges?
- how about this: are taxpayers up to paying? |
|
|
Judge wants Waller school official investigated |
|
|
Former Amarillo High teacher's probation in jeopardy |
|
|
Texas may demand deeper thinking in its public schools |
|
|
Parents: Pupil spanking too harsh (San Benito) |
|
|
Fake money probe raises concerns at Katy school |
|
|
Lubbock ISD school chief makes comments on revenue demonstrating a
complete disconnect from citizen and business reality |
|
|
Fire breaks out at Brownsville middle school, no injuries |
|
|
New TEA chief has done his homework, but real test is ahead |
|
|
Gloria Estefan thanks San Antonio teacher in 'Reader's Digest'
article |
|
|
New law mandates math, science proficiency |
|
|
Meeting to discuss school buses equipped with DVD players, not
seatbelts - and schools are
broke? |
|
|
Steroid testing at high schools isn't likely this football season |
|
|
State unveils propane school bus |
|
|
Big Spring committee favors closing 5 elementary schools for 1
mega-campus |
|
|
Pearland school district stops using prayer to open meetings |
|
|
Harris County GOP voices opposition to some school bond plans |
|
|
DISD's Big Picture: Streamlining isn't easy, but it will be worth it |
|
|
Wimberley I.S.D. may defy state over funding |
|
|
Editorial: Priorities for Public Schools |
|
|
TEA's guarantee on school bonds in peril |
|
|
Dallas school district criticized for cutting 163 jobs
- see, schools are now jobs programs, not schools |
|
|
Castillo: E-mails indicate lack of trust between voters and school
leaders |
|
|
Argyle ISD Stops Students From 'Dirty Dancing' |
|
|
Some 'cut' by DISD still working there |
|
|
Edcouch-Elsa school board member faces 2 felony counts |
|
|
Texas ranks 2nd in teachers sanctioned for sexual misconduct |
|
|
La Joya school board election ruled void |
|
|
Schools take hard line against public displays of affection |
|
|
Retired Texas teachers to recieve a 13th monthly check |
|
|
Districts tightening belts for bus safety |
|
|
Staph infection a problem in Dallas-Fort Worth area schools |
|
|
Robstown security guard is reinstated, accusations of hitting
student termed false |
|
|
Del Valle ISD bus driver accused of soliciting minor online |
|
|
Update:
Town in uproar after teacher put on leave over book,
Jim Ned ISD Teacher/coach could face charges over book |
|
|
Robert
Scott named Commissioner of Education by Governor Perry |
|
|
The Hidden Cost of Remedial Education |
|
|
Three Houston ISD schools win ratings boost after appeals |
|
|
Editorial: Foundation for SAISD will serve district well |
|
|
Austin's KIPP charter school receives $4.6M in grants |
|
|
Tulia Allegations Update |
|
|
Castillo: Take a deep breath before
voting against school property tax hike
- Hey Castillo! Why don't you take a deep breath and look to see if
schools are spending the money they already have well first? |
|
|
Voters Reject School District Tax Increases |
|
|
Texas school district is offering classes in Mandarin Chinese &
Hindi |
|
|
Critics: In Houston ISD, too many don't go where zoned |
|
|
Teachers' voices take a beating |
|
|
Reinventing recess: Schools try to play it safe |
|
|
DA clears Galveston school district in tape mishap |
|
|
Waxahachie High bans student from wearing John Edwards T-shirt |
|
|
Pauken: School Districts Continue to Raise Property Taxes |
|
|
Robstown ISD fires officer accused in search |
|
|
Duncanville ISD guard rehired after assault charge |
|
|
Ysleta
ISD voters approve higher tax rate in rollback election |
|
|
Foundations give $3 million to support Dallas ISD reform |
|
|
School boards asking for property tax hikes, 10% of state districts
weigh higher rates; others might follow
- no kidding, no amount is EVER enough! |
|
|
District seeks $60 million for high-tech classrooms |
|
|
'Robinhood,' 'Recapture' still very much alive |
|
|
Protesters rip San Antonio ISD's tax proposal |
|
|
Teachers: Excessive testing hurting special needs students |
|
|
Education agency to begin Lancaster ISD audit Tuesday |
|
|
UIL officials say steroid testing to begin by end of October |
|
|
Thieves Steal $20,000 Worth of Donna School Property |
|
|
Cleburne
school custodian arrested for gun |
|
|
Study: Testing is easier in Texas, TAKS not as tough as other
states' exams |
|
|
TEA to continue TAKS cheating inquiry |
|
|
Records show custodian found dead at school was sex offender |
|
|
New Texas fitness law has renewed focus on physical education,
activity |
|
|
8 schools win No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon designations |
|
|
Editorial: School accountability key to student progress |
|
|
Kirbyville superintendent wins superintendent of the year from TASB |
|
|
Galveston ISD questions DOJ’s involvement in case |
|
|
Schools skeptical of raise program
- fine but I'm skeptical of the schools on everything |
|
|
Law now requires schools to have defibrillators |
|
|
Statewide fitness test to help overweight kids
- yeah, let's institutionalize the
worship of anorexic thinness |
|
|
Child porn suspect back in school in Mansfield |
|
|
Houston ISD faces Catch-22 on religious viewpoints |
|
|
Ysleta ISD finds no evidence in teacher-sex rumors |
|
|
Public
schools are broke:
Trip leads Dallas ISD to rein in grants |
|
|
TEA to audit Lancaster school district |
|
|
Texas students top U.S. average on math exam |
|
|
Hidden camera found at Carroll Senior High School |
|
|
Houston ISD asks CDC inspectors to examine Key campus |
|
|
Update:
State shifts funds to pay for teacher fingerprinting |
|
|
Charters extended despite 'unacceptable' ratings |
|
|
Media barred from Port Isabel coach's arraignment on indecency with
a child charges |
|
|
Black leaders denounce Houston's massive school bond proposal |
|
|
San Felipe Del Rio CSD board fails in vote to terminate
controversial employee |
|
|
Waller ISD repair blocked, bonds being held by AG until lawsuit
resolved |
|
|
Ysleta ISD has yet to tell police about alleged impropriety |
|
|
School gun class gains popularity, clay sports offered after class |
|
|
Why do public school students say the Texas pledge?, It dates to
1933, but was addressed in law 4 years ago |
|
|
Dallas ISD says central office overhaul nets $9.2 million for
schools |
|
|
East Austin charter school fails to win approval from state board |
|
|
Donna school district now under federal investigation |
|
|
Texarkana: school police dog chases, bites kindergartner |
|
|
McKinney school district gets sued in cheerleader scandal |
|
|
Texas using Mexican school curriculum in Austin program |
|
|
Is the state Nutrition Program for
schools about food or racial and social engineering? |
|
|
Teacher resigns after adult video allegations |
|
|
SBOE fight
over English-language curriculum leads to hiring of outside
facilitator |
|
|
Dallas ISD chief focuses on reform in address |
|
|
Language can confuse in Ysleta ISD rollback |
|
|
Former McKinney cheerleading coach sues school district |
|
|
Outcry leads Houston ISD to alter bond plans |
|
|
Luce to business: Be more strategic in helping schools
- he's right |
|
|
Navasota group seeks school district audit, fear financial disaster
looms |
|
|
Mysterious outbreak strikes Houston school |
|
|
A Monopoly by Any Other Name |
|
|
Klein ISD takes mother to court over evaluation request |
|
|
Governor Perry
delivers bonuses to local teachers, schools |
|
|
Fort Worth schools look for room to grow |
|
|
Austin moves forward with teacher performance pay plan |
|
|
More students taking AP exams, improving scores |
|
|
All-Girl School Coming to Lubbock ISD
- fine, where's the all-boys school? |
|
|
WFISD: Taking A Stand Against Bullying |
|
|
After 21 years, football returns to Lasara |
|
|
Winona
High School 1 of 3 schools found guilty of cheating on TAKS |
|
|
Dallas ISD officials cite progress for students, despite firings
- sure they do, everything is
always A-OK at public schools |
|
|
Leander weighs teaching foreign languages to elementary students |
|
|
Houston ISD school board to vote on new bonus plan for teachers |
|
|
Former player sues Donna school district, coaches over sex hazing |
|
|
Hard work pays off for Prairiland ISD |
|
|
Update:
Fort Bend teacher placed on leave in video inquiry,
Fort Bend teacher accused of being a gay sex video star |
|
|
Donna
Interim Superintendent Removed |
|
|
Teacher in a tizzy over Grusendorf possibly being name Commission of
Education |
|
|
East Texas School Rules Against 5-Year Old's Pony Tail |
|
|
From the Governor: Improving education for Texas children |
|
|
State Rep. Turner Not Convinced New Houston ISD Bond Needed |
|
|
Schools not shaking fists at ‘God’ in state pledge |
|
|
New TAKS-M Test for Special Education Students |
|
|
School bond issues before voters total in the billions |
|
|
Voters in Lancaster ISD say no more money, you can't spend it well |
|
|
Teachers could get stuck with tab for fingerprints |
|
|
State Law Requires Random Steroid Testing |
|
|
Ysleta
ISD teacher suspended over alleged relationship, District fails to
report alleged incident |
|
|
Taxpayers not liable for trustee's legal bills |
|
|
Charges Dropped Against Donna Principal |
|
|
State scales back field testing in response to teacher complaints |
|
|
Houston ISD Unveils New Performance Pay Plan |
|
|
Galveston Daily News pushes for open meetings for local school board |
|
|
Schools see enrollments rise around Permian Basin |
|
|
Hidden costs make public school far from free
- no kidding!, it's not free anyway - look at your tax bill |
|
|
End of course exams replace TAKS tests |
|
|
Dallas schools unable to oversee $80 million fund, paper reports |
|
|
Desegregation order is history in Port Arthur |
|
|
Rollback Election? Nacogdoches ISD Deception |
|
|
Update:
Lockdown at Progreso High School Lifted,
Progreso High School on lockdown |
|
|
Largest S.A. school districts reflect ethnic shift seen nationwide |
|
|
Tax cut threatened as schools craft budgets
- more crying from free spending government school bureaucrats |
|
|
La Joya: Broken radio, wrong bus number led to abandoned boy |
|
|
Study finds inequality in Texas education funding |
|
|
High School Football Kicks Off, But Not Steroids Testing |
|
|
Federal Judge Refuses To Stop Classroom Recitation Of Texas Pledge |
|
|
Texas SAT scores increase, buck national trend |
|
|
Fire Breaks Out At Clute School |
|
|
College-bound Texans make small gains on math SAT |
|
|
Impact on taxes, education mixed - School district feels more
benefit from industry than do taxpayers |
|
|
Security tightened at Arlington high school |
|
|
School bus thefts raise security concerns |
|
|
Texas students to get more exercise |
|
|
Ozen High School e-mails stir confusion |
|
|
Castillo: Brackenridge scholar set to make her mark at Rice
University |
|
|
Freshmen need more credits under new state law |
|
|
La Joya ISD trial pushed back, Elections challenge will return to
court in October |
|
|
Editorial: New school finance law is not working |
|
|
Dallas ISD disciplines 86 of its workers |
|
|
Let's put deportment back in curriculum |
|
|
Education board opposes intelligent design in curricula |
|
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TEA
denies Ector Co. ISD executive athletic director teaching permit |
|
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New IRS rule could impose 20-percent penalty on some educators |
|
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Proposal would add school supplies to tax-free list
- this is sure to make the CPPP folk steam |
|
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Boerne High teacher to join scientists on Antarctica excursion |
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Duncanville schools will fine $15 for cellphone use |
|
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Region XV to get $410,000 for emergency preparedness |
|
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Galveston ISD fights claims it lied |
|
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DMN Editorial: When Schools Fail |
|
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UT Austin buys land for elementary school |
|
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Schools: African American students in Austin disciplined at higher
rates; San Marcos, Bastrop set back-to-school events |
|
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San Antonio Student Challenges District Uniform Dress Code |
|
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Texas students shine in science competition |
|
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Requirements on TAKS get tougher again |
|
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Complaints filed against Galveston ISD trustees |
|
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Schools losing Texas teacher bonuses |
|
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Guerra: Legislators squander gains won by 'Closing the Gaps'
initiative |
|
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San Antonio area schools talk of boosting tax rates above cap |
|
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Growing districts face more than just building costs |
|
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Dallas ISD parents, staff get say in principal hirings |
|
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Editorial: Court ruling in Uvalde serves public interest |
|
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Schools step up security with extra set of eyes |
|
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Teacher still marred by unproven sexual misconduct charges |
|
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Teachers becoming more open to merit pay |
|
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Lewisville ISD principals getting a free lunch |
|
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Progreso school board member pleads guilty to drug smuggling |
|
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Two contractors in PSJA bribery case to plead guilty |
|
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Katy teacher pleads guilty to abusing student |
|
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Debate stirring on religious-speech law |
|
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37 El Paso campuses are failing |
|
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Ysleta ISD gets F for food service in U.S. survey |
|
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Low graduation rate hurts HISD rating |
|
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Temple ISD superintendent resigns
|
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Dallas charter school gets $2.5M gift |
|
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Bill signed into law by Governor Perry causing a stir in one local
city
|
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TEA has no plans to investigate Ector Co. ISD trustees at this time |
|
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Burley not satisfied with 'acceptable' for La Marque schools
- finally someone with standards |
|
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'Spontaneous' fire prompts Arlington ISD to close 20 playgrounds |
|
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Lancaster considers perks for student, teacher attendance |
|
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North Texas charter schools lag in academic ratings |
|
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Ex-teacher convicted on three charges in child sex case |
|
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Boerne ISD is expanding random drug-testing policy |
|
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Donna schools politics flows over |
|
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Critics dispute TEA's dropout figures |
|
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Dallas ISD drops staff with criminal pasts, 24 fired |
|
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Former Zavala teacher gets jail time for abuse of student |
|
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Boerne enrollment suit still pending |
|
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Ector County ISD approves buying out top administrators |
|
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TEA won't close schools, Acting chief pledges reforms |
|
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Tougher state standards affect school ratings |
|
|
Editorial: Conduct investigation rapidly |
|
|
HISD Superintendent Proposes $805 Million Bond |
|
|
Fewer
Texas schools earn top marks in TEA rankings,
see rankings here,
State rates all Southeast Texas districts acceptable or better |
|
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Acting education chief pledges changes at struggling schools |
|
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TEA Reviewing Alleged Misuse of Federal Funds in Donna |
|
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Odessa man complains to education agency, alleges ethics violations |
|
|
Migrant report criticizes Texas |
|
|
Former Ozen High School coach acquitted of indecency charges |
|
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Lancaster school district pulls 4-day school week proposal |
|
|
UIL: Steroid tests likely unready for start of football season |
|
|
Donna under a second TEA investigation |
|
|
TEA investigators in Donna today |
|
|
Ector County ISD shakes up |
|
|
Longtime Texas textbook critic Norma Gabler dies at 84 |
|
|
Rural kids are better scientists |
|
|
Fewer Texas kids dropping out |
|
|
Law on religion in school spurs fear |
|
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Do Your Homework: Lancaster ISD's 4-day plan gets failing marks |
|
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Texas school board delays change to English curriculum |
|
|
Teacher pay varies widely in SE Texas |
|
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AG changes school elections |
|
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Detroit ISD seeks suit dismissal: Lawyer: Move is tantamount to a
failure of justice |
|
|
Bill may end suit on Eanes ISD info costs |
|
|
Bank error leaves 3000 Laredo ISD employees unable to get their pay |
|
|
Schools facing change, Motion would mean monitoring |
|
|
Donna school board implicated in HR memo |
|
|
Katy case may spur legislative remedy |
|
|
Not all parents sold on Lancaster's plan for 4-day school week |
|
|
Residents urge Ysleta ISD not to raise
taxes - aren't they for the
children???! |
|
|
State School Board Member Says AG's Residency Investigation "Old
News" |
|
|
Punishment reduced for girl in Katy graffiti flap |
|
|
Attorneys ask for more time in PSJA bribery case |
|
|
Schoolyard Logic: Teacher's kiddy excuse reveals cheating mindset |
|
|
Lancaster ISD considers 4-day school week |
|
|
Dallas ISD credit card administrator says she's a scapegoat |
|
|
Dallas ISD board hopeful ordered to pay foe's legal fees |
|
|
TEA alleges misspending in Donna schools |
|
|
Don McElroy named
State Board of Ed. chairman,
Critics assail Perry's pick to head state education board |
|
|
U.S. Dept. of Justice files voting rights lawsuits in Texas
|
|
|
Update:
Donna suspends superintendent, fires lawyer,
Superintendent Suspended,
Donna school board to decide on removal of officials today |
|
|
UIL may wait to test athletes for steroids, State officials worry
over-the-counter supplements will trigger positive results |
|
|
Yslete ISD chief denies rate is tax hike when it is a tax hike |
|
|
Cheerleader's family to sue school district |
|
|
State
Report Says Amarillo Teacher Leaked TAKS Topics |
|
|
Wimberley school board to consider ousting superintendent |
|
|
Allegations Surface Against River Road ISD (Amarillo) |
|
|
Ector Co. deputy superintendent sets up 'scapegoat' blog |
|
|
Katy
reconsiders 12-year-old's suspension for graffiti |
|
|
Denton teacher jailed |
|
|
School steroid tests must prove worth the cost |
|
|
Update:
Ysleta OKs tax rate that will trigger rollback vote,
Ysleta ISD (El Paso) chief says 17-cent addition to taxes needed! |
|
|
DMN Editorial: Acting TEA chief is not the man for the job |
|
|
Texas school rates 'I love Alex' graffiti as bad as drugs |
|
|
Handful of Texas elementary schools will
teach in two languages -
result: kids substandard in two languages and cultures |
|
|
Dallas ISD rescinds clear-backpack policy |
|
|
Texas' virtual school on the way to reality |
|
|
Editorial: State needs strong leader at TEA's helm |
|
|
Critical ed agency report cites wrong man |
|
|
Toll from arson at 4 El Paso schools tops $105,000 |
|
|
TEA report on Donna ISD made public |
|
|
Sinton teacher quits amid sex accusations |
|
|
Ector Co. ISD trustee Woodall tells TEA "Investigate me" |
|
|
Ector County ISD buys out superintendent Wendell Sollis’ 1 year
contract |
|
|
Perry Names Scott Acting Head of TEA |
|
|
Costs Going Up, Enrollment Going Down at Dallas ISD |
|
|
Skirting TAKS rule by way of private school |
|
|
State to monitor Keller school board |
|
|
Poorer school districts may ask voters to raise cap on tax rate |
|
|
The TAKS Is Dead! Long Lives the TAKS |
|
|
Supreme Court Rejects School Assignment Plans Based on Race |
|
|
2 shot at Dallas' Carter High |
|
|
National Council on Teacher Quality gives Texas a top rating |
|
|
EDITORIAL: First Amendment doesn't guarantee students the right to
be disruptive |
|
|
Crowley school district agrees to promote a "culturally sensitive"
learning environment in U.S. DOJ negotiated deal |
|
|
Kennedale district adopts random drug test policy |
|
|
Ector Co. ISD deputy superintendent Gallegos asks for buyout |
|
|
Districts shell out in race for new teachers |
|
|
Editorial: State school finance plan doesn't address school
districts' pressing needs |
|
|
Court limits student speech in "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case |
|
|
Editorial: Austin teacher incentives don't make the grade |
|
|
TEA still investigating Cleburne ISD spending |
|
|
Houston ISD set to honor Rod Paige |
|
|
State taxpayers to pay legal fees of schools that challenged
education funding system |
|
|
North Richland Hills coach arrested on sexual assault charges |
|
|
Ysleta ISD trustee sought job for son during contract talks |
|
|
Experts: Houston ISD needs $1 billion in repairs |
|
|
Carroll coach who had sex with student won't face trial |
|
|
Senior misses graduation after Frisco school's miscalculation |
|
|
Losing candidates sue for new La Joya schools vote |
|
|
Beyond Good PR: What to look for in a replacement for Neeley |
|
|
Education
Commissioner Shirley Neeley resigning as of 1 July |
|
|
Study: Poorest students get inexperienced teachers |
|
|
Indicted Donna school board president to keep position for now |
|
|
Laredo ISD $6 million short |
|
|
Ysleta board to reconsider grievances filed by 12 Bel Air teachers |
|
|
Calculator tracks cost of teacher turnover |
|
|
Perry signs bill that cuts exemptions for no pass, no play |
|
|
Orange, Little Cypress End Annexation Feud |
|
|
Cleburne Trustee resigns to avoid nepotism |
|
|
Schools fail to meet law on dyslexia |
|
|
Stinson: David-Goliath showdown brewing between school district,
Toyota |
|
|
Winona
ISD to be sanctioned soon for TAKS cheating in 2005 |
|
|
Make Yourself an Example: Or how to get caught, despite TEA's best
efforts |
|
|
Fort Worth charter school in trouble over TAKS cheating |
|
|
Local charter schools in Abilene respond to statewide attacks |
|
|
Former Bruceville-Eddy superintendent sentenced for hidden camera in
women's restroom |
|
|
No ruling in Port Arthur desegregation lawsuit |
|
|
Some Right Answers: TEA starts to see the light on foiling cheaters |
|
|
Perry Signs Science Education Bill |
|
|
Humble ISD faces $12 Million shortfall
- get rid of public schools! This is the logic used when a single
charter school has trouble! |
|
|
Poll Shows Support for Vouchers Strong Among Voters |
|
|
Waco ISD could soon be undergoing major changes |
|
|
Texas adopts new rules to block TAKS cheating |
|
|
Tyler case opened schools to illegal migrant |
|
|
Texas struggles to shut failing charter schools after bills' die |
|
|
School districts can learn lessons from PSJA’s troubles |
|
|
Ex-Houston ISD secretary indicted on theft charge ($148K) |
|
|
PSJA schools leaders plead not guilty in contracts scandal |
|
|
PSJA community saddened, angry over school board scandal |
|
|
Math, reading scores show overall increase |
|
|
Former Bullard substitute teacher arrested for sex with student |
|
|
Bill upgrades dropout program |
|
|
A case against a letter of the law |
|
|
Stamford band director's contract not renewed, racism charged |
|
|
Group Rallies At Fort Bend ISD Building To Protest Over Several
Disciplinary Cases |
|
|
Gov. Perry to sign bus seat belt law at West Brook (Beaumont) |
|
|
Longview: Law firms score in beef over Lobo Stadium turf |
|
|
Study: Texas blacks, Hispanics doing better at math |
|
|
Newspaper Finds TAKS Cheating Continues,
Cheating's off the charts at charter schools |
|
|
DMN Editorial: Neeley Should Go: Successor must be tougher on TAKS
cheating |
|
|
Former Shelby Co. teacher arrested for Sexual Misconduct with
student |
|
|
More fallout from local teacher's stint on 'The Bachelor' |
|
|
Depositions taken in Conroe ISD stadium naming lawsuit
Bible showdown could have Texas-sized impact |
|
|
Navasota probes claims against school principal |
|
|
New special-education law not being used by many students |
|
|
Perry is silent on schools chief |
|
|
Ex-Dallas ISD Execs Charged With Bribery & More |
|
|
Legislature votes to end TAKS in high school |
|
|
Texas' dropout problem probably worse than reported |
|
|
54% of Texas school funds come from property tax |
|
|
Odessa Permian HS principal tries to quit over hiring of new
Athletic Director |
|
|
Dallas school trustees: Transparent backpacks required next year |
|
|
Two Students Hack Waco School District Computer Network, Access
Confidential Data |
|
|
Texas education commissioner announces high school allotment
advisory group |
|
|
Bill on elective Bible courses goes to Perry |
|
|
Districts say tryout tests strain schools |
|
|
It’s time to rethink school accountability
- Moses & Ratliff continue their quest to support public school
bureaucracy and roll back reforms |
|
|
Update:
Closed door Bible class,
School board to discuss lawsuit, Odessa
school district sued over Bible elective |
|
|
Transgender teen free to be herself
- & they wonder why more and more are home schooling or seeking out
alternative schools |
|
|
Magnet schools out to prove their mettle |
|
|
Port Arthur ISD Considering Uniforms for Next School Year |
|
|
School Laptop Dropout, schools end program due to student misuse |
|
|
Young: State's schools are at the mercy of self-proclaimed experts |
|
|
New Legislation Could Replace TAKS Test |
|
|
Phillips: The truth behind the unfair TAKS - great satire from a
Texas teacher |
|
|
Editorial: Political posturing to blame for ed woes |
|
|
Student
fires shot at Los Fresnos school |
|
|
House OKs end to TAKS exam |
|
|
LULAC files federal complaint against Galveston ISD |
|
|
School districts feel pinched by funding changes
- it never ends... |
|
|
Hidalgo coach arrested for drug possession |
|
|
Are seat belts on school buses a good idea? |
|
|
Teacher still out after beating by student |
|
|
Students At Fort Bend ISD East-side Schools Live With Fear On Campus |
|
|
Religious expression in public schools |
|
|
Editorial: Write-in strategy works; incumbent's loss a blow |
|
|
Filing disputes school closings in Galveston |
|
|
Senator Cornyn Announces New Higher Education Grants for Texas
Schools |
|
|
SB673 allows Special Ed. students commencement privileges |
|
|
Is your child's teacher making the grade? Links to Houston area
teacher scores |
|
|
State Board for Educator Certification & TEA to use DPS' Fast
Program for collection of fingerprints (pdf) |
|
|
More than 40,000 seniors fail TAKS test
|
|
|
Landlord finds Roosevelt ISD school drug test data |
|
|
Is the desegregation of Port Arthur ISD done or not? |
|
|
93 cited in Dallas ISD credit card inquiry |
|
|
Phillips: Webb's open to change so why isn't the state? |
|
|
Victoria: Campaign balloons on Gonzales elementary campus spark
protest |
|
|
Kermit girl loses fight with board |
|
|
Uniform decision: Lufkin ISD to adopt standardized dress code for
all campuses |
|
|
Needville H.S. football player admits he set school fire
|
|
|
The P.E. push |
|
|
School districts see advantage at polls in tax-rate break, easier to
get into debt which will raise taxes even more later |
|
|
School trip turns tragic when teen found dead
|
|
|
Teachers group lobbying for McAllen school district health clinic |
|
|
Update:
PAISD stresses safety after 9th-grade fight,
Parents march at PA 9th grade campus asking for principal's
resignation,
Port Arthur ISD reinstates principal, parents' frustration builds
after ninth-grade melee, Port
Arthur parents concerned about race wars in school
|
|
|
San Antonio megachurch leads effort for private schools to join UIL |
|
|
Police:
Tomball student said he would bring a rifle to school |
|
|
Bills to address shortage of bilingual teachers stalling in Austin |
|
|
Fort Bend ISD trustees may have violated Open Meetings Act |
|
|
New Analysis: No Correlation Between Poverty and School
Effectiveness |
|
|
Port Arthur Principal Reinstated-Protest March Planned |
|
|
Parent tries to get 'Of Mice and Men' banned from school in Humble |
|
|
Update:
Principal Resigns Over Flak Involving Teacher on Reality Show,
Fort Bend to reassign principal in Bachelor flap |
|
|
Rio Grande Valley educators say federal reading program succeeding
here and around the nation |
|
|
Houston ISD examines charter school success, may copy some elements |
|
|
S. Oak Cliff coach left two players in Austin |
|
|
Houston school district says charter school falsified records |
|
|
Cross-dressing
teen suspended from school
|
|
|
Car crashes into Round Rock ISD school cafeteria
Assault of Liberty Hill students prompts study of background checks |
|
|
Eleven HISD employees havent paid back excess bonuses |
|
|
At least 5 Beeville students held after 'hit list' found |
|
|
Give Principals More Control Over Schools |
|
|
Brownwood debates school drug testing |
|
|
Laredo ISD audits fall into limbo: Superintendent reassigns Internal
Audit Department |
|
|
Needville High School Fire Declared Arson; District Reschedules
Classes |
|
|
Abilene ISD: interest earnings will cover building budget overruns |
|
|
El Paso: Socorro coach cleared of molestation charges |
|
|
Can I get an amen ... and an excused absence from public school? |
|
|
Big Spring police take 11-year-old, 14-year-old into custody in
connection with school gun hoax |
|
|
85% in 5th grade pass math TAKS on 1st try
- and that mean old test was just too
hard for teachers and parents!
School chiefs talk pros, cons of TAKS |
|
|
Charter schools offer choices for many |
|
|
Ector Co. ISD settles lawsuit |
|
|
Teachers are guarded on changes to testing |
|
|
Ex superintendent admits to camera in restroom |
|
|
Retired superintendent claims spending
more money is the only way to make urban schools work, rejects
competition - Hmmm, where's
his expertise in competition? |
|
|
Litigation and sex ed at Ector County ISD |
|
|
Brazoria City Council backs prayer in schools |
|
|
Study: Abstinence classes failing
- we tell people to save money and few do, does that make it the
wrong thing to teach? |
|
|
Bridges: Incentive pay would fail teachers and students
- Texas Federation of Teachers nonsense |
|
|
Opinion: Facts about Texas’ public-school funding |
|
|
Without incentive pay, quality teaching is at risk (pdf)
"The point is not that our
education system is communist, but that it takes a collectivist
approach to compensation that ignores individual achievement and
rewards mediocrity. |
|
|
Clemens pitching public education |
|
|
TAKS passing standards increase |
|
|
Without incentive pay, quality teaching is at risk |
|
|
A challenge to zero tolerance, Inconsistent use of alternative
schools shows lack of guidelines |
|
|
Houston school district wants no more TAKS |
|
|
Thetford indicted in Del Rio CISD school scandal |
|
|
104 Texas districts seek new schools; voters across state to decide
fate of proposed facilities |
|
|
KIPP charter schools expanding in failure-filled industry |
|
|
Ignorance of Galveston ISD trustees is astonishing |
|
|
Public school arrogance: Superintendent of the Cy-Fair ISD, has
gotten in a public spat with a second Harris County GOP Senator |
|
|
Austin schools upgrade security |
|
|
Cornyn touts education reform during trip to Lufkin |
|
|
Bilingual education teachers in high demand |
|
|
How to cure high school senioritis |
|
|
El Paso area teacher charged with online child solicitation |
|
|
Loss of incentive pay would cost some teachers thousands |
|
|
Dallas teachers may lose jobs due to
poor performance - may is the
key word |
|
|
Improving Rather than Ending Texas Bilingual Education |
|
|
Katy school separates races for TAKS assemblies |
|
|
Law requires background checks for teachers |
|
|
Cracks start to show in testing plan |
|
|
Keller: 2 top school district officials resign in the wake of
investigation into thousands of misspent tax dollars |
|
|
Senate bill orders checks of all school employees |
|
|
Dallas ISD issues warning on walkouts |
|
|
Hammond: TEA can't change what it won't admit |
|
|
New way to rate Texas public schools urged |
|
|
Keller trustees file complaints with TEA over other board members |
|
|
Steroid tests may soon be rule at high schools |
|
|
Agent lists items secretary's Dallas ISD card bought |
|
|
Let the Sun Shine on School Expenses |
|
|
Ector County ISD fails to follow TEA guidelines |
|
|
School board member, businessmen accused of bribery scheme |
|
|
Marble Falls woman's crusade for openness gets help from lawmaker |
|
|
What geniuses are running our public schools, DMN editorial |
|
|
TAKS test overhaul praised, but with reservations |
|
|
School Board Member in Federal Custody
|
|
|
KIPP academy takes a big step,
Houston charter school's successes noted nationwide
|
|
|
Educators split on bilingual classes |
|
|
Underserved rural schools to get math/science boost |
|
|
Bills help school services for special-needs children |
|
|
Editorial: We like where end-of-course exams are headed |
|
|
Bill would let twins stay in the same
class - the very fact we need
a Bill to do this shows how out of touch and control public
education has become |
|
|
Charter school overhaul bill gets panel OK
|
|
|
Despite State Titles, Nazareth Struggling Financially
|
|
|
National Report Ranks Texas Public Pre-k Program |
|
|
Parents Urge Passage Of Legislation Strengthening Special Education |
|
|
Bill Would Help Ensure School District’s Ratings Would not be
Impacted by Juvenile Detention Center |
|
|
HISD superintendent to get $67,250 bonus |
|
|
Teachers rally to protest state neglect |
|
|
Career classes make a comeback |
|
|
Sunshine Week: Schools have to provide some data |
|
|
Fort Bend principal placed on leave over e-mailed photos |
|
|
Former charter school chief indicted |
|
|
Charter Schools: Same Standards, Different Funding |
|
|
Reading scores stay flat for Texas 3rd- and 5th-graders |
|
|
HB 3425
creates blue-ribbon committee to overhaul the state’s accountability
system, known as the Academic Excellence Indicator System |
|
|
Demoted employees sue La Joya schools, claiming political
retaliation |
|
|
Pass rate on Spanish version of TAKS improves |
|
|
Laredo ISD CFO on leave: Superintendent acts on TEA audit of
contracts |
|
|
North Forest ISD chief is fired over funding woes |
|
|
District stops off-campus training after runners struck
|
|
|
99 Houston ISD teachers told to repay part of bonus |
|
|
School districts benefit from check loophole, avoids 65% rule |
|
|
Concerned resident alleges Socorro ISD targets, expels Mexican
nationals |
|
|
Humble student charged in school-closing hoax |
|
|
N.Tx
school district:
State revenues for approximately $1.35 million more than budgeted
for - and the schools are
broke? |
|
|
Communities in Schools expansion bill in limbo |
|
|
Student shoots self in high school band hall |
|
|
Teacher reassigned after allegedly breaking student's arm |
|
|
Bill Would Require Random Steroid Tests For High School Athletes |
|
|
UISD finalizes bond issue: Voters will be asked to pass largest debt
package in local history |
|
|
Charter School Changing Expectations For Inner City Kids
|
|
|
Young: TAKS supporters marching to wrong drummer |
|
|
Katy teacher reportedly had sex with teen several times
|
|
|
Public-private pre-Ks take hold in Texas |
|
|
Closed teacher pension loophole could still cost us billions |
|
|
Three Southeast Texas schools cleared in TEA investigation |
|
|
Montgomery Co. superintendents doing well compared to state average |
|
|
Bill would trade TAKS for end-of-course exams |
|
|
Our Fix Needs a Fix: Austin, start repairing school finance
'solution' |
|
|
Teacher quits after being accused of confining 'witches' |
|
|
Advocates Hail Voucher Plan For Autistic Children, Critics Balk |
|
|
Laredo group eyes ISDs merger study: Report to assess taxes, funding |
|
|
The high cost of failing to reform public education in Texas
(pdf) |
|
|
Texas schools must have defibrillator under bill |
|
|
Editorial: Texas school boards setting poor example of public
service |
|
|
Amarillo HS Reacts to Weapons Arrest
|
|
|
San Antonio ISD giving itself an image makeover
- focus on education & image will take care of itself, you are a
monopoly |
|
|
The Success of a Home School Dad/Candidate by State Rep Nathan
Macias |
|
|
The virtue of school choice |
|
|
State takes steps to close Austin
charter school - great, let's
start doing this to traditional pubic schools that fail students
instead of the bureacracy |
|
|
Charter bill calls for huge budget jump |
|
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Dallas ISD hires integrity chief
- what a shame such is needed |
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A `really big step' for Spanish TAKS tests in Texas |
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$1 million naming-rights money not to go to education but stadium
operations in Conroe |
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Texas schools increasingly recruit in Mexico, other nations to meet
language demands |
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Claim: State mandates raise dropout rates |
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Ex-teacher's aide pleads guilty in child sex sting |
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Bill would require AEDs (defibrillators) in public schools |
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Ector Co. ISD administrator sues Attorney General & district |
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Another example of district bidding up teacher pay through
competition |
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Rural school districts face unique problems |
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TEA cracking down on cheaters during TAKS |
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Upcoming TAKS test to have a major impact for one Waco middle school |
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Kermit coach resigns in midst of investigation |
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Foundation Applauds Signing of Utah Universal School Choice Law |
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TEA audits Cleburne district |
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School vouchers not a cure-all
- few say they are, but they are a piece of reform |
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Alternative certification reform can ease teacher shortage in math
and science |
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IRS, TEA, courts caught up in fight between area school districts |
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SBOE is Voice of People, Not Bureaucrats
- yeah & that's why they don't like the
SBOE! |
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Leander teacher nationally recognized for support of troops |
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Stevenson: I'll tell you what's wrong with vouchers |
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Study says vouchers cut dropout rates |
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Paige pushes school voucher program |
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Editorial: There’s a pro-homosexual agenda in schools |
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Anglo students in classroom drop 6 percent |
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San Antonio private school sues for entry into UIL |
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Lucrative suspension: Case of Laredo teacher accused of injuring
child unresolved after 21 months |
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When Sex Goes to School: The Worldviews of Sex Ed |
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DMN: We'll Choose Vouchers: Pilot program gives poor families a
needed option |
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DISD chief: Administrators must live in district |
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Study reports high cost of high school dropouts in Texas |
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Trustees have something else in mind for Dallas ISD logo
- let's spend time educating students, DISD is a monopoly & doesn't
need a good logo |
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Two Burleson students file suit in flag flap |
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Rowdy Houston ISD teachers demand change in bonus system |
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Police Say East Texas Student Was Planning "Columbine-Style" Attack |
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Flu causing some Texas schools to close |
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Ex-secretary pleads guilty in DISD card scandal |
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TEA wraps up Donna schools investigation |
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Austin editorial: Voucher plan is not best for Texas students |
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Second audit started In Bruceville-Eddy ISD finances |
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Del Rio HS coach arrested for aggravated assault |
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Bill targets ISD trustee elections, would give local districts
flexibility |
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Miller: School vouchers would erase promises and erode progress |
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Story: School choice saves students and dollars |
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Voucher advocate wants state to take over private program |
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A pair of senators push to make charter schools more accountable |
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Thousands expected at rally for school vouchers |
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Dallas ISD spokesman seeks waiver to live out of district |
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Conroe school district sells stadium name for $1 million |
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Wentworth: Three Darn Good Bills to Help Texas Schools |
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Dewhurst blesses charter school reform |
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Decatur ISD employee arrested for indecency with a child |
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Legislative efforts on pre-K far apart |
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Surveillance cameras common place in Texas schools |
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Principal resigns in Dallas ISD credit card inquiry |
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Schools to be told of paroled students' crimes |
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Perry orders anti-cancer vaccine for schoolgirls |
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Seliger hopes bill kills TAKS, wants end-of-course exams instead |
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Texas Education Agency posts check register on Web |
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Del Rio: TEA investigating bilingual education |
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Teacher Punished For Showing R-Rated Film Segment |
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4 San Antonio ISD schools choose feelings over cash
- teaching socialism are we? |
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Perry to propose mandatory college exit exams, increased financial
aid |
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Seliger files bill to end high school TAKS testing |
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Rodriguez: Sex offenders are slipping easily through the school
safety nets |
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Madison teacher placed on leave amid sex claim |
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La Joya school district employee arrested for sexual assault |
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Punishment phase starts for ex-teacher who slept with student |
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Galveston teacher under investigation for inappropriate conduct |
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Bill would fine parents for skipping teacher meeting |
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Some HISD teachers are angry, but most still came to work |
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2 arrested for Lumberton High School hit list |
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Dallas ISD principals don't quit before cutoff,
Action on credit card abuse blasted |
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Steroid testing is not priority in Texas schools |
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Texas Association of Business Issues Statement Regarding New State
Dropout Study |
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Teachers to lobby for changes to TAKS |
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Just how well have charter schools worked?
- Lubbock's Rise Academy charter is
Exemplary & all grades had 100% passing of TAKS |
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Schools get around 'no-pass, no-play' law |
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Two DISD principals told to resign — or else |
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Claim: One-third of students in Texas don't graduate |
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Will Texas test high school athletes for steroids? |
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Texas official joins company making the tests she ran |
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DISD staffer admits card misuse, Secretary racked up $100,000
personal tab, agrees to plea bargain |
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State could boost economy by reducing dropout rates, report shows |
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UPDATE:
Saavedra apologizes to teachers in bonus flap,
Teacher bonuses strike a nerve,
'Frustrating day' for those who don't agree with HISD's incentive
formula
- oh poor babies, are these teachers or
little children |
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School, to open on site of old chemical company, raises eyebrows |
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Educators judge math books by their content
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Cleburne Coach Faces Improper Relationship Charges |
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Wichita Falls ISD ends year with $2 million extra
- schools are going broke |
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State ready to crack down on teachers who cheat |
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Thousands of Houston teachers: bonuses topping $7,000 |
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Marshall teacher indicted again for imporper relationship |
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Some parents want voucher program for autistic children |
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Legislator proposes end to TAKS |
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Angleton ISD concerned with House Bill 1
- every bill concerns ISDs |
|
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Texas special education pioneer dies |
|
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Mercedes bilingual program scores low, TEA orders school
administrators to improve program |
|
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Wylie coach gets probation for attacking referee |
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More charges filed against teacher in Bryan |
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Ex-Graford ISD teacher charged with having affair with student |
|
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Teacher’s Journey to the Alamo explains history through time travel
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UT-Arlington starting gender equity program in DISD |
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Are 4 trustees of the Brownsville ISD board under grand jury
investigation? |
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Schools push healthier eating but older students a hard sell
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Brazos County teacher jailed in assault on teen |
|
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Danbury school officials say edition with sex articles not approved |
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TCTA on predators in schools: Stakes get higher on school safety |
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Class sizes smaller in Region 17 |
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Brownsville ISD dinner puts spotlight on ethics |
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Round Rock ISD will fight student lawsuits over immigration march |
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Houston ISD agrees to put job on the line annually |
|
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Texas students lag behind on reading |
|
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Christoval ISD teacher under investigation for improper student
relationship |
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No Analysis, No Cheaters: TEA can't honestly think this is a path to
truth |
|
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Education Reform in Texas: what we must do to continue improvements |
|
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School Districts Ready for Texas Legislature to Convene, Experts
expect a focus on targeted reforms |
|
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10 may be charged in DISD credit card case |
|
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Ex-Brownsville school official pleads guilty to embezzling |
|
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Garland coach accused of filming girls |
|
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Former Leander teacher sentenced for inappropriate relationship with
student |
|
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Gas leak again closes Carthage High School |
|
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Dallas principal moved following segregation suit |
|
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Proposed law would require parents' permission to take sex ed |
|
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Texas' schools progress, but still must improve |
|
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Calhoun disbands cheerleading squad |
|
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Audit critiques Weset Orange-Cove CISD bidding process |
|
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"DISD principals ordered to change their ways: Focus shifts to
improving academic performance, rather than managing facilities"
- isn't that what it was supposed to be on to begin with? |
|
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McKinney cheerleaders and parents tell their side |
|
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TEA may OK audits to stop TAKS cheating |
|
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School administrator in Odessa not content with status quo |
|
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Houston ISD bus driver saves students from armed man |
|
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Texas cheerleader scandal makes national news |
|
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Dr. Jim Leininger: Parents should decide what's best for their
children |
|
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Task force: Closer analysis of TAKS scores needed |
|
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Business group says reforms will help teachers |
|
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Business group wants stiffer accountability for teachers |
|
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Teachers' raises go 'above and beyond', Survey finds salary
increases are the biggest in nearly decade |
|
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Editorial: One size doesn't fit all in public school finance
|
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Bill may save schools at risk of being closed |
|
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Editorial: State needs haven for students who fail TAKS
- more excuse making and coddling for failure |
|
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Lawsuit against the Beaumont ISD describes Ozen High School as a
hotbed of inappropriate sexual activity |
|
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Brownsville ISD’s pricey land purchases raise eyebrows
- it's all for the kids you know! |
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Only 29% of parents return dress code survey in Copperas Cove |
