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  PUBLIC EDUCATION  2011 ARCHIVES
 Headlines archived in chronological order as originally posted in 2011
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Brownsville 8th-grader police shot had only a pellet gun - hard for a copy to know. The kid new he was doing wrong and never should have pointed the weapon at police.

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Police shoot, kill armed student at Cummings Middle School, Brownsville ISD's official statement on shooting

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Border schools beat state dropout rate

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El Paso Independent School District wants to upgrade image - by spending money for a PR person instead of improving schools. Oh, and a new phone system!

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Socorro ISD Teacher, Coach Arrested On Marijuana Charges

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Texas superintended proposes school finance based upon performance outcomes - hear 'em howl over this!

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Update: Authorities Identify Teens Arrested After Rosebud-Lott School Vandalized, 10 Students Arrested After Rosebud-Lott High School Vandalized

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San Antonio ISD financial chief resigns for Northside ISD job

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Northside ISD will interview firms to land next leader

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TEA Keeps Close Eye on West Texas ESL/Bilingual Education

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Lubbock teacher, Gail Douglas, named TCTA 2011-2012 Innovator of the Year

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National School Choice Week

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Standardized testing opponents call for National Opt Out Day

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San Elizario ISD names superintendent

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Some schools asking to bust student/teacher ratio caps - but is it necessary?

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Cuts bring DFW school administrators back to the classroom - good, let's see more cuts to get more of it.

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Eanes ISD leader says layoffs, budget cuts could be on the way

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Harmony charter schools causing discord

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Longview ISD Puts Up More Land, Buildings for Sale

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Fort Worth ISD Principal Accused Of Pinching Gets Reassigned

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Richardson ISD welcomes Burmese refugees

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Forney school board cites responsibility and a $13.6 million lesson learned

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Emails show IDEA Public Schools approached Austin school district about charter school proposal

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2011:

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Humble ISD votes to keep elections in May

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Texas Educrat Scoffs At College Readiness

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Ex-San Angelo Lake View H.S. coach, Chuck Smith, died Monday

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Tuloso-Midway ISD trustees plan to discuss next steps in $36M bond program

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Comptroller's office recommends school district not approve tax incentives for Petronila wind farm project

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Lubbock ISD marching band heading for Rose Parade

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Composting program at Georgetown schools is expanding

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Katy elementary teacher charged with drug possession appears in court

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Lufkin Coach John Outlaw dead of suspected heart attack

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School finance lawsuit, or coal in taxpayers’ stockings?

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Fourth suit filed on school funding

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Round Rock ISD superintendent discusses school-funding suit

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Amarillo ISD teacher charged in sexual assault resigns

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Superintendent looks back and ahead at Canyon ISD

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Plano Christian Candy Cane Dispute Reaches High Court

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Doctors: Boy shot outside Edinburg school lost kidney

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City of Longview: No penalty for LISD stadium violations - Typical. Governments not held to the same standards as everyone else. Rather disgusting.

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Decatur ISD: A Tale Of Inefficiency

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Ector Co. ISD Under Scrutiny From TEA

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Frenship ISD has to Change Tiger Logo

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School boundary disputes an inevitable growing pain for Frisco, other booming districts

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"Poor planning" may cost Longview ISD taxpayers more than $1 million

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Residents blame racism for changes to Bastrop ISD diversity committee

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Hale Center school chief accepts post in Childress

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Former Ector Co. ISD teacher pleads to sexual assault of student

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Ex-Lorena Coach Sentenced For Improper Relationship With Student

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Austin school board approves charter schools for 2 East Austin schools

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Gunshots hit near Edinburg school days before students wounded

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Bastrop ISD board meeting to bring protests

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Dallas ISD to expand computer-based math program

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Texas Watchdog examines how politics and cronyism seep into big-dollar Houston schools contracts

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Forney ISD approves plan to repay nearly $13.7 million owed to the state over five years

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Details emerge on accusations against Dunbar High School principal (Fort Worth ISD)

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Superintendents for Comal and New Braunfels ISDs pay above average

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Third option weighed for Alamo Stadium

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Plano ISD’s candy cane lawsuit has turned from case to cause

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Sinton ISD plans wind turbine project for high school

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Runaway cart barrels through celebration after Steele-Dekaney game

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Plano ISD Clears Teacher in Elementary School Student Having Clothes Taken Off, Photographs Taken Allegations

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Census: Texas State Govt. Spending on Public Education Ranks among Top in the Nation

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Virtual Education Potential for K-12, Higher Ed

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Kilgore ISD teacher placed on administrative leave for slapping a child

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Alto ISD superintendent resigns

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Robstown ISD superintendent announces plans to resign in June

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Tyler ISD Bus Driver Hospitalized After Being Hit By School Bus

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Teachers association concerned with Dallas ISD recruiting deal

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Amarillo ISD purchases iPods for students - oh so broke public schools!

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Round Rock ISD board takes no action on superintendent’s contract

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Waco School Board To Present Two School Closure Plans To Public

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Texas high school player of the year named

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Texas APSE Class 5A all-state football team

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Northside ISD boss stepping down

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Weslaco superintendent resigns amid controversy

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Pickup driver, 5 students injured wreck with Linden-Kildare CISD school bus

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Discrepancy between levels of public education visible in Dallas

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Ex-Boswell High School teacher indicted over texts

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San Antonio ISD's Alamo Stadium decision on hold

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Marshall ISD superintendent named lone finalist for Dripping Springs job

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Henderson ISD to offer early resignation stipend to employees

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Update: Brownwood ISD proposal to purchase new scoreboard, video screen on ‘indefinite hold’, Brownwood ISD: Praying For A State-Funded Jumbotron

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Irving ISD considering two options for shift to single-member voting districts

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Edinburg school may build safety wall after shooting

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Houston schools in conservation, recycling effort - how about a focus on education?

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Wylie ISD moving ahead with $7.5 million building project for renovations, new campus - don't forget these schools are supposedly broke!

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Dallas ISD plans UIL protest over referee's call

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TEA list of lowest-performing public schools for 2011

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43 Dallas ISD campuses make list of state's worst-performing schools

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Low-wealth schools file 3rd lawsuit against state

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Documents: Plano Elementary Teacher ‘Undressed’ and ‘Took Pictures’ of Special Needs Boy, Who Then ‘Acted Out Sexually’

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River Road ISD board appoints new member, raises staff salaries

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Sulphur Springs ISD superintendent retires

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Texas High School State Championships at Cowboys Stadium this Week

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2 students shot, wounded at middle school in Edinburg

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3 hunters questioned in shootings at Edinburg school

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Longview ISD superintendent to announce retirement tonight

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Ex-teacher's aide at C.E. King High School accused of sexually assaulting student

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New STAAR Test More Challenging Than TAKS - and the whining begins. Don't forget, the new STAAR tests are what the big education lobbied for.

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Southside ISD trustee sues district she represents - notice that you don't get this type of headline on the district lawsuits. Those should read "District sues taxpayers using taxpayer money."

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Austin parents protest charter school move possibility

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Border schools narrow graduation gap, beat state dropout rate

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Get a look at Texas City's new $54 million high school

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Houston's Sterling High School was placed on 2 years of probation over steroid test warning

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D.A.'s investigator outlines Walker's alleged overbilling to Beaumont ISD

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Robert Lee ISD Cancels Classes Due To City Water Leaks

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Nederland ISD surveying residents about possible bond

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Special Needs Student Dies After Medical Emergency At Waco School

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Texas was Right to Bypass the Common Core State Standards for Public Education

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Wealthy districts sue over school finance, use taxpayer money to sue taxpayers

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Allen ISD Throws Taxpayers Under Bus

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American Democracy and Liberal Education

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Beaumont ISD's business officer testifies about invoice payments in Walker trial

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Houston ISD magnet school to teach core subjects in Mandarin Chinese - how does that fit into the role of public school forming into one cohesive culture?

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Copper Thieves Targeting Dallas ISD Campuses

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Former Iowa Park teacher indicted on sexual relationship charge

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Hudson High officials say threatening message is not a threat

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Angry Parent Protests Against Bullying In Front of Ector Co. ISD Building

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Fire: Seminole Elementary students will resume classes after the New Year

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City police investigate shooting near Rise Academy

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No One Injured in Rise Academy Charter School Shooting in Lubbock

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Teacher outburst, alleged threats cause concern in San Benito

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Ex-El Paso ISD official pleads guilty to mail fraud charge

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SBOE RINO Bob Craig encourages districts to join lawsuits

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Coaches puzzled by man who tried to play football at multiple Dallas high schools

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Fort Worth ISD President Resigns

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Accused Amarillo teacher could lose certificate

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Newton ISD employee on leave with pay during improper relationship investigation

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Students act fast after school bus crashes into building in north Houston

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School Bus Carrying 30 Children Crashes Into Houston Building

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Kilgore ISD Bus Receives Minor Damage In Collision

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Austin ISD Administration Proposes Changes for 2012

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Brownsville school district to dismiss HealthSmart litigation

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Brazosport ISD picks new trustee

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Texas High School Football Playoff Pairings

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No school in Snyder today, crews working to repair water main

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Nacogdoches High coach placed on administrative leave for alleged misconduct

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West Rusk ISD Bus Involved in Accident

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Ysleta ISD takes teacher pay dispute to court

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Henderson ISD to ask city for alcohol-free zone around campuses

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Gun whipped out for Spring bus stop beat-down

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Medina Valley High School prayer lawsuit heading for trial

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Former Beaumont ISD chief financial officer testifies in Walker trial

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Combs Spotlights Liberty Hill ISD's Efficient Use of Funds

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Austin students score better than urban peers

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School Districts Partner with Charters

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200 Northside ISD jobs up for grabs - the big layoff lie my friends

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Waco: Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student Acquitted On 10 Counts, Mistrial on 8 Other Charges

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Amarillo elementary teacher charged with sexual assault of a child

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Oh, those poor Superintendents!

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The Strange Tale of Deion Sanders' Charter School

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Henderson ISD involved in playoff football game brawl

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Students at Lanier High School to try for tamalada world record - I'm sure later we'll hear more griping about how hard it is to past state tests too. Study & stop this stuff.

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San Antonio ISD still looking to build pro-size soccer stadium site

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Home schooling: a growing trend in East Texas

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Fort Worth ISD’s Bah Humbug is symptomatic of worse

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Man killed in crash involving school bus in Atascosa Co.

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Texas districts getting ready for new test

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Overfunded Forney ISD Owes The State $13.6 Million

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Premont ISD fights closure

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Police eye allegations of sexting by Amarillo teacher

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High school mariachi bands vie to compete in Texas statewide contest

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Bah, humbug! Fort Worth schools ban Santa, gifts in classroom

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Fort Worth Schools Clarify 'Santa Ban'

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Hitchcock coach comes to rescue when bus driver passes out, Driver of Hitchcock school bus wants trustee’s apology, Hero coach who kept runaway bus from crashing shares his story

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Edcouch-Elsa school board votes down superintendent

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Northside ISD aide fired over ID theft charge

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Clear Creek H.S. coach under investigation found dead

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West Oso ISD appoints new school board member

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Sinton ISD eyes wind turbine project for high school

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Officers look into death of coach in sex case

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Former Elementary School PE Teacher Denies Having Sex With Student

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Handholding, Hugs Led To Sex With Teacher, Alleged Victim Says

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Judson ISD counselor fired, allegedly sent nude photos to teen, more

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South San ISD chief drops appeal

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White is new Alpine ISD chief

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Dallas ISD Wants Your Vote on When to Start School

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Dallas school tightens security after 4-year-old’s solo bus odyssey

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Irving minority groups to draw proposals for single-member school board districts

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Wylie ISD trustees to mull expansion, upgrades

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When an Increase is a Cut - Texas school spending

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Several injured in school bus accident on Houston

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4-year-old hit by car in crosswalk near SE Houston school

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ADs blame game officials, other team's players for Ozen, La Marque melee

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Austin ISD to lift "financial emergency" declaration

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Lubbock ISD says contractor has paid $2.5 million in restitution

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DA investigating Lubbock ISD contractor, Sodexo

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West Oso ISD trustees approve one-time stipends for teachers, other employees - broke public schools

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Former Longview ISD Teacher Charged with Sexual Child Assault Out on Bond

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Sheriff: Employee Stole $200,000 from Panther Creek CISD, more

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Homeschooling is legal in Texas, do you know why?

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Austin ISD chief listens to public concerns about facilities master plan

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Muleshoe ISD investigating botched science experiment

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Sweetwater High School Cancels Classes due to Basement Flooding

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Father vs. Son clash ends with Coahoma win

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Overbuilt and overfunded, Forney ISD seeks to maintain its standards

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Second Round of TB Testing Under Way at Ennis High School

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Burmese students are adjusting to life in East Texas

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Class-size waivers triple for Texas districts

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Carroll school district appears ready to sell historic building

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Texas School Finance Fix Eludes Perry as Students Do Without Art - let's get reading, writing, math and other important scores up before funding extras.

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Houston schools officials struggle to find consistency in trustee involvement

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Rep. Allen Fletcher explains the upcoming biennium K-12 public education funding in Texas

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Few Valley schools join state finance lawsuit

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Fort Worth school district puts software vendor on notice

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Texas High School Football Playoffs

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Beaumont ISD ordered to pay attorney fees in West Brook field house case

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Several SW Texas school districts extend trustee terms

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Rio Grande Valley student's refusal to say Mexican pledge, anthem starts controversy

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La Marque ISD reverses superintendent, police chief’s suspensions

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Harlandale ISD says disputed vote was legal

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Plano teacher arrested on child sex assault charge

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Crockett accused of fielding ineligible players in playoff win over Newton

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Attorney General Says Venus ISD Does Not Have to Release Emergency Operations Plan

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3 Homeschooling Myths, Busted.

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Texas Home School Coalition PAC 2011 battleground update

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Authorities continue to investigate death of Lubbock Estacado student in Dallas

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2 school bus accidents in East Austin, 3 children injured

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Texas OKs Charter For UT Tyler Academy

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Corpus Christi, school districts at crossroads over crossing guard program

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Report: Students learned only math, reading in Dallas ISD elementary school

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Nederland principal wins prestigious award

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State keeps eye on La Marque ISD

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Opinion: Board should fire La Marque ISD superintendent

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Arlington principal retires amid inquiry into comments

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Texas high school football playoff pairings

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Video contest aims to keep teens in school

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Estacado High School student dies during trip; fund set up

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Weslaco ISD Votes to Suspend Superintendent

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Harlandale Superintendent says meeting was legal

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La Marque ISD to consider suspensions again

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Opinion: It’s time for the state to step in at La Marque ISD

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Nacogdoches ISD discusses drug testing for students

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Harlandale Superintendent says meeting was legal

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Dallas ISD financial health improves again

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Dallas County school buses still lack monitors, despite reassurances

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Dallas ISD proposes closing 11 schools

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High School rodeo in Texas

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Texas education board opts to stay out of dispute over new tests

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Texas school districts struggling with funding cuts, survey shows

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Lawmaker: El Paso ISD has chance to make amends with taxpayers

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No criminal charges for Slaton baseball coach over student relationship issue

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Former Waco teacher, actor convicted of sexual assault of teenage cast member, Former CPS Worker, Teacher Gets 90 Years For Sexual Assault Of 15-Year-Old

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300 Abilene students get $100 checks for passing AP exams - this stuff just seems unethical.

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Grapevine H.S. Dancers to Perform in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Uplift Education announces expansion plans for Dallas area

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Charter school with 100 percent college acceptance rate eyes Fort Worth

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Galena Park ISD principal on leave

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7 Cleveland ISD students supended for taking Jello shots on school bus

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Kerrville ISD board considers paperless board meetings

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Incorrect ballots given to some Cedar Hill voters - hell, that's no surprise as this bunch isn't even competent enough to go to high school without an air conditioner in November!

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Northside ISD joins school-finance suit

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Houston ISD trying again to confront magnet school problems

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La Marque ISD board doesn't name interim

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Seminole High School evacuated after bomb threat, student arrested

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Cleaning Process Begins to Ensure Absence of Snakes at Elementary School in Eastland

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Broken AC Sends Students Home at Cedar Hill High School - ridiculous!!! We didn't even have AC in any of the public schools when I attended.

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Judson ISD school board gets a shakeup

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Where’s the state during La Marque ISD conflict?

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Opinion: There’s just no way that was legal (La Marque ISD)

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La Marque ISD superintendent, police chief suspended

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Four Galveston students, adult injured in school bus-car crash

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Brownsville ISD Website Posts Personal Information About Some Employees

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Fitch cuts Brownsville ISD credit outlook

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AG allowing El Paso ISD to withhold documents that may interfere with García case

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Former Port Isabel Teacher Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

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Complaint dropped against Divide superintendent

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Abilene ISD Reopens Early Departure Incentive Plan, Joins School Finance Lawsuit

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Mann Middle School Student Seriously Injured By Another Student

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Wylie ISD school board discusses overcrowding

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Humble ISD schools earn national honor for hunger-fighting efforts - since when was this a mission of public schools?

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Teachers go online to meet classroom needs

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16-year-old Aldine ISD student shows up to school with gunshot wound

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Student charged with vandalizing Cypress Falls High School

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HISD: Barnett Stadium safe, but investigation ongoing into what sickened 22 students

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Houston ISD to annex 7,500 students as North Forest ISD is forced to close

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Attorneys Fight To Keep North Forest ISD Open

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Beaumont ISD funding portion of educators' trip to NABSE New Orleans conference - oh so broke public schools in Texas!

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Plano ISD marks millionth view with Techbook

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Kermit ISD Investing in Technology Advancement for Students

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Anderson: Fort Worth residents must stop downward spiral on school board

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Lewisville ISD trades rows of desks for sofas for "Starbucks" classroom - it just keeps getting worse and so few care. Give 'em more money, give 'em more! That's all we hear. Here's a perfect response to this story: A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute

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Projects' costs anger San Antonio ISD's panelists

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Highland Park schools’ state-mandated ‘Robin Hood’ payments near $1 billion mark - this should please the libs in Highland Park, I thought they supported wealth transfer.

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Lewisville ISD Considering Preemptive Gas Drilling Move

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Teach for America teachers leaving Dallas ISD exceed national attrition rate

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IDEA, UTB/TSC win state higher ed award

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Irving bilingual program uses more Spanish to help students succeed - this does not help, it harms them. We get people who are proficient in neither language.

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Missing contraband stirs controversy at La Marque ISD

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La Marque ISD board should resolve its own issue

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Class 1A high school football playoff pairings, Class 2A, Class 3A, Class 4A & Class 5A

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School district not surrendering education to charter schools

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Wind Farm Money Fuels Spending in West Texas Schools

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Students Taken To Killeen Hospital After Smoke Fills Classroom

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A&M Consolidated Football Coach Teaches From a Different Perspective

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State grants Ore City High School accountability rating appeal

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Update: Eastland Officials Locate Rattlesnake In Elementary School, After rattlesnake bite on 2nd grader, Eastland elementary classes relocated

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Texas teachers instructed on skirting state rules - no surprise at all

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Summit urges students to 'flex their democratic muscle' - public schools working with community organizers to propagandize students.

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Texas ISDs focus on Buildings, Not Students

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Missouri officials say Comal ISD hire duped investors

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Indicted El Paso ISD Superintendent Lorenzo García still owed $200K in unused leave, salary

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Former Roma football coach accused of sexually abusing two teens

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Ex-School Nurse Indicted For Fire She Set In Her School

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Del Rio elementary principal avoids arrest on theft by check charges

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Goodbye TAKS, Hello STAAR EOC

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Part Two: The Obsolete Operations of the Harris County Department of Education

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Lake Travis ISD names new superintendent

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Texas Tech ISD: High School Outreach Program Flourishing in Brazil

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Sundown ISD marching band wins 1A state championship

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For November 8th bond & tax rate ratification election results, click here

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Parents file assault charge against Divide ISD superintendent

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Tyler ISD Looks At Long-Range Plan Options

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Houston ISD's Grier: Feds must help failing schools

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TEA appoints financial monitor to assist Forney ISD with repayment of $17.7 million debt to state

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Keller ISD 4th-Grader Dies of Bacterial Meningitis

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Ex-LMISD police chief demands job back

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Indicted El Paso ISD superintendent Lorenzo Garcia resigns

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School Bus Rear-Ends School Bus in Crowley

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Lubbock Cooper ISD bus involved in 3-vehicle accident; no injuries reported

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South Texas ISD school bus in accident, no injuries

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Lockhart Assistant Coach Arrested on Student Relationship Charge

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Presidio Students Win NASA Award

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Weslaco school tax election confuses voters

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Tyler ISD To Vote On Incentive Pay Program For About 380 Employees

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South San Antonio ISD votes to fire its suspended superintendent

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School Bus Crash With SUV Sends Seven To Hospital, more

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Abilene ISD to consider extending bonus program for employees leaving the district

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Austin ISD talks about single-sex schools

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Highland Park student's father wants lawsuit over book dismissed

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El Dorado football team used ineligible player, may be out of playoffs

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Lewisville ISD turning the traditional classroom on its head

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HISD still investigating what sickened 22 Austin High School band members at Barnett Stadium

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North Texas named pilot region in network to improve student access to higher education

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New Braunfels middle school coach given probation for sexting girl, 13

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Marshall ISD Assistant Principal Charged with DWI

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Ruptured gas line leads to evacuation of Steiner Ranch Elementary

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West Rusk ISD Hopes To Upgrade Facilities With Bond

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Pratt: The Left uses public schools, why do parents ignore the danger?

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Texas schools try to figure out best ways to counter bullying - but they won't turn to old-fashioned, proven classroom and campus discipline that will surely work. Nope, we'll get programs and seminars that cost taxpayers money and provide few positive results.

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Dallas ISD trustees consider closing schools to save money

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Class 1A high school football playoff pairings

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Class 2A high school football playoff pairings

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Class 3A high school football playoff pairings

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Class 4A high school football playoff pairings

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Class 5A high school football playoff pairings

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Students become sick at high school football game

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School bond issues highlight area elections

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Former football player’s charter school raised questions

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Californian sole choice to lead KIPP Houston

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Former administrator sues Mercedes schools, alleges age discrimination

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Officials arrest Ore City High student after school maintenance vehicle stolen

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Dallas ISD trustees seek to cut down on disruptive public comments

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San Antonio ISD trainer accused of hiding camera in bathroom

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La Joya school employees take bosses to court

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Katy PTA treasurer accused of forgery

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Some in NEISD are divided over $399.4 million bond - some? They all should be.

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Northside ISD selling new round of bonds to pay down debt

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Dallas ISD trustees consider 10-day early release incentive for students

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Alpine ISD taps Sul Ross grad as lone candidate for superintendent

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Drought Causes Damage to Austin ISD Structures

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Occupying the Minds of Our Youth

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Lubbock ISD 13-year-old suffers 2nd-degree facial burns in science class

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More to Plainview ISD snafu than it seems

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Hutto ISD asks voters to OK tax increase

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Search firm sets timeline for finding Dallas ISD superintendent

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N.E. ISD's Eisenhower Middle School's library ranked as #2 in USA

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South San ISD wins round over superintendent's firing

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Shooting rumors prompt extra police presence at Highlands HS

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Pepper spray used to disperse crowd at school fight in Spring

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Plano ISD names business director as interim superintendent

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State rep. Hochberg (D-Houston) questions quality of K-12 online courses

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Texas official defends online course network’s quality, oversight and transparency

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Texas students gain in math; reading scores flat

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Rusk County ISDs Look To Bonds For New Facilities

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Survey: More cuts to school jobs expected next year - I wish they'd cut taxes too

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Brownwood ISD contracted bus company supports employee they fired

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Some Fort Worth schools lost students but not teachers - typical

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Dodd City ISD wins ratings appeal

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Accused Harlandale ISD bookkeeper blames school principal

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Vendors fund nearly half of incumbent Houston ISD trustees' campaigns

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Hutto ISD is asking voters to prevent more district layoffs - hopefully voters will tell 'em to stuff it.

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A revolving door for retirees at Texas school districts

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Public school dropouts may be saving the state money

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Speaking plainly about Galveston ISD

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Brownwood school bus driver faces child sex charges

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Columnist fails to make his case in advocating for an appointed school board system

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San Benito teacher charged with assaulting middle school student

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Editorial: Fractious Fort Worth board can't move schools forward

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Fort Worth trustees pick wrong legal strategy in school finance case

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State Overturns Abilene ISD’s “Academically Unacceptable” Ratings - OK, so two campuses are now "not rated".

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Round Rock parents happy district is moving away from Standards Based Grading

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Center Point ISD to get new science classrooms, labs

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Family brings lawsuit after student denied bathroom by DeSoto ISD

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Fort Worth school trustees insist on overstaying their welcome

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San Marcos CISD trustees opt to keep May elections

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Fort Worth ISD approves all-boys academy

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Grand jury indicts former Ralls band teacher on impropriety

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Classes Canceled At Caldwell High School After Fire

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Progreso School Officials Increase Supervision on Saturday Events

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Ex-Lorena JV Coach Accused Of Having Sex With Student Pleads Guilty

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Lake Travis ISD Board says 158-million in bond money is necessary - of course they do...

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Port Arthur ISD: Stadium 'will be like daytime at night' after Friday's melee

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San Antonio ISD tightens internet security after breach

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How'd 200 unbudgeted teachers happen in Fort Worth?

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Richardson schools push back against declining college board scores

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Katy ISD Elementary Teacher Charged With Drug Possession

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Celina ISD calls police on Michael Irvin at football game

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Mineral Wells ISD teacher quits over anti-Roman Catholic tracts

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Researcher: Texas schools fail English-limited Hispanics

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Beaumont ISD will discuss new board makeup Tuesday

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Man arrested for exposing himself at an East Austin elementary school

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Are Texas Turkish Charter Schools Really Public Schools?

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Protesting parents call for principal’s ouster at Highland Meadows Elementary in northeast Dallas

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Clear Creek ISD switches buses to CNG

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Humble ISD receives grant to purchase buses fueled by propane

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San Antonio high school Student Arrested After Making Video Of Nude Female Classmate

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Allen residents, school district at odds over bus service center

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NYC's sex ed curriculum includes porn, bestiality - and this will be true everywhere as you give in one step at a time to the pushers of "sex ed" beyond abstinence and basic biology.

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Former Lewisville student describes mistreatment by coach, Lewisville ISD coach charged with human trafficking

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Under Worst Case Scenario, Waco ISD Could Close 8 Schools

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Dallas ISD trustees outline traits they’re looking for in next superintendent

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South San ISD ousts winningest basketball coach in audit flap

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Fitch downgrades Uvalde ISD bonds

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Former McAllen Principal Wins Lawsuit Against District

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Westlake students use iPads for pilot program - Bond money! Long term debt to buy products good for 3 to 4 years at best! Schools are being managed by irresponsible idiots!

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Districts struggle this year with class sizes

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Dallas ISD employees without positions offered 3 months’ pay to break contracts

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Ex-teacher accused of sex with teen said she had sought to stop him from using marijuana

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Plano Kindergarten Teacher With Diaper Fetish Sentenced To 62 Years

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NEISD bond is an all-or-nothing deal

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Edcouch-Elsa superintendent suspended with pay

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KIPP officials intend to add more schools in Dallas

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Florence ISD teacher stabbed by student remains hospitalized

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English-only immersion effort stalls in Irving

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67 pregnant girls in Midland ISD

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School Police Officer Files Complaint On U.S. Marshals

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Pharr teacher wins state's top bilingual award

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Judson ISD trustees OK pay-to-ride bus plan

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South San Antonio ISD board OKs shuffling

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South San releases audit detailing missing football funds

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Marion ISD superintendent may get Sonora job

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Former Richland High teacher arrested for inappropriate relationship

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Police: Katy ISD teacher facing charges for throwing glass bottle at student

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Plano School District Realigns Schools -- Again

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Marfa ISD Band Program Being Suspended

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Austin school board to vote on longer school year

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Florence ISD middle school teacher stabbed by student

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Charges Pending In Fire That Sent Temple School Principal To The Hospital

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Unanswered questions linger as districts prepare for switch from TAKS to STAAR

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Students in McAllen ISD going from ABCs to apps - more waste

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Keller ISD Battling MRSA Staph

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Dallas ISD’s ‘excess’ contract employees may get resignation incentive

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Female Football Player Shines on Field

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City of Arlington to offer classes for home schooled in "pet ownership"

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Burleson student injured in electrical incident

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Alice High School male student kicked off cheerleading squad for kissing another male

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Cedar Hill ISD: Senior Citizens Will See Tax Hike

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More Texas students taking Advanced Placement tests, but passing rates aren’t keeping up

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29-Year-Old Texas Football Coach Dies After Collapsing

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Nocona teacher arrested, charged with improper relationship with student

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DPS Kicks Off National School Bus Safety Week

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Texas scaling back high school two-a-day workouts

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Ennis Students Back In Class After Tuberculosis Scare

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McAllen ISD: Nothing wrong with Spanish class that riled parent

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McAllen students recite Mexican national anthem & pledge as part of Spanish class - Come on Beck! It's a Spanish class, I see nothing wrong with this at all. Saying the words is not some magic spell which changes your status. Great overreaction, again this was all in a Spanish class. This has long been the type of things done in language classes.

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Complaint highlights Judson ISD tensions

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In Texas, a STAAR is born

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Suburban school districts falling behind

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North East ISD bond proposal invests in technology - yeah, foolishly using long-term debt to finance computers with life spans well short of the bond terms.

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Austin ISD Lays Out Facilities Master Plan

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Irving school trustees to consider paving way for single-member districts

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On-campus credit union teaches financial literacy

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TPM raised school accountability ratings two years

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FBI launches San Antonio ISD inquiry

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Slaton ISD: Coach resigns after inappropriate text to student

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Former Corsicana ISD band teacher arrested on solicitation of a minor charge

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Prosecutors: Pasadena ISD coach had 8-month lesbian relationship with 14-year-old girl

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McKinney woman named Texas’ teacher of the year

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Round Rock teacher wins state secondary teacher of year

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Big Spring Parents Still Upset After Board Unveils Plan to Turn School District Around
Hearing over ousted South San ISD chief concludes

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Fort Worth teacher investigated in alleged relationship with student at Haltom High

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Spring ISD teacher accused of raping student to wear ankle monitor

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La Marque police probing Facebook threat made against girl, charter school

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Work remains for Allen ISD after tax increase passage

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Political agendas hijack Fort Worth school district's mapping process

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Fire reported at elementary school in San Benito

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Senator Robert Duncan on public school lawsuit against the State of Texas

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Spring ISD middle school teacher accused of raping student in classroom

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La Joya ISD implements GPS tracker to reduce truancy cases

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Cedar Hill ISD Bond = $400 Tax Increase

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Marshall school fixes grooming violation with a Sharpie

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South San ISD lawyers make case against Durbon

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South San Bobcats coach suspended for 'bad language'

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Two top San Antonio ISD officials resign

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Interim South San ISD chief, others handed subpoenas

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Hearing on ex-South San ISD chief begins

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Suspended Anderson HS Athletics Director Faces Theft Charge

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23-year-old teacher collapses, dies at San Antonio high school

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Parents Of Canutillo Cheerleaders Question Delay In Uniform Delivery

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Gov. Perry Reappoints Orr to the School Land Board

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School districts sue Texas, claiming finance system is unfair and ‘indefensible’

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Latest school finance battle opens; where is the right?

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Texas schools sue state over $4B in education cuts - actually they are suing over funding equity, not the reductions in funding increases.

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Austin ISD moves school board elections to November

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Mesquite ISD wins national Urban School Board Excellence award

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What do Fort Worth school district residents want on trustees' terms?

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Dallas ISD executive director Cynthia Goodsell removed from position

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Corpus Christi ISD trustees bicker about conflicts of interest before land vote

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Former Ralls band director charged with improperly touching student

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Mexia ISD principal reassigned after teaching moment about bullying backfires

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Suspended El Paso ISD chief's case declared "complex" in Federal court

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Interim South San Antonio ISD chief, suspended chief, at crossroads

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San Antonio ISD calls special meeting after media investigation

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ISDs Lining Up To Sue Over Education Funding

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Coahoma ISD superintendent search

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Plano students trickling out of district into private schools

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Allen ISD voters approve tax increase upon themselves

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Cedar Hill ISD seeks bond, tax increase approvals

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Corpus Christi ISD could save $1.6M if Wooldridge Road site chosen for middle school

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Laura Bush helps dedicate Lubbock-Cooper school named in her honor

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Now resigned Ralls ISD band director charged with touching teen

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Del Valle High School Employee Under Investigation Is Place On Paid Leave

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Spring ISD Teacher Is 3rd Area Educator To Face Sex Allegations

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School officials meet to discuss school-funding litigation

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Dallas ISD trustees ready to tackle district's high legal costs

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Fort Bend ISD purchases 65-acre high school site in Telfair

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A&M Consolidated High School senior arrested after use of counterfeit cash in cafeteria - why? They serve counterfeit food.

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Galveston: Mistrial granted in ex-teacher’s child porn trial

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Pratt: Can our public school administrators be trusted?, Audio version

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Houston ISD trustee alleges 'corruption,' 'contract steering'

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Suspected Case Of TB Found At Another Texas School in Denton

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Harlingen South High School head football coach arrested for DWI

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PSJA ISD Under Fire For Failing To Tell Parents About Sexual Assault

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Frisco coaches save 12-year-old girl with defibrillator

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Laura Bush to visit her namesake middle school Friday in Lubbock

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Former Ralls ISD teacher investigated

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Brownsville school shares special homecoming

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Rep. Frullo Announces Launch of 2011-2012 High School Aerospace Scholars program

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Comanche ISD Allowing Personal Laptops, Phones for Class

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La Marque High School coach accused of raping 14-year-old

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Driver Fired After Open Container Found Aboard Connally ISD School Bus

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PSJA ISD student sexually assaulted on campus

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Brownsville Middle School Cleared After Gas Leak

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Bomb Threat Prompts Delay at Decatur High School

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Boundary debates highlight lingering uncertainty in Plano ISD’s future

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Ralls ISD band director resigns amid allegations of misconduct

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Small Town School Tax Hikes

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Federal government to further assess state public schools

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Lewisville ISD files protest with state over developer’s plans for fracking near school - ridiculous

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Irving consultant defends report on elementary ‘race war’

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These high school coaches don't shake hands after a match; they share a kiss

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Gun found on West Columbia High School campus

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UT Tyler Planning Charter School

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Petrolia ISD voters say no to tax increase

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Midland ISD Growing Rapidly

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Former student stabbed while visiting a teacher at Valley View High School

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Bus Accident Sends 18 Tyler Middle School Students To Hospital

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Schools Get First Glimpse Of STAAR Test, Average Adults Prove Test Is Difficult

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DA investigating Judson ISD trustee

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Trustees question Houston ISD board leaders' TV shows, district's $10M communications budget

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Temple School Bus Involved In Accident Early Monday

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Connally ISD School Bus Driver Arrested After Open Container Found On His Bus

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Student-run restaurant open for business at Allen High School

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TB testing resumes at Ennis High

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Cleburne's 70-year-old stadium earns historical marker

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Galveston County schools see large increase in Hispanic enrollment

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Austin ISD works to create signature programs at schools, in part to curb transfers

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To Fort Worth school trustees: Your records are ours

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Katy: Parents Claim Abuse Of Special Needs Students

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Two Breckenridge ISD Bus Mixups in Past Two Weeks

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Rodents invade school at Richmond ISD

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Big money stolen from Leander, Cleburne, Banquete & Teage  ISDs in mail fraud

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Tyler ISD Teacher Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting Woman In April

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Teacher Who Sent Student to Office for Homosexuality Remark Off Leave - washed away with no accountability!

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Canutillo HS Unveils Blue, Orange Football Field - wasteful AND ugly!

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Longtime Plano ISD superintendent abruptly announces he's leaving

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Allegations of abuse and mistreatment at a Dallas ISD elementary school

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Could Potatoes Be Cut From School Lunch Menus?

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Fort Worth school board's politics of alienation

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Four Klein ISD students accused of beating student

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Sterling High School principal accused of assault appears in court

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Spring Branch Middle School coach on leave after arrested on campus

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Mineral Wells Football Player Collapses During Game

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Angelina County ISDs commit to joining lawsuit against state

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Brazosport ISD, Clute PD differ on coach’s cuffing

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Update: Instructor Admits Hiding Camera Where Students Changed Clothes, Judson ISD JROTC instructor under investigation

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Longview ISD teacher resigns under cloud of misconduct probe

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Pine Tree ISD officials hope stadium brings revitalization - ridiculous

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Weslaco schools chief to retire; move pre-empts possible removal

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Byers ISD asks Petrolia to consolidate

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Big Sandy Junior High Principal Named Lone Finalist For Mount Enterprise ISD Superintendent

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Pflugerville, other ISD's, join fight against school finance system

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Northside ISD to seek class-size waivers

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Jasper coach out on bond after charged with indecency with a child, child porn possession

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Longview High School UIL coordinator resigns amid allegations of misconduct

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Woden ISD election to raise tax rate, not taxes

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Houston: Students injured in chain-reaction crash involving school bus

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TEA says it can’t clear up confusion about high school end-of-course exams

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Austin ISD Extends Superintendent’s Contract

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French fries may get cut in school lunch rooms

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2011 Week 5 Texas AP High School Football Poll

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Sterling High School principal accused of assaulting family member

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Fort Worth school board should slow down move to extend terms

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Southside ISD braces for trustee's bias suit

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Marion ISD will have to fill another spot on the school board

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Canutillo ISD Has Plan To Fight Future State Budget Cuts

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League City student arrested, charged in stabbing in school hallway

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Former Kennedale teacher indicted for sex with students

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Lamar, Chavez High School football players fight on field during ABC13's Game of the Week

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‘Huge Fights’ Spur Lock Down of DeSoto High School

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Round Rock ISD adopts budget, lowers taxes 4.5 cents

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Bullying Has A Big Spring Mother Fearing For Her Daughter's Life

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Forney ISD to repay $13.6 million to state after overestimating student population

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Fort Worth freshman suspended for comment about gays - they very fact that school employees, teachers and administrators, took action to begin with is sickening and causes grave concern for our Liberty.

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Ex-manager took kickbacks on Texas school projects

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Diboll ISD joins lawsuit against state

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Hutto ISD to join suit on funding

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South San Antonio ISD joining school finance lawsuit

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Austin ISD police investigating West Austin school bus driver

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Lubbock ISD votes to use long term bond debt for desktop computers - long term interest on a product with a 3 to 5 year life-span at best! Wow! This bunch is among the most irresponsible I've ever seen.

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Brownsville Veterans H.S. principal suspended amid controversy

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Houston-area student stabbed in neck by classmate

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Tuberculosis testing continues at Ennis High

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Nurse, coach credited for saving 7th-grade Azle football player

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Hidalgo mayor, school officials locked in power struggle

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El Paso ISD Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia faces state scrutiny

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Smyer 16-year-old charged with felony in hit-list case

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Texas’ new STAAR tests are a trial for nervous teachers

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Judson ISD agrees to settle over alleged molestations

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Abilene ISD to continue focus on abstinence as other districts look toward contraception in sex education

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Texas says 'bye-bye' to TAKS and 'hello' to STAAR

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NEISD examining ways to revamp school-health programs

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Del Rio school district salary changes cause uproar, SFDR CISD board increase teacher & staff pay

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Tyler ISD Superintendent Addresses Crowd On District Plans

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Irving ISD trustees halt staff diversity training sessions by author of controversial race study

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Standardized teaching system, CSCOPE, spreads to hundreds of Texas districts

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Cash-strapped Texas schools can get larger classes

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NEISD trustees formally appoint new superintendent

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80 Ennis ISD Students Test Positive for TB

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Canutillo teacher denied bond in child porn case

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New Information On Child Porn Charges Against Canutillo ISD Teacher

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Marshall ISD Tax Ratification Proposal Defeated

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Fitch affirms Floresville ISD’s high credit rating

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Illnesses could end up costing educators in Somerset ISD - seems like such should have already been the policy.

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More Texas Schools Teach Safe Sex With Abstinence

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Home schooling growing in popularity in Texas

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Premont ISD hangs hopes on tax rate vote

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Spruce High School still struggling after massive reorganization

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Smyer High School student in jail for threatening school

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Beaumont ISD could receive reparations money from BP oil spill - ridiculous and shameful!!

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Athens ISD Names Steeber As New Superintendent

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Bonuses at Teacher Retirement System exceeding other public funds

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Lutz Analysis: What happens when the lobby trumps kids and parents

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Hamlin Middle School Evacuated For Gas Leak

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School districts slammed on fiscal efficiency

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Can Terry Grier save Houston's struggling public schools

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Abilene ISD trails national SAT results, Wylie above average

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Abilene ISD Offers Support For "Homeless" Students - the school definition of "homeless" is ridiculous.

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2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools - 26 in Texas

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Pratt: Are school boards powerless in Texas?

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Comptroller Susan Combs Releases Updated “FAST” Ratings for Texas Schools

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Houston's largest teachers union paid nearly $500K in legal fees to union chief's son: Records

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Pratt: Can the Texas public school lobby be trusted, at all?

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National SAT reading scores fall to lowest level on record - even in the biggest-spending states so often hailed by the teacher unions

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BodyMind Initiative receives approval from TEA

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7 Houston-area schools recognized among 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools

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SAT scores for Texas high school students drop sharply

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El Paso ISD Lawyer: District Is Not Legally Liable For The Hacking

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Former Bells PTO president admits embezzlement

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Angleton ISD explains its drug-testing to parents

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San Antonio ISD joins suit over state funding - a long miss-managed district, no surprise

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Amarillo teacher named 2011 Texas History Teacher of the Year

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Clear Creek teacher accused of selling steroids, cocaine out of job

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Irving Nimitz High partners with Texas Tech in new classroom venture

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Kemp ISD Fails Reading, Math Scores, But $400,000 Football Turf Looks Nice

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Ennis Deputy Superintendent Accused of Calling Bus Driver ‘Pedophile;’ Wife Not Listed in Certification Records

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Collin County schools show involvement trumps school size

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San Marcos CISD gets smaller budget, same tax rate

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Abilene Schools Seek Large Class Size Waivers From State

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Houston ISD school board president may have met with contractors to discuss HISD business: E-mails

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Houston ISD audit report on alleged threat raises more questions about 'how things operate around here'

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Klein ISD teacher accused of sending sexually explicit messages to teen on Facebook

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Bastrop ISD campuses reopen Monday after wildfires

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Online course ‘takes off’ from Humble ISD

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Richardson high schools let students use cellphones to text, tweet outside class

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Carrollton-Farmers Branch school paying students who ace AP tests

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Five Denton-area school districts give details on budgets

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Lewisville ISD’s growth is slowing down, study finds

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Katy ISD Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

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Beaumont ISD accidentally releases confidential student information

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Dallas, Fort Worth & Arlington Leaders Knocking On Doors To Find School Dropouts

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DeSoto ISD pays $188,000 of taxpayer money to get rid of superintendent suspected in Georgia cheating scandal

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Flour Bluff ISD may be featured in national news segment on Sept. 11

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Dallas ISD opens all-boy magnet school with math and science focus

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TEA investigating Tornillo ISD Superintendent Paul Vranish for travel expenses

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Burglar(s) take football equipment, electronics from Tuloso-Midway fieldhouse

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Texas Home School Coalition responds to ridiculous San Angelo newspaper editorial

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Al Jazeera reporter not welcomed at Booker, Texas high school football game

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Al Jazeera takes on Texas town, and nobody wins

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Conroe ISD bus burning under investigation

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Analysis shows true Texas high school performance, stripping away socioeconomic factors

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Mystery surrounds murder of Aldine ISD bus driver

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Aldine ISD athlete dies after fainting at football practice

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Spring Branch ISD bus flips into ditch after crash with Cadillac

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FBI probes El Paso ISD computer breach

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Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas school districts released

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Are Texas’ Schools Really that Bad?

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Hacker's tap El Paso ISD computers, access Social Security numbers

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2 Birdville students hack into school district's network

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Former Ennis High School teacher arrested for online solicitation of minors

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Parents, taxpayers can't see if Houston school contracts are awarded fairly because of Texas' ethics rules loopholes

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Irving ISD report on black students criticized as racially inflammatory - so, if it is true it needs to be addressed.

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Del Rio school district raises taxes

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Clint ISD issues raises for employees - oh those cuts were so deep!

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Deion Sanders, group seek to open Fort Worth charter school

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Pratt: Public education bureaucracy goes beyond where you think

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Harris County Dept. of Education - another example of waste

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Wylie High's fiery artificial field: Turf adds to heat - I pointed this out to all but they want to spend, spend, spend on this fake grass.

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Northside ISD voters to pay more for property taxes, more

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Embattled DeSoto ISD Superintendent Kathy Augustine is named in Atlanta grand jury subpoena

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Ex-Booster Club Treasurer Charged With Theft Of Thousands

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Dallas ISD Trustee Carla Ranger not resigning

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Vidor ISD updates policies after indictment of former student

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Wylie ISD OKs raises - wow these schools are broke!

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San Antonio ISD sets $392 million budget

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Interim chief gets top job at North East ISD

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Lago Vista school district to hold a $29.6 million bond election

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Henderson ISD calls $26 million bond election to build new middle school

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Ennis ISD teacher tests positive for tuberculosis

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Laura Bush to attend Lubbock-Cooper ISD school ribbon-cutting

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Vehicle burns in middle of Churchill High School practice field

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Study analyzes black students’ perceptions of Irving ISD

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Boerne ISD eyes May bond election

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PSJA voters overwhelmingly support school tax swap

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Midland ISD works to deal with unexpected student growth

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Bonham ISD board votes to hold November bond election

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Leander ISD employees arrested for theft

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El Paso required to look at school security budget, full story

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Impact of state’s new end-of-course exams unclear as ninth-graders start school year

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Despite new back-door amnesty policy, Friendswood teacher deported

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Dallas ISD Trustee Carla Ranger resigns from board

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Cedar Hill Assistant Principal Charged With Assaulting Cop

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Del Rio school board fires principal, digs into financials

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Former Judson ISD booster club president arrested

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Blanco ISD first-grader faces ISS over long hair & earring

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Longview ISD bond project a ‘remarkable’ feat

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Texas Charter School Gets National Coverage

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Alamo Heights ISD raises tax rate

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Some DFW schools are making do without new textbooks - do they even use them? Test scores would cause one to question it.

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1,000 new laptops for Pampa High School students - man these ISD's are broke!

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Edinburg school budget cuts central office, saves academics - way to go!

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Tyler ISD Proposal Would Reduce Payroll, Keep Same Tax Rate

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Beaumont ISD wasted tax dollars on South Park appeal

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Beaumont ISD police estimate up to $13,000 of theft at high school

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Budget cuts to bench Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD bands for away games - oh what a tragic loss! Education will suffer for ever! Good grief.

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State audit out today on Burnham Wood Charter School

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Ysleta ISD Files Appeal To Change District Accountability Rating

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Interwoven ethics problems at Houston ISD, Houston Community College, port authority, Harris County -- all one big ball of string

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El Paso ISD scandal: Simple posters in costly scandal

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Kaufman Ag. Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student, Sheriff Says

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Former Plano Kindergarten Teacher Convicted Of Sexual Misconduct With Students

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Breckenridge ISD gives raises to "tenured" employees

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Search to see the salaries of 14,600 employees of 7 school districts: Abilene, Wylie, Midland, San Angelo, Tyler, Waco and Wichita Falls ISDs

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San Antonio group gets US DOE grant to study school equity issues

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Houston ISD officials' defense of contracts for friends 'idiotic,' 'questionable': Critics

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Embattled superintendent still on DeSoto ISD’s payroll two weeks after school board voted for buyout

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School Districts Paying Cash For Truancy Tips

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Texas students sent from classroom to courtroom - ridiculous

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Abilene ISD Adopts Budget, Tax Rate, And Gives Teachers Raises - I thought they all suffered "draconian cuts"!?

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Dripping Springs superintendent to retire

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North Texas schools limiting outdoor recess for youngsters

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As school resumes, North Forest ISD vows to resist closure

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School districts suffer delays for textbooks

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Thousands Sent Home From School For No Shots

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Lewisville ISD Embraces Cellphones in Class

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Fort Worth ISD Debuts Biomedical High School

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Honey Grove ISD teacher charged with improper conduct with student

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Bryan ISD Enforces New Dress Code

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All-boys school opens for new school year in Dallas. The name? Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy. - teaching young males to fail?

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Keller ISD finds funds, but won't restore bus service

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Keller ISD’s Pay-To-Ride Bus Program Begins

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Cedar Hill ISD students, staff brace for longer school day

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Blanket ISD to provide FREE lunch & dinner for all students

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Dallas-area school lunches get healthier and pricier

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McKenzie: Yes, big urban school districts can succeed

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Austin area ISDs study ways to make money

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2011 Preseason Texas AP High School Football Poll

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Refugees go back to school: Abilene Cooper junior relishes liberty in U.S.

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Retired teachers have mixed feelings at the start of the new school year

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Classes have resumed at most Texas public schools

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Beaumont ISD loses legal battle in South Park demolition case

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Beaumont ISD board approves tax increase

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Plano ISD eyes changes to trustee elections

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Dallas County school buses fueled by fries

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Tornillo ISD Residents Question Board President's Eligibility

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San Antonio school districts avoid massive teacher layoffs

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Most residents give NEISD bond a thumbs-up

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Majority of Texas students not ready for college, ACT results show

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New Braunfels ISD catching heat for ending school bus service

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Richardson H.S. Teacher David Anderson Allegedly Masturbated in Public

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Kilgore Teacher Arrested for Drugs

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RGV schools' tax trick could negate state cuts; if tactic succeeds, it could catch on elsewhere

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School bus ads come to Comal County

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Despite budget cuts, area districts open new schools

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Tuloso-Midway ISD to consider bond election

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Proposed Brownwood school budget achieves goals with reduced expenditures

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Former Troy teacher pleads guilty to having sex with 14-year-old

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Sexual assault victim's mom sues fake Odessa Permian student

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Plano teacher on trial for inappropriate touching

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Bryan ISD moves elections to November

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North East ISD calls bond planning meeting

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McAllen ISD saves money with 'teacher-led sessions'

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Austin ISD superintendent: No job cuts, no property tax hike if board ‘holds the line’ - after all the scare tactics to blackmail the Legislature for more $

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Leander ISD: In the Shadow of Debt

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La Marque: LMISD takes unique approach to boost numbers

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Classes start at Houston ISD's Apollo 20 schools

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Hughes Springs Teacher Arrested for Improper Relationship with Student

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Editorial: State agency must decertify cheating teachers

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Article about Beaumont ISD considered 'a great PR piece for the district'

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Inquiry: El Paso ISD vendor difficult to track down

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Edinburg schools trustee opposes $5M for new high school

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Midway ISD school nurse accused of school arson

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Lindale ISD Trustees Vote To Reduce Tax Rate

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Pine Tree ISD community welcomes new superintendent

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Athens Closer to Naming School Superintendent

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Mexican gun fire interrupts football practice at El Paso's Bowie High

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Tuns out that Houston ISD has a cash surpluss and can't wait to spend it

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Lubbock-Cooper ISD approves raises for all employees

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Lubbock ISD board gives small salary raise to employees

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Stopping Schoolyard Bullies: Administrators

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All-time UIL football champions

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Eanes ISD Purchases 25 Propane Busses

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Former Fort Davis H.S. coach/teacher pleads to relationship with student charge

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Beaumont ISD's South Park should open to staff after inspection

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For first time, Texas schools tally mixed-race children

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Hunt ISD hires superintendent search firm

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Fort Worth schools fall short; solutions sought

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Dallas ISD May Expand LGBT Protections on Campuses

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Editorial: UIL needs more sensible middle ground on two-a-days

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Andress High School Assistant Principal Arrested

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El Paso ISD'S Chief Financial Officer Talks About Shortcomings In 2006 Purchasing Process

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Conroe ISD hacker accessed student files

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Donna ISD Using Fleet of Bus Ads to Make Extra Money

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Is A.G. opinion "no" to SBOE investment in charter school facilities?

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State to close Premont ISD by next year

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Fort Worth schools fail federal and state standards in largest percentage among big districts

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Texas will wait to decide on 'No Child' waiver

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DeSoto ISD cuts ties with superintendent tied to Atlanta cheating scandal

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Abilene ISD Trustees Discuss Possible Teacher Raises - but schools are broke!?

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North East ISD mulling bond election again

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Ad space sold on Comal ISD buses

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Brownwood school tax rate may go down

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Texas Cool Schools Grants Will Help Schools Save Energy and Cut Costs

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More than 300 Houston ISD teachers rehired after layoffs

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Homework as Superstition?

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Former Kennedale teacher charged with having sex with students

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Houston schools trustee Larry Marshall set stage for doc's $600,000 no-bid contract with HISD

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Houston ISD procurement chief discussed trustees president Paula Harris' pal's firm in business: E-mail

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Should teachers limit their contact with students via social media?

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Edgewood ISD tax rate likely to drop

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Keller middle school breaks Guinness record for most multiple-birth siblings, taking title from Richardson’s Pearce High

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DeSoto school board to discuss possible ‘exit agreement’ with embattled new superintendent tonight

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Texas school boards pay big money to part with leaders

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Texas school districts paying big to get rid of superintendents - with your $

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Breckenridge ISD receives highest accountability rating since 2002

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Lubbock ISD, Other Area Districts Fail to Meet Federal Progress Standards (AYP)

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Area school administrators says accountability standards get tougher every year - bull. "Standards" in every phase of schooling were tougher 50 years ago.

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El Paso ISD chief accused of fraud put on unpaid leave

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Houston ISD reviewing deal with consultant who took Costa Rica trip

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Arrested EPISD Superintendent Posts Bond

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FBI arrests El Paso ISD superintendent

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Indictment Describes Allegations Against EPISD Superintendent

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Arrest of El Paso ISD superintendent shocks district; chief of staff in charge

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Austin school board votes to reduce class sizes, clearing the way to hire teachers

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Plano ISD trustees to reopen realignment debate?

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Andrews teacher honored as educator of the year

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Whitehouse Football Coach Returns After Recovering From Injuries

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Texas education spending has grown five times faster than student enrollment - but no media outlet is reporting that

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Voting rights legal expenses grow in Irving ISD

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San Antonio ISDs wait to see whether merit pay program survives

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Lubbock ISD part of "tyranny of the minority" movement

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Editorial: Beaumont ISD board blundered by voting against openness

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STARR will replace TAKS in Texas

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Some TX public schools no longer truly free

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Hammond: Focus on outcomes of higher education

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Driscoll ISD boasts all-female school board, administrative leaders

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School accountability ratings

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South San Antonio ISD chief fighting dismissal

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Beaumont ISD board extends embattled electrician's contract

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"Academically unacceptable" schools double in Dallas ISD

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Abilene ISD improves to 'acceptable'; Wylie slips to 'recognized'

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Lubbock ISD: 75% (3 of 4) High Schools Academically Unacceptable - the LISD educrats are doing all they can to explain this away and dress it up. They've now gone from 50% of high schools unacceptable to 75%! So much for no more real dress codes or behavior rules - Ms. Garza's liberal, big-spending policies are a failure.

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Remain vigilant on local school district spending watch

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Diboll ISD increasing salaries for entire staff - broke schools?

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Frankston ISD Seeking $17 Million Bond

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Beaumont ISD police officer indicted on aggravated sexual assault charge

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Ex-El Paso Irvin High School teacher to plead guilty in porn case

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Socorro ISD Police Officer Arrested For DWI

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Man who posed as Odessa high school student gets prison

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Texas students to receive state-of-the-art science learning materials

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Forsan ISD to name technology director - a tiny district and it has a "tech director". This is an example of what has gone wrong in public education.

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Albany ISD Beefs Up Security By Adding New Cameras

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'Virtual' public schools may be wave of the future

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Hawley ISD kills off longtime local business in tiny community

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Big Spring ISD trustees: "it could have been worse" on the budget

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Seguin ISD survey: Voters want new school, but not economic strain

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Lumberton ISD names lone superintendent finalist

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Former Hallsville superintendent hired at Chapel Hill

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Lowery teacher acquitted after abuse allegations

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Pflugerville ISD proposes tax increase

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Huntington ISD votes to retain ‘retire/rehire’ employees

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Aubrey ISD could offer some relief

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Mesquite ISD budget has smaller cuts than expected

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Troup ISD board reinstates 2 teacher contracts

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DeSoto School Board Abruptly Ends Meeting, Superintendent Remains On Leave

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Editorial: School district lawsuit may shake up broken system

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Nederland ISD custodian pleads guilty to charge stemming from correctional facility

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After decade of success, Arlington charter school saw its fortunes fade - yet a traditional public school would just keep on going, taxing people more and more. We need more competition and creative destruction.

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All 11-man state football contenders to play in Cowboys Stadium, 6-man in Abilene's Shotwell Stadium

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Odessa Teacher Files Complaint Against Ector Co. ISD

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Hunt school leadership still uncertain, superintendent may resign

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DeSoto school board could part ways tonight with new superintendent embroiled in Georgia cheating scandal

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Funding formula fails some Southeast Texas schools

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Zavalla ISD prepares to unveil new elementary school

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Texas bucks U.S. trend on standardized scoring

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Mesquite ISD school bus rolls in traffic wreck

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DeSoto Superintendent May Find Out About Job Status Monday

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More Than Two Years Later Lockney Gets New High School

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Do Texas, federal school accountability ratings mean anything?

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TAKS run shows big gains for Texas students, but national measures do not

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School officials relieved state funding cuts not as deep as expected

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Editorial: Refreshing candor when one local charter school fails

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Affidavit: Belton Middle School Teacher Admitted To Sex With Student

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Nederland teacher indicted for sexual assault of child, improper relationship with student

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Dallas ISD teacher who lied about student assault remained on payroll

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Editorial: Charter schools could help DISD with its building problems

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Lubbock Cooper ISD increases employee salaries

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Austin school district likely to fail federal standards for third consecutive year

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Angleton ISD opts to renovate pool

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Dallas ISD Sharing Student Grades, Info

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Dallas County Schools places ads on sides of buses to raise money

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Abilene ISD administrators: Add 4 new teaching positions

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South San ISD Police Chief Loses Appeal

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Midland ISD working toward balanced budget for 2011-12

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Beaumont ISD's police chief investigates disposition of campus furniture

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STAAR is the next generation of testing in Texas

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Is Texas overdoing assessment tests? - no

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Carrollton Cheerleader’s Lawsuit Is Laughed Out Of Federal Court, more

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Interim Snyder schools chief happy to hand back reins -- again

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Luling ISD superintendent placed on leave

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Former Odessa Principal, Jan Brown, Pleads Guilty to Lying to Texas Rangers

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Midland ISD budget includes raises for teachers, staff

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Midland ISD board approves grant for propane buses, fueling station

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Brownwood ISD budget includes new laptops for freshman - but remember, schools are broke!

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Big Country school officials agree: Litigation only way to change education funding - you see! They feel entitled to your money AND they do not respect that it is the Legislature's role to set policy. These school folk are as guilty of destroying our Republic as is any D.C. Democrat.

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Pratt: Abilene ISD official thinks classroom work is too old-fashioned

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Dallas ISD to halt bond construction at eight schools - typical, construction at schools expected to close

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Update: Two charged in bleacher thefts at high schools, Pflugerville: Bleachers stolen from sports complexes

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Permanent School Fund lease sales bring in record $133 million

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2 Panhandle schools scratch football this year

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Brownwood ISD Looking at Perks from Budget Surplus

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McAllen ISD launches fully online registration service

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Should home-schooled students be allowed to play high school sports?

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Two Irving trustees want district to study English immersion programs’ effectiveness

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Katy ISD Trustees Expected To Vote To Rehire Laid-Off Teachers

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Katy ISD Trustees Get First Look At Proposed $554 Million Budget

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Keller school district fine-tunes a pay-to-ride bus system

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Study looks at school discipline in Texas

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Keller ISD may charge students to ride school buses

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Galena Park ISD employees to all get pay raises - not so broke?

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Former La Marque ISD police chief threatens legal action

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Huntington ISD breaks ground on new science labs - at least it is academic! But I thought schools were broke.

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Katy ISD Wants To Add Teaching Positions

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Abilene ISD launches mobile nutrition bus - so is this a proper role, or priority, for a school district which fails academically and claims to be broke?

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North Forest ISD to fight state-ordered closure

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Teacher indicted on charge of sexually assaulting teen student

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Houston ISD finds signs of cheating on state tests at 2 elementary schools

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After expense-paid trip to Turkey, Austin ISD to expand Turkish language & culture program

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Canyon ISD cuts could top $3.2M

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Palestine ISD Trustees Pick Superintendent Lone Finalist

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Lubbock ISD Trustees Approve Demolition Projects

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North Forest ISD to fight closure - they should have fought to fix their problems

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Cove ISD approves guidelines for board

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Nederland teacher charged with sexual assault of a student

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Friend of Rep. Borris Miles runs Costa Rican 'medical tourism' firm; Houston ISD approves $600K contract with doc linked to same firm

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State orders North Forest ISD to close

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Bond Election On Table For Henderson ISD

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Snyder ISD names Solis finalist for top job

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Conroe ISD website hacked by 'Elmo'

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South San Antonio ISD trustees postpone firing of superintendent

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Comal ISD board to vote on school bus advertising

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Judge could decide today if Beaumont ISD's contractor must repay funds

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DeSoto ISD chief takes leave amid Atlanta test scandal

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DeSoto ISD may fire new superintendent caught in Atlanta cheating scheme

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TEA develops new student identification system for statewide use

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Are Fort Worth school trustees transparent, or are they colluding?

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Comal ISD to revisit some cuts

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Tuloso-Midway ISD forced to cancel teacher furloughs

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Early results show students likely to struggle to pass new Texas high school tests - certainly. They've got to learn something before passing the test.

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Schools are supposedly broke but Forsan ISD to give pay raises

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Is Texas Doing Enough on School Choice?

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Lake Travis Superintendent resigns

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Pratt: School funding equity doesn’t lead to better schools

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Former Clyde superintendent complains about education money - I wonder if she'd favor all superintendents getting the same salary on the low end of the average? Haterius is proving my point that funding demands are leading toward a state school system where everything is the same everywhere.

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Ex-Texas educator in child porn case dead in jail

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No textbooks at start of school year not a big problem for schools

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TEA shutting down Arlington charter school

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Irving teachers disciplined for using district email for personal purposes leading up to the election

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Fort Worth superintendent selection shouldn't be black vs. Latino

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Finalist named in search for Etoile ISD superintendent

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Big Spring ISD say budget could be worse

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Kelly to resign as Boerne ISD superintendent

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KIPP plans two new campuses in San Antonio

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Perry's pick for state school board vows to be fair, focus on students

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School administrators concerned about new STAAR testing - but wait, this is what they asked for to replace the TAKS. Now we begin the litany of complaints.

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Valley school districts to guide dropout recovery network

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Houston ISD, charter school wage a talent war

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TSTA parent endorses Obama for re-election

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State Board of Ed member: Charter school investment no longer needed

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Cisco ISD Gears Up for Tax Ratification Election

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Red Apple for Cy-Fair ISD

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San Angelo ISD to raise taxes $3 million per year, hurts economy

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Wife of Houston ISD trustees president Paula Harris' campaign manager does $75K in no-bid consulting for HISD

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Investigation of charter schools set

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LULAC members protest Fort Worth school district's choice for interim superintendent

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Leander ISD won’t change school times after all

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Carrollton high school teacher arrested on relationship charge

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Judson looks to fill new teaching positions - I kid you not, story follows one day after the story below

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37 Judson ISD workers lose jobs - after telling all it would be hundreds!

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Analysis: Why SBOE authority matters

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Houston ISD tech vendors spent 'significant funds' to entertain trustees

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19 percent of seniors-to-be in Abilene ISD fail TAKS test

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Lumberton school board to discuss resigning superintendent tonight

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Teacher appeals decision regarding relationship with Mesquite ISD student

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Keller school district to save 113 jobs

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Some Abilene teachers could get their jobs back

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House approves lower pay, furlough options for school districts

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"Hindsight" Costing Dallas ISD Taxpayers Millions

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Arrest warrant out for SW Houston teacher accused of fondling

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Principal acquitted in videotaped student beating

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SB 8: What's so wrong with teacher furloughs or new minimum pay schedule?

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Who Needs Teachers When You Can Hire More Administrators?

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Dem State Rep. Borris Miles: I've offered free Costa Rica trips to school trustees across Texas, and there's nothing wrong with it

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Dallas ISD sees 7 percentage-point gain in graduation rate

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Socorro ISD Decides Whether To Increase Tax Rate

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Houston ISD will not raise property taxes to make up budget deficit

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Tuloso-Midway ISD board approves tentative teacher furloughs

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El Paso High coach's 41-year run through city crosses finish line

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Ex-Weslaco ISD school board member accepted bribe

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Former teacher marries former student, avoids prosecution

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$86,000 for Chick-Fil-A - but can the children read?

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How does Dallas school district's wasteful spending affect debate on Texas school funding cuts?

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Shortened school year growing more popular - less work but they want more $

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Eustace ISD Educator Named Superintendent Of The Year

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Keller school tax measure opposed by Dewhurst fails

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Dallas ISD spent millions on extras, analysis of check register shows

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Dallas ISD’s legal costs far exceed peers’

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Four-star hotels, conventions among Dallas ISD travel expenses

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County workers, teachers, Hidalgo cop among 32 arrested in insurance fraud case

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Ex-Pflugerville Teacher in Court for Improperly Touching Students

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Former Fredericksburg teacher to register as sex offender

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Texas districts trying to keep public pre-K alive with fees

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Brownsville ISD pledges balanced budget, no layoffs

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Wichita Falls ISD random drug test policy axed

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5 charged over vandalism to Kilgore school buses

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TAKS reason for pride, disappointment in Lubbock ISD, The LISD press release - where are the campus by campus scores? This is the old over-load-'em with data to hide the information ploy. And they cry about the loss of the fraudulent Texas Projection Measure which was an insult to Texans.

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Judson ISD reinstates some teachers

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Houston ISD vendor state Rep. Borris Miles offered trustees all-expenses-paid Costa Rican trip, email shows

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Keller ISD residents to vote on proposed increase to property tax rate

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Look again, your public school likely didn’t earn its good rating.

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Bryan school district's new dress code bans saggy pants

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Ingram ISD wants four-day week

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Former teacher at Bellaire, Sharpstown high schools accused of sex with student

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Hudson teacher turns self in on charges of improper relationship with student

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Bill to provide schools details about parolees on Perry's desk

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Temple ISD raises price of school lunches by 5 cents

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PSJA North teacher accused of sex with student

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EPA to Retest Houston-Area School's Air for Toxins

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Denton ISD to call back 27 from layoff line

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Laid-off Plano teachers told to look beyond education for new jobs - & guess what, you'll likely work 8 to 10 hours per day and get no summer off.

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2 new Irving ISD trustees defeated on English immersion program

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Some School Districts Look For Their Next "Fix"

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Removal of fake grade curving shows TAKS scores to be lower - what a scam the TPM stuff was and yet educrats were willing to embrace it because it made them look better. Shameful. And it was the TEA which got rid of such before the Legislature acted due to outrage from the Dallas Morning News and others who exposed such.

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School board set to destroy longtime tiny-town (Hawley) business

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Pasadena High ROTC Instructor Accused Of Having Sex With Student

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Why Parental School Choice Is Possible Without Government Control of Private Schools

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New Gainesville ISD superintendent

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New West Oso ISD superintendent joins district

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Dallas County Schools hopes to expand services co-op as budget crunch hits local districts

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Denton school custodians laid-off rehired by private firm at same wages

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Walker's contract with Beaumont ISD reveals he had lowest bid, reference from district employee

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Weatherford ISD superintendent to leave

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Brownsville ISD put 2nd in command on paid leave after superintendent resigned

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Editorial: Furlough school administrators before cutting back on teachers

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Friendswood ISD Librarian Says She Was Fired After Harassment Complaint

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San Antonio Charter district will be shut next month

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Judge: Beaumont ISD ignored bid law, permanent injunction issued

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Cy-Fair ISD official illegally lobbies against HB 33

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Brownsville ISD superintendent steps down

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Katy ISD plans to rehire laid off teachers

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Houston ISD trustees president voted on millions of dollars in contracts involving close friend's firms

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Two teens facing charges in Thrall ISD vandalism case

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UIL baseball state tournament pairings

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Keller ISD Uses Knife-To-Throat Tactics

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Former Marshall H.S. Teacher Sentenced for Improper Relationship

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Socorro ISD Valedictorian's Speech Interrupted At Commencement Ceremony

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Judson ISD trustees shelve job cuts, hiring freeze

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Amarillo teacher wins statewide award

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Del Valle names Interim Superintendent

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Durón, San Antonio ISD look to set new goals

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Abilene school district improves completion rate, looks to be at least acceptable

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Ector Co. ISD TAKS retest scores improve

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Wichita Falls ISD staff cuts won't be as severe

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Lufkin ISD sends strongly worded resolution to governor, other elected officials

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Texas City ISD superintendent Brundrett resigns

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Fort Worth school board names longtime administrator interim superintendent

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Brownsville ISD continues to meet TAKS standards

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22 Fort Worth Schools to Be Rated 'Academically Unacceptable'

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A tax vote for Keller schools

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Police: Janitor placed cameras in Paris ISD school

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Dallas ISD financial chief Alan King named interim superintendent

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Former Lake Travis teacher surrenders in Fort Worth

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Charter Schools Tied to Turkey Grow in Texas

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San Antonio ISD wants community input before renovating schools

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Former teacher pleads guilty to relationship with student charges, gets 15 years

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Bus Carrying Del Rio Students Crashes In Alabama, 22 injured

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Irving ISD changes grading procedures to count homework toward academic grades again

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Dallas, FW ISDs Initiate Super Search

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Austin ISD Offers Tuition-Supported Prekindergarten

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Why Are School Supt. Searches Done in Secret?

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June 6th in Texas History: Texas Centennial Exposition opens, Rudder's Rangers fight with distinction on Normandy beaches, Texas rancher and traildriver born

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Round Rock ISD Rehires Teachers

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Clarksville ISD middle school teacher arrested on student relationship charges

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School district police arrest 8 Porter High School seniors

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Ruling keeps El Paso teacher in prison

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Medina Valley graduates hear prayers aplenty

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Federal appeals court lifts ban on public prayer at Texas high school graduation

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Texas valedictorian vows to pray in her graduation speech, despite judge's order, Texas Gov. Perry backs graduation ceremony prayer

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Judge bans prayer, mention of religion at Medina Valley graduation; Threatens jail time for violators - he's gone way overboard in this ruling.

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Austin ISD announces grant for all-boys school

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West ISD School Athletic Booster Club Missing Funds

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Teacher Injured, Three Seniors Arrested in Prank Turned Ugly, Flash mob prank ends with arrests, charges at San Antonio high school

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Houston Endowment pledges $6M to Houston ISD

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Angleton ISD rehires 77 teachers

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Mission schools may end some paid vacation, holiday benefit

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Texas AG backing school’s appeal of prayer ban

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Schools would fare better than feared under state finance proposal, but officials await final plan

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Midland ISD releases TAKS scores

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Some El Paso ISD School Ratings Drop Due To Early TAKS Results

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Seven Dallas teachers honored for innovative efforts in science and math

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San Antonio ISD board will re-evaluate Durón

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Harmony School closes $65M bond issue

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Socorro team's story headed to big screen?

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Presidio ISD Flips the Switch on Solar Panel Project - Saving Thousands of Dollars

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Editorial: Taxing entities like Beaumont ISD might not have so many information requests if they complied with the ones they have

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El Paso High School Students Walk Out Of Class

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Gilbert Leal: Why Dallas ISD should bring corporal punishment back

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George Holden: Why Texas should ban corporal punishment in schools

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Lew Blackburn chosen as Dallas ISD board president

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More Money Going To Public Ed in new budget

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Texas students’ reading, math scores improve - how do we know? Because of the ever so hated by needed testing!

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Brownsville ISD superintendent named as finalist for job in Alabama

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Cervantes lone finalist to become Edgewood ISD superintendent

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Three Teachers, Deputy Injured Breaking Up High School Brawl in Houston

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Houston: Substitute Teacher Accused Of Touching Child

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Houston ISD lays off 700 teachers, posts 200+ openings

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Houston ISD boasts gains on TAKS tests

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Turmoil in the Fort Worth school district distracts from mission

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Wixon: Future UIL-private school bill must include football, basketball

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El Paso ISD Superintendent Defends Administrative Bloat

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Frisco ISD considers tax increase, other budget cuts

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Northside ISD police officer who shot student had history of not following orders

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Two Northside ISD students suspended over cat prank

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School board denies grievance, upholds rank of new top Harlingen High grad

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Irving ISD moves forward with hiring administrators after cutting teachers - typical, just what we've been telling you!

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Beaumont ISD meets city deadline for engineer review of electrical work

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Mansfield Summit student seriously burned in lab accident

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Rep. Sid Miller: Help Texas Students, Teachers & Taxpayers

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Football helmet bill wins Senate approval

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Vandals cut fan belts on Thrall school buses

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Teacher Responds To Footage Of Chaos In Chilton Classroom

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Classroom Chaos Caught On Camera at Chilton ISD

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Who Would Want to Be Dallas ISD Superintendent?

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Beaumont ISD, South Park case now heads to Texas Supreme Court

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Rio Hondo ISD bus safety issues raised after 4th grader is 'beat up'

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Vandals Strike Albany Elementary School

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Texhoma ISD Issues Debt to Build Homes to Get More State Tax Dollars

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Houston ISD sets new academic record

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Malakoff ISD Selects Next Superintendent

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Husband backs teacher accused of sex with students

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Union Grove Teacher Charged With Relationship With Student, Resigns

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Ex-substitute teacher (Ysleta ISD) gets prison for child porn

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Taxpayer Savings Grants: A win-win for Texas students & parents

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Katy: School district to rehire teachers previously let go

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Pratt: Numbers show school cut-backs not as big as some think

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Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa expected to take top job at Cobb County schools in Georgia

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Ft. Worth school superintendent stepping down

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Tioga ISD names lone finalist for superintendent

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NEISD teacher resigns over alcohol allegations

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Salado ISD moves on after voters reject bond

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Police: Klein ISD teacher kept porn at work for "shock value"

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2 More North Texas Teachers Accused Of Having Sex With Students

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Texas PTA calls for higher taxes - they also called for Gov. Perry to lie!!!

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Dallas ISD middle school student tied to classroom chair and beaten, mother says

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Clint ISD Board Does Nothing Regarding Alleged Weapon On Campus

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Alpine ISD school bond issue defeated by voters

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Bonham ISD bond fails to pass

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Bonham ISD works to put bond issue on fall ballot

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Denison citizens pass $79.5 million school bond

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Ex-Waco ISD worker accused of theft from district

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Frisco ISD dumbing down further, ending all final exams

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Update: Littlefield student released from hospital after on-campus stabbing, Littlefield Junior High Student Stabbed in Stomach During Lunchtime Argument

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Warrant over gun that Houston boy took to school

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Former Winnsboro ISD Band Director Re-Jailed On Probation Violation

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Round Rock school officials uncover viral in-school “sexting” scandal

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School Board Ruling Could Ruin Hawley Business

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Bastrop parents plan protest following principal’s “racial incident” with students

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Harlandale ISD captures award for excellence

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Arlington teacher accused of having sex with five of her students

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Northside ISD executive resigns after audit

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Longview ISD teacher arrested for sexual assault and indecency with child

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Athens ISD Superintendent Chosen For Position In Nacogdoches

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Snyder ISD teacher reinstated after email allegations investigated

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Dallas ISD not discussing Seagoville teacher who saw fights

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House revives, passes school 'spanking bill'

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Latest Dallas ISD budget plan cuts $120 million and 2,739 positions

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School cost-cutting bill runs short of time in Texas House

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Lubbock ISD introduces top cop, new tip system

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Former teacher charged with possessing child porn

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Bryan ISD Teaching Assistant Accused Of Improper Relationship With Student

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Northside ISD planning to sell nearly $130 million in bonds

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McAllen man says blog's release of school salary info hurt his family

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'Value added' dividing schools, teachers - same in industry. Few except the best ever want to be measured or compensated based upon relative performance.

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House votes to require parental consent before students can be paddled

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Rise Academy director insists he's no hero

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Former Wylie soccer coach being investigated

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San Antonio ISD hopeful defends bankruptcy filing

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Lubbock ISD board raises meal prices, hires new police chief

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Lake Travis teacher accused of inappropriate conduct

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Williamson County teacher accused of sexting with student

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Seagoville High School teacher watches as a student attacks another in the classroom

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'Overage' middle schoolers factor into debate over closing four 'small' Houston ISD schools

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Mansfield ISD Says Sayonara To Social Networking... Sort Of

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Federal funds may avert half of Fort Worth school layoffs

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Sanctuary cities bill puts schools in tough spot- more lies. The bill does not make them enforce anything, is just prevents the school from adopting a policy which prohibits officers from doing so when needed.

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$2 million project to photograph what school kids eat - when I went to school the cafeteria ladies put the food on your tray and you had no choice other than in high school.

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Texas school systems hang on to big-bucks reserve funds while laying off teachers

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PRO/CON VIEW: Are pre-K programs important, or overrated?

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Six kids taken to hospital after FW ISD bus crash

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Ex-NISD Teacher Blamed For Smear Campaign

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Austin ISD to get nearly $14M from federal allotment

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3 Midland ISD campuses lose power

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Former Weslaco ISD trustee charged in public corruption case

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Killeen ISD Board of Trustees to consider approving $1 million technology project - but I thought the schools were broke!?

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Bank, Brownsville ISD to reimburse overdraft fees for bounced checks

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Teacher resigns after bin Laden comment

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2 Judson ISD principals back on campus

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14 students hurt in Venus ISD school bus crash

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Interview: Armed attack at Rise Academy

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Man sets his mother on fire, takes teacher hostage at Lubbock school - school director Rick Baumgartner will join Pratt on Texas to discuss the attack and issues related to whether school faculty should be armed.

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Some Palestine High Students Out Of Class, May Be Protesting

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50% of Roscoe ISD graduates gained Associates degree too

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Moody ISD Accepts Board Member's Resignation After Sexual Assault Arrest

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San Antonio-area school leaders: School Funding System 'Unconstitutional'

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Southside ISD drops lawsuit, keeps fire services for now

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Outgoing superintendent led North East ISD into a new age

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May ISD voters consider bonds

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Film of Abilene schools by the Texas Education Agency shows the use of technology in education

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Snyder Principal Under Investigation For Inappropriate Relationship With Student

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West Rusk Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography

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Nacogdoches ISD elementary student suspended over toy gun - ultra stupid

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2 Judson ISD Principals Placed On Administrative Leave

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NISD places administrator on leave following audit "irregularities"

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Bill lets private schools in UIL with big limits

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“BuyBoard” Official Admits: TASB Administered Agency Allowed Vendors to Write Own Bid Specs

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Brownsville schools lift lockdown after Border Patrol warning

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Alvin ISD removes Mexican flag from classroom - ridiculous

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Mesquite High turns away students from senior breakfast, saying dresses were inappropriate

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Education funding crisis chills job market for new Texas teachers

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Districts Warming Up To Idea Of School Bus Ads

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Houston ISD unveils school bus ads

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San Antonio's Reagan High School has top newspaper

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Stafford MSD picks lone finalist for superintendent's job

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House Tentatively Approves Student Concussion Bill

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Laura Bush to announce library grants

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Clear Creek ISD teacher accused of insensitivity on Osama bin Laden issue

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Business, school leaders may sue state to "fix" education funding

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Former Dickinson ISD bus driver charged with sexual abuse of child

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Lewisville ISD slashes six top positions to cut costs - if only others would

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TEA Says Fort Worth School Owes State $18,000

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TEA closes probe into Trent school district

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Parents Of Charter School Students Rally

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Houston ISD To Have Ads On Buses

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Silsbee cheerleader who wouldn't root for assailant loses court appeal

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Coppell ISD hopes to generate revenue by accepting students from outside district - many districts do this and all it is is a "voucherless" voucher system which, by the way, the public school crowd screams will kill public schooling!

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Robstown ISD superintendent considers resignation

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As legislators work on sexting bill, Dallas ISD says problem isn’t widespread

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High school athletic departments prepare game plans for budget cuts

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Former teacher re-arrested in sex-with-student case

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Truck Crashes, Bumps Into FWISD School Bus

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Senate passes teacher evaluation bill

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Praise, concern for KIPP college grad rates

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South San Antonio ISD bond manager resigns after audit requested

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McKinney schools cut more than 130 positions, ask coaches to drive buses

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Northside ISD cuts 705 more slots

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Natalia names sole finalist for superintendent

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Austin ISD: Tax Relief vs. Teacher Relief

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Is the Austin ISD School Board Tone-Deaf?

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While laying off teachers, Austin ISD approves land purchase for a district performing arts center - these public schools are oh-so-broke!

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New Superintendent Salary Data Shows Superintendent Salaries on the Rise

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Beaumont ISD working to correct electrical problems before power shut off

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San Antonio ISD to update police radio system - they should be ending the school police, not putting in more $

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DeSoto school board defends superintendent hire after critics point to cheating scandal in her home district

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New West Oso ISD superintendent to have three-year, $125K contract

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Former Canutillo teacher pleads guilty to assault

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How do Southeast Texas high schools compare to rest of state?

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Education Group Ranks El Paso Schools

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Houston ISD Gets $2.5M Donation For Apollo 20 Program

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Final days of TAKS will usher in new test

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2011 Rankings of More Than 5,800 Public Schools

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One Child Hurt in Scurry County School Bus Crash

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Gov. Perry: $830 Million Will Soon Reach Texas Schools

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Feds approve $830M for schools in Texas previously blocked by the Democrat Doggett Amendment

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In Dallas, Magnet Schools Bear Brunt of Budget Cuts

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Houston ISD employee suspended amid allegations he kissed student

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Education commissioner tosses controversial TAKS measure - a big win for honesty and what is right!!!

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Katy teacher up for Regis and Kelly Top Teacher award

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ACLU: Students don't have to stand during Pledge

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Latest round of high school steroids tests announced, only 1 caught

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El Paso ISD Superintendent On List Of Highest Paid Superintendents

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Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD eliminates police force - a small victory for school sanity

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Athens ISD $6.5 Million Bond Vote Set May 14

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Is ISD last-minute student help gaming/cheating the system?

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State Rep. Shelton’s HB 1311 Seeks to Improve Charter Schools, Children’s Futures

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Abilene ISD School Bus Loses Control, Hits Tree

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Houston ISD recommends closing 4 elementary schools

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10 highest paid Texas superintendent contracts released

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UIL names Cousins as new athletic director

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Belton ISD to build $3.6M sports complex

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Teachers group riled by plan to help struggling seniors graduate from Dallas ISD

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Five Allen Schools Under Lock Down After Assault, Theft

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Homosexual student club gets a cold welcome in Farmers Branch

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Fired Connally HS teacher charged with making threats against school

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Q&A with Sandy Kress, key architect of No Child Left Behind

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Sowell: Bull About Bullying

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Communities in Schools looks to stay around in Permian Basin

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School bus collided with a truck in Andrews

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Hutto administrator will be Winters ISD superintendent

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Update: No bomb found, school reopens, Kyle high school evacuated after threat

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5 students blamed, vandalism to 39 Kilgore buses

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Police look at how Houston kindergartner got gun

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Kindergartner with gun could be sent to alternative school

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Kindergartner's gun injures 3 at Houston school

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Latin students protest class cut at San Angelo ISD meeting

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Round Rock school district releases more detailed plan for budget cuts

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Mismanaged, big spending Katy ISD cuts 350 teachers, Katy ISD plays politics with teachers, students; blames legislators

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Lubbock ISD to close three schools

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San Antonio ISD's Durón opts out as Florida job hopeful

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Data not clear that more education spending equals better results

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Parents react to Jacksonville Superintendent's message

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An experiment has brought prestigeto Alief ISD's Kerr High School - there is nothing "progressive" about this, that term is highly political.

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Former Dallas ISD Chief of Staff Arnold Viramontes received $10,000 incentive to resign

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Superintendent asks for consolidation of Petrolia & Byers ISDs

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Gatesville School Locked Down Friday, Teenager Arrested

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Former Madison High School secretary accused of sexually assaulting student

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Katy ISD plays politics with teachers, students; blames legislators

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Katy school locked down after more protests

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Lubbock Cooper ISD Police investigate threat on bus

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Cut Teachers or not? ISD’s set different Spending Priorities

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Emergency: Protect Our Children From the Feds

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Katy ISD students walk out to protest teacher layoffs - flunk 'em all.

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Texas Education Agency to monitor Beaumont ISD spending

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Revised Mansfield ISD Arabic language program rejected

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Non bid contracts on roofing costing taxpayers millions and millions, but ISD's fight the measure to stop the scams

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State, school districts have yet to learn how federal funds will be distributed

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South San ISD cuts six, but no teachers

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Del Rio school principal on leave pending ‘management inquiry’

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Alleged sexual assault on Sumerset ISD school bus under investigation

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Strapped Dallas-area school districts ready to tap reserve funds

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Houston ISD buyouts could run $7 million

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Killeen ISD to consider $1.25M capital improvement project

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Now Beaumont ISD's new spokesman needs assistant - they're broke, shouldn't even have "spokesmen" and now the hire an assistant to the mouthpiece!

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Senate committee approves more charter schools - good

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Austin ISD talks tax increase

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Claim: Resignation Incentive Program Saved 100 Jobs at Abilene ISD

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Schools scramble after budget ax falls on security - fantastic, school police departments need to go away.

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Problems appear as lawmakers redraw state education board districts

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TAKS season tests nerves

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Editorial: Heads-up safety move by UIL

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Foundation gift brings TV to some Comal school buses

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San Elizario ISD Custodian Arrested On Child Porn Charge

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New Boston teen dies after collapsing in school gym class

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Costly vandalism closes Kilgore schools, all buses tires flattened

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See your public school's spending here

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Villarreal (D-S.A.) wants more classroom experience for teachers in training

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Former South Oak Cliff student told he’ll get diploma, five years after Dallas ISD officials denied it

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CCISD seeks to renew Native American studies grant

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Ex-Rudder Coach Arrested For Improper Relationship With Student

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Fort Bend ISD teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with 6th-grade girl

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High school football feels first budget cuts

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Woman Killed After Colliding With Miles ISD School Bus

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New teachers struggling in tough market

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KCBD examines potential effects of budget cuts on South Plains school districts

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Rabid bat discovered at Round Rock middle school

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House bill would ease graduation requirements - shameful

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Boy, 7, shares Ecstasy pills at South Texas school

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Katy high school student charged with bringing a gun to school - hmm, that gun-free zone didn't do much to stop him, did it?

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Frisco ISD announces potential budget cuts totaling nearly $10 million

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State budget ax hits more Houston-area teachers

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Comal ISD list of budget cuts now at $11.1 million

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Plano school board approves plans to proceed with academy despite budget woes

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Edgewood ISD: Teachers saved; school to close

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Northside ISD spares 437 first-year teachers

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Parents want answers as Houston ISD weighs closing four elementary schools

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San Angelo ISD school bus driver cited after crash with motorcycle

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Brown bat found at San Benito school tests positive for rabies

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South San Antonio ISD superintendent suspended with pay

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Search continues for Nacogdoches ISD superintendent

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Home Schoolers Win Mock Trial Competition

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Roxton ISD to host wild hog hunt

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New North East ISD teachers still in limbo

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Teacher's Aide Accused Of Breaking Disabled Student's Arm

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School coaches cautious on UIL head injury rule

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Texas adopts 1-day timeout for high school athletes hit in head

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Former Winnsboro Band Director Guilty of Improper Relationship

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Leander High School Evacuated Due to Bomb Threat

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Student commits suicide at Leander High School - tragic but note that the gun-ban didn't stop her from having one

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Palestine superintendent named sole finalist for Bryan ISD top admin job

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ProtectTheClassroom.com

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Lubbock High team earns sixth trip to world competition

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Police: Ex-Teacher Met Teen Online For Sex

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Eastland Co. DA Investigating Alleged Rape at High School Football Team

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Home schooling rises: Fort Bliss families follow US trend

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Hotel slayings leave Fort Bend school in shock

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Big lessons for Georgia come from a Houston classroom

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TEA alleges illegalities at San Antonio Preparatory Academy district

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Pratt: Superintendents & friends try again to gut academic accountability

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La Villa Superintendent Fires Workers Who Served Contaminated Chicken

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Sheriff investigating death of Rio Hondo 3rd-grade teacher

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Fort Worth: Southwest HS Student Dead After Fight

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Classrooms Vandalized at Elementary School in Alamo

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Former Conroe middle school teacher gets probation for online solicitation of a minor

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La Vernia Rocked By Apparent Suicide Death Of Vice Principal

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Bill would require disclosure of school superintendent finalists

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Lubbock ISD Trustees to Consider Bids for Football Field Improvements - layoff teachers, go into debt for football field improvements. What priorities!

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Arlington school superintendent to propose cutting 25 administration jobs

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Complaint Filed With TEA Against Trent ISD

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Dallas ISD offers incentive to non-contract employees

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2 Copperas Cove teachers accused of improper relationships

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Port Arthur police officer being investigated for incident at Memorial High School - improper relationship

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Ellison High student indicted on a felony assault charge of teacher

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Fort Worth ISD: Players off team amid claims they sacrificed chickens

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Donna Superintendent Confirms Gun Fired on School Campus

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RV slams into N. Texas school bus, 4 kids & 1 adult injured

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Midland ISD: All clear on bomb scare

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Lufkin mother upset that her child was paddled at school without her consent

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Van Alstyne ISD officially hires new superintendent

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Retaliation Threats Cause Waco School District To Beef Up Security After Double Murder on Monday

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Security Increased After Shooting At Worthing High School

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1 dead, several injured in shooting at Worthing High in Houston

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House committee comes under fire for voting to ease new student tests

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Houston ISD says City of Houston owes big bucks for crossing guards

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Ector Co. ISD Leaders Announce Criteria for New "Diversity Index"

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Superintendent to Eliminate Teachers But Won't Be Taking Pay Cut

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Superintendents Don’t Deserve Higher Pay than the Governor

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Booker: Texas needs a comprehensive evaluation system of teacher effectiveness

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Communities in Schools is on list to lose funds - & we'll all live just fine

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Update: No bomb found, Waxahachie grade school evacuated after bomb threat

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Search continues for new Italy ISD school chief

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Hitchcock ISD avoids mass layoffs

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Plano ISD plans for hundreds of teacher layoffs

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Student Claims Abilene ISD Coach Accidentally Kicked His Teeth Out

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High School Hockey Title Game Turns Ugly

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School: Fire Teachers, Add PR Exec

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Some School Districts Still Recruiting Teachers Despite Budget Woes

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Fire set, quickly extinguished at Round Rock high school

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CCISD ends practice of offering teacher contracts without end dates

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Family of boy who hanged himself sues Joshua district

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Meeting Halted For Embattled South San ISD Supt, more

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Harrold ISD, which allows teachers to pack heat, supports expansion of guns on campus

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Hamshire-Fannett ISD teacher bonds out of jail

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Austin ISD board expected to approve layoffs Monday night

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Greenwood ISD to offer credit by examination - if I'd had this I would have been out of school a couple of years early but only if the "prior instruction" was not required.

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Venus ISD Board to Vote on Million-Dollar Athletic Improvements

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Budget, tax rate among issues at Lewisville ISD debate

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Opinion: Buy the textbooks Texas kids need

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Texas fifth-graders learn lessons in finance

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Who wants to be a teacher? Apparently many enthusiastic young adults- and now you know why salaries will never be as high as some want, there is a plentiful supply.

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Hidalgo County superintendents secured higher pay last year

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Newspaper calls out pro-Beaumont ISD advocacy group

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Lack of interest in Dallas school board races unprecedented

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Temple ISD bond has two tax rates

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Mineral Wells ISD officials reviewing procedures after teacher brings AK-47 rifle to class for safety unit

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Update: Coach Placed on Leave, Investigation Into Rudder High "Improper Relationship" in Bryan

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Paschal High girls soccer coach resigns after investigation

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West Oso ISD trustees to consider lone superintendent finalist

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Harmony School of Innovation opens doors in The Glen

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New Tech Odessa High School has open house

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Lufkin ISD board OKs new textbooks

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Pflugerville ISD officials avoiding fiscal emergency, large scale layoffs

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Round Rock ISD laying off 280 teachers, other workers

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Seminole youth arrested for bringing 'hoax bomb' to school

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Beaumont ISD candidate demands redraw for position on ballot

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Married Dallas ISD teachers facing sex charges placed on leave

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South Grand Prairie assistant football coach arrested, accused of improper relationship with student

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Mesquite police arrest Dallas ISD teachers on sexual assault charges

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DPS Investigating School Bus Wreck In Whitehouse

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Lubbock school board tightens student transfer rules

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North East ISD is postponing $400 million bond referendum - so broke but willing to pay interest on $400 million!

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Female student charged with arson in school fire

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Update on Cy Fair ISD Checkbook Register

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Houston ISD Looks For Ways To Trim Budget

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IDEA schools recruiting teachers

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Looking For The "Next Best Teach" In Texas - if you honor teaching, why do so with such ignorant slang for teacher?

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Texas House panel approves budget cutting state aid to public schools - note the first line "for the first time in memory" and yet each Session and in each General Election, we've heard the opposite from the school lobby. They've always made it out to sound as if public education was getting cut each time and by each Republican.

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Short of funds, Texas eyes school reserves to close shortfall - imagine that, THEY have to dig into THEIR savings (of our money) when they really want to dig into OUR savings.

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8 injured when prison bus hits Galveston school bus

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Fort Worth school district closer to achieving needed budget cuts

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Collinsville ISD could save $400,000 from resignation incentive

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Statement on Cypress-Fairbanks ISD & their excuses for wasteful spending

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Hispanics now majority in Texas public schools

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Lubbock ISD to pay almost $200,000 in early notification incentives

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Texas school superintendent salary information for 2009

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SBOE Sends $3 Billion to Legislators from ‘Children’s Textbook Fund’ for Texas School Kids

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Audit: Tyler ISD Could Cut $9 Million

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School board to vote on eliminating police department - do it

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White students continue decline from 1995 enrollment peak

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EDITORIAL: Costly school bus trips must face cutbacks

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HB3312 gives voters the say on school superintendent raises

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Plano ISD approves teacher layoffs

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Trimble Tech assistant coach collapses at home, dies at hospital

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UH gets $1M grant to retrofit HISD school buses

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Odessa Permian senior football standout pleads guilty in September burglary

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Education Spending Has a Simple Solution

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Stafford ISD selects interim superintendent, chooses person forced out from neighboring district

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TEA finds Royal ISD’s rating appeal unacceptable

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San Antonio ISD chief earns "unsuccessful" evaluation

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Nederland ISD plans cuts, salary freezes, incentives to meet budget woes

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Leander district to terminate 213 first-year teachers

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Pflugerville HS teacher accused of improper relationship with student

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The Truth about Public Education Spending

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Denison ISD public campus tours to promote bond

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Killeen ISD documents with student Social Security numbers found in a field

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Familiar faces at the center of Houston ISD's funding decisions - "The budget advisory committee is packed with school system staffers, not outsiders -- nearly four members of out of every five are HISD employees." A good example of what's wrong & how incestuous it all has become.

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Texas Legislature considering education issues other than funding

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Editorial: Austin school chief botches incentive plan

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Charter school wait lists spark legislation

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Rep. Phil King Signs on to Legislation to suspend state mandated testing

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Harlingen family questions school's response to sex abuse outcry

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Texas GED exams to be computerized

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Beaumont ISD bond committee co-chair walks away from meeting in disgust

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Beaumont ISD tax dollars wasted? Thomas refuses to speak to KFDM

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Investigation: Beaumont ISD payments to Walker Electric

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AFP Texas Rotten Apple Award Nominees

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Red Apple Project focuses on education spending outside the classroom

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Former New Braunfels ISD administrator agrees to 10 years probation

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Fort Worth ISD trustees care too much about retiree windfalls

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La Vernia Teacher Faces Charges After Arrest

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A rarity in area, Hurst-Euless-Bedford district will avoid teacher layoffs

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Clear Creek ISD mulls civil disobedience against mandates

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Former Sweetwater/O'Donnell educator guilty on child indecency charges

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Teen Who Fatally Stabbed Tyler Teacher Ruled Unfit To Stand Trial

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Nederland ISD bond issue had to wait, but clock is ticking

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Bryan ISD interviews pair of candidates for top spot

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Bergman was right for Hitchcock ISD

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Michelle Obama singles out TX schools in speech

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San Antonio Teacher Accused Of Improper Relationship With Student

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Terminate Administrators, Not Teachers, In Our Government Schools!

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Specifics on TEA layoffs released

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School district may end police department - YES! Most all of them should so do.

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ACLU complains to Nacogdoches ISD over Bibles

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Fire destroys Dumas ISD golf team equipment

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Pratt: Pro-Teacher Rally was Anti-Republican Rant - penned after the rally

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Pratt: Your school are being used by the radical Left  - penned before the rally

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Lytle school board president said no sexual allegations were made

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At eye of secession storm, Farmers Branch students learn in 2 languages

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Idalou Only The 6th Team To Win Basketball & Football Titles In Same Year

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Former Mineola Teacher Pleads Guilty To Improper Relationship Charge

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Fort Worth teachers could use remedial course in discipline

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Nick Gillespie: Yes, teachers are overpaid

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Port Arthur school district paid out $269k in legal fees in 2010

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Midland ISD short 40 bus drivers

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Editorial: Performance measures should guide Dallas ISD layoffs

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Lubbock ISD Police Chief Hinshaw Resigns Following Argument at Bar

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Eanes ISD Placing Ads on School Buses - this type of innovation, which should have been done years ago, will only come from serious budget cuts.

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Former Wylie High School teacher arrested on student sex charges

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Political material sent home with N. Texas school kids - cut the budget double for each district that did this.

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Community Organizers Plan Austin Save Texas Schools Rally

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Rotten: Texas Public School Info

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Nederland trustees plan two meetings to decide on possible bond - spend

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Mission schools may slash employee healthcare costs

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TFR fights back on school budgets: Administrator Decisions & Science Lab Disaster - MUCH better than the weak Democrat advert

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Dallas school leaders roll out ‘better-case’ scenario for dealing with state budget cuts

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Houston ISD approves deep cuts to bridge shortfall

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Chopping block: Eliminate the UIL

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Lubbock ISD: Implementing CSCOPE curriculum has been challenging

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Stratford teacher resigns after marijuana charge

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Assault raises questions about school nurses training

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Foul-mouthed alto pitches a fit after being called 'flat'

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Italy High School Sex Crime Hypocrisy & Amber Hagerman Coverage

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Flour Bluff Gay-Straight Alliance club supporters want permanent status

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Bells ISD offers teacher resignation incentives

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Senate budget writers whittle down Texas school funding cuts - as all said would happen

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Dallas ISD student, 17, injured after school bus rear-ends car on I-30

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Driver of Beaumont ISD crashed bus will not be cited for wreck

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Dallas ISD elementary grapples with large homeless student population - they are not "homeless" when they have a place to stay such as a hotel.

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Example of ISD waste: Beaumont ISD's "transportation director" drives a district-owned Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch Edition truck - a $61,000 vehicle!

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Educrats Drive Waste

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Albany ISD Considers Laptops for Students - but they are broke!

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Stratford teacher resigns days after arrest on marijuana charge

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Flour Bluff ISD to allow Gay-Straight Alliance to meet for now

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Fort Worth school district trustees reject layoff request

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Robstown ISD Extends School Days To Make Up For Lost Time

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San Antonio ISD rethinks pre-K closures

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New bill could outlaw paddlings in Texas schools - dumb

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Abilene ISD facing teacher layoffs

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Lubbock ISD central office staff reduction amounts to 87 jobs - it's a start

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Bonham school board approves $25 million bond

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North East ISD Postpones Bond Election

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Austin school district plan for resignation incentives is killed

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Hitchcock ISD considers layoffs, Hitchcock ISD superintendent leaving

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Keller school officials propose major budget cuts

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Fort Bend ISD declares financial emergency

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Parents express concern about Fort Bend ISD rezoning plan

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Pottsboro ISD to offer resignation incentive

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Killeen ISD poised to reduce staffing levels

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Copperas Cove ISD may face $5 million shortfall

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College Station Hires Cy Falls Raffield To Be New Head Football Coach And Athletic Coordinator

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Sen. Gallegos confronts Houston ISD superintendent - so who is trying to run local districts from Austin?

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Abilene and Wylie ISD Prepare Weather Make-Up Waivers for TEA

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Nearly 175 Abilene ISD employees take part in early notification

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Can We Afford to Delay Implementation of STAAR Tests?

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Houston ISD magnet program changes put on hold

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State Auditors Will Visit Weslaco ISD

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Education on the chopping block? Absolutely -- as it should be

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West Texas school districts offering incentive packages, cutting staff and programs

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Proposed Mansfield ISD Arabic language program retooled but still on track after criticism

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Arabic Studies in Texas Public Schools

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Nacogdoches Co. school superintendents making $77,000 to $189,000 a year

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Lawmaker urges 4-day school week

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Hutto ISD launches bus ads to generate revenue

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Fort Worth school district's retirement bonus a liability

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Thousands of students still take their licks in Texas schools

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Ferris High School student arrested in suspected murder-for-hire plot

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Hacker attacks El Paso ISD website

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Clear Creek ISD pilot program offers fee-based pre-K program

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Ector Co. ISD Asks Employees to Sign a Letter of Resignation

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San Augustine ISD board votes to call bond election

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TEA moves to close charter school in San Antonio - this is what's good with charter schools. It's nearly impossible to close a poor performing traditional district.

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San Antonio ISD gets accreditation warning, put under TEA monitor - meanwhile SAISD goes about spending a half-billion in bond money when it should be closed.

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School Board Approves Raise For Duncanville Superintendent- schools are broke?

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Teacher: Abilene ISD Sex Ed Changes Could be Harmful

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Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees Approves Personnel Cuts to Central Office

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Lubbock ISD board approves reducing administrative staff, more

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Former Mineola teacher subject of 5 indictments

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Austin teachers could get $10,000 for voluntarily leaving

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Editorial: School board members must watch travel costs

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Allen school district offering incentive for employees to retire

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Denton ISD voluntary resignations start

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Clear Creek ISD finds itself technology challenged

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Collinsville ISD adopts teacher resignation incentives

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Breckenridge ISD Offering Retirement Incentives

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Pine Tree ISD seeks more input on bond election

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Report claims Big Country school job losses will follow if budget cuts are passed

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Charter school district in San Antonio lands $2.5 million Brackenridge grant

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Midland ISD: Teacher cuts not on the agenda at this point

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Gay activist gears up for protest against Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi

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Mansfield ISD Superintendent Makes $227,200 a Year

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Italy ISD sets salary freeze, offers incentive

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McKinney ISD initiative lets students use their own technology

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Austin school board declares financial exigency

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Austin ISD, a district in distress - of its own choosing. They've known for years that they had many campuses that needed closure but couldn't muster the backbone to do the job.

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Austin protest sign: "Teaching Assistants are a VITAL part of Special Education" - yep, everyone is vital except the taxpayers footing the bill.

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Leander ISD: Profile of Misplaced Priorities

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Harmony Academy charter school system is booming

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Superintendents' salaries and benefits

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Encouraging Sen. Florence Shapiro To Stay the Course On New Standards

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West Texas officials fear school district consolidation - fewer cushy jobs for those officials

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TEA: Black students more likely to be kicked out of classrooms for incidents not warranting removal - what does this mean? Teachers are bigots? Hmmm.

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Dallas ISD rechecking enrollment figures after hundreds of Farmers Branch students were miscounted

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500 Dallas ISD teachers so far accept district’s $10,000 buyout offer

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Austin school trustees to view budget, mull fiscal emergency Monday night

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Beaumont's charter, private schools expanding educational options

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School superintendent lobbying a threat to our Republic

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Paredes: Why TEXAS Grants should factor in academic performance

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Texas educators seek to delay new testing they have sought

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Comal ISD might have way to save teachers’ jobs

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With campus closing, Hutto ISD ponders shifting students

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Nederland ISD board to discuss possible school bond

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Alpine ISD Bond to be Voted on in May

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Marion ISD calls $13.9 million bond election

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Schools must still be funded adequately despite budget crisis - yep, but "adequately" is much less than is being spent now

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Kuffner: Consolidating school districts

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Arabic Studies in Texas Public Schools

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Austin school district's transfer policy comes under fire - how dare there be choice!

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Arlington schools consider cuts to orchestra programs

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Pearland ISD taps new interim superintendent

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Douglass ISD fills superintendent position

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Waco School Board Hires New Superintendent

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Waco School Board Freezes Teachers' Pay

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Hallsburg ISD ex-teacher Charged In Alleged Relationship With Student Freed On Bond

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Charter schools fearful of further budget cuts

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Elementary school teacher accused of attack on elderly pair at mall

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Odessa High teacher arrested on felony theft charge - you've to see this mug shot!

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Beaumont ISD: Education & great overnight rates?

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Protect the Classroom website launched by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

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Stimulus Money For Texas School Districts Goes Un-spent

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Senators, schools seek to ease teacher contracting rules to reduce layoffs

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Ex-Teacher Who Said She'd “Fallen In Love” With Teenage Boy Indicted

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Lubbock ISD to offer $1500 for early retirement notifications

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Some Dallas-Fort Worth districts may close schools to ease budget crunch

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Austin ISD makes top marks on Nation’s Report Card

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DMN: Legislature should help Texas’ charter school movement grow

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School counselor allegedly told child to videotape sex abuse

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Teacher leader supportive of Abilene ISD budget plans

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Lubbock ISD trustees to consider early notification incentives for retirees

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Plano ISD unveils first look at broad scale cuts

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Port Neches-Groves plans on increasing class size to help budget shortfall

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Round Rock school district says it could cut hundreds of positions - kudos for focusing on reducing central office staff

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Denton ISD drafts budget with $16 million in cuts

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Houston ISD may raise taxes, alter homestead exemptions

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More than 85 drug cases reported in Del Rio-area schools

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Bangs ISD buys ebook readers - schools are broke you know

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School leaders want to raid Texas savings bank, the Rainy Day Fund

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Dallas ISD mulls $10,000 resignation packages

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Houston ISD Needs To Cut $200M From Budget

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Two United ISD (Laredo) Police Officers Arrested on Multiple Charges

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As new tests loom for students, money for textbooks nonexistent

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Texas Education Agency to cut scores of jobs

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Texas charter schools plan for state-funding cuts but hope to avoid deep reductions

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North East ISD appoints interim superintendent

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Austin ISD adds 92 more positions to chopping block

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PTA urges Abilene ISD to use restraint in cutting programs from budget- I urge the PTA to have restraint in demanding the use of other people's money for their favored projects.

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San Angelo ISD extends superintendent's contract

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Plainview ISD to hold forums on building new High School - their academic and campus security situation is a shambles but instead of fixing that, they turn attention to new buildings!

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Pratt: Loving Co. grows & so should ISD consolidations

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State looks at merging districts to save money

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Llano ISD to do away with spring break

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Llano ISD May Eliminate Spring Break to Focus on STAAR Test

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Beaumont ISD hotel project dies, event center remains; new school proposed

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Is Beaumont ISD repeating history?

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Teacher Point of View On Budget Cuts

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Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD will offer Arabic language classes

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La Joya board approves new administrator, weighs cuts - broke but approves a NEW 6-figure bureaucrat position!

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Del Rio school district looking at $33 million bond issue

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El Paso ISD officials to consider closing two schools

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No action taken against Brownsville ISD superintendent

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Dallas area school districts prepare to shift to e-books

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100 Hays school jobs at risk

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Fort Worth school district settles retaliation suit brought by former teacher

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Growth brings prosperity for Texas, but educational challenges

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Allen ISD plans budget cuts, including 50 jobs

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115 AISD employees taken early notification bonuses

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Districts spent stimulus money on new technology, teacher training

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Teaching assistant shot at San Antonio ISD elementary school

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Dallas ISD Chief of Staff Arnold Viramontes is leaving

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Arlington ISD Asks For Help With Budget Cuts

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Athens ISD Voters To Decide Bond Issue

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Quitman ISD student killed, others injured in crash of district SUV

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Educrats Petition to Ledge on Spending Cuts

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Austin ISD Would Save Significant Funds by Shuttering Under-Utilized Schools

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SBOE new member Ratliff: Trying to Hoodwink the Public

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Big Spring ISD to pay $1000 for early resignations

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Incentives For Tyler ISD Staff Resignations

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Comal ISD plans to eliminate 130 teaching positions

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Former Winnsboro teacher arrested for child indecency, again

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Lubbock ISD Police Chief Placed on Leave - end school police departments!

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Laredo ISD Over Staffed According to Audit - imagine that! Audit 'em all.

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Beaumont ISD responds to audit letter from TEA

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Obama's education secretary tells Texas time is running out on $830 million

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Channelview Student Accused Of Threatening To Take Gun To School - exhibition of a firearm? It says he "threatened" to take it, not that he did.

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Former Pasadena ISD teacher accused of sexual assault expected to plead guilty

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School districts fear state will come after their fund balances

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Texas Home Schooling

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Sands ISD considers bond election

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Andrews School Board Preparing for $33 Million Bond

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Lumberton ISD denies allegations they are stealing from taxpayers

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Austin City Council wants to help AISD - I've long said there is little reason for these costly school police departments when local gov't's can do the job (and did until recently.)

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Cotulla ISD fires three in missing funds case

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Gladewater ISD Superintendent Takes Pay Cut - 5% is a start

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Denison ISD Board of Trustees votes to hold $79 million bond election  - one of Texas most spend-happy districts goes for more.

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Texas Conservatives Provide Model for Combating School District Corruption & Waste Financial Corruption in Texas Schools

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Plano ISD highlights severity of budget troubles

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Cedar Hill school district offers $1,000 to first 50 employees who resign

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Think-Tank slams Texas education standards

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Education board passed charter schools most likely to fail

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Abilene ISD Budget Shortfalls Good News for Some Teachers?

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Former U.S. A.G. Alberto Gonzales visits with Lubbock's Coronado High School students

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Teachers chastised at 'first-ever' national summit between union leaders and administrators

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Rep. Phil King: An Open Letter to Texas Parents

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Let's Get Off the National Standards Train

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Leander ISD bans service dog from high school

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Suspect fires shot into Pampa school bus

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North East ISD calls for $400,000,000 bond election

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Henderson ISD Assistant Principal Contracts Not Renewed - shows who wasn't needed doesn't it?

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Texas education issues in national spotlight

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Sudan High School Teacher Resigns for Inappropriate Texting

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Early Notice Incentive Program Approved by Abilene ISD School Board

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Wylie school board extends contracts of 15 administrators

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Austin’s school closure conundrum of its own making, senator says

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North East ISD to eye $400 million bond package - broke schools?!

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Denison School Board to consider bond election - broke schools?!

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Austin teachers union blindsided by deeper job cuts

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Austin school board tonight weighs financial exigency, more job cuts

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Ector Co. ISD Accusing Principal of Lying to Investigators, May Face Charges

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Shapiro: Three weeks to remake Texas’ school finance system

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Irving ISD offers teachers up to $1,000 to resign early

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Houston proposes tying teacher ratings to students' test scores

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Arlington trustees discuss laying off new teachers

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Pearland teacher's aide accused of hitting child with trash can

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School bus involved in rear-end crash in Weatherford

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Plano ISD bus involved in accident, no injuries

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Austin ISD: Superintendent will now recommend cutting more than 1,000 positions

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San Antonio ISD cutting 125 positions

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Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD to add 15 minutes to school day after weather closings

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Big Spring ISD trustees OK revised Bible class

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Superintendent Salaries Are A Statewide Problem

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Abilene ISD Budget Cuts: A School District Taking Charge

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Bush Institute Launches Landmark Plan to Transform and Improve Middle Schools

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Parents angry over decision to open Corsicana schools

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Texas students lag slightly in passing AP tests

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Former Cross Plains Teacher Indicted for Student Relationship

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Former Principal Gets 18 Years In Child Sex Case

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Baird high school basketball player, father arrested at game

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Charter schools looking for more help - successful charter school operator tells Pratt on Texas: "maybe it's just me, but I think these pleadings make us charter folks sound just like everyone else." I reply: "Yep." Even many charter operators don't get the purpose of their existence and the reason is that so many of them come from the insulated public schools.

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D-FW teachers scramble to make up lost lessons before state exams begin

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Missing-money investigation at Odessa elementary school

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Coppell teachers say school district pressured them to vote

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McAllen school board spares central office in budget workshop - of course!!!

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Van Alstyne ISD begins search for new superintendent

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Sen. Hinojosa eyes school-discipline reform

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$55 million Tyler ISD bond made clear, a 10.5 cent tax increase

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Officer-involved shooting at Hutto High School parking lot

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Abilene ISD looking to pay teachers for early notification they're leaving

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College Station ISD Planning for Upcoming Budget Reductions

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Mansfield ISD's poor decision to mandate Arabic

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Update: Mansfield backs away from Arabic studies program, Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Mansfield ISD?

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Texas school districts told to prepare for new testing program

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Rod Paige: Pay teachers based on performance not seniority

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Education reform group proposes more flexibility in teacher hiring

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Tyler ISD Superintendent’s Contract Extended

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NEISD superintendent to announce retirement

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Ed commissioner: $6 billion more needed for Texas schools

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Lake Travis loses volleyball championship coach to Coppell

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Winter weather making school administrators scramble

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Gainesville ISD board votes to pay off maintenance tax note

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Fire damages Coriscana high school ag barn

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Westbury High students suspended over protests

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Former Abilene Cooper Teacher Arrested after Student Sex Claims

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Lubbock ISD sends dubious scare-letter to employees

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Corpus Christi ISD coach dies after a car crash

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Grady ISD board names lone finalist for superintendent

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4 Kids Injured in School Bus Wreck on Icy Road - Hermleigh ISD

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North Texas town stunned by violent death of popular coach and teacher

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Marion ISD sets the table for bond election

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Mission schools push tentative retirees to resign

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Beaumont ISD's costly legal fees mean budget increase

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Proposed budget cuts for Arlington schools to be unveiled

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Austin student says she was ticketed for wearing too much perfume

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RIP: Harriett Ball, veteran teacher, motivator & school reformer

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Career and Technical Education evolves to meet industry needs in Lubbock ISD-South Plains College partnership

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Madison HS football coach Seals wins Shula award

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‘Friday Night Lights’ author critiques athletic programs

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Pine Tree School Superintendent Resigning

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Tyler students participate in teleconference with Barbara Bush

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Texas Education Earns Top Spot in Achieve Review

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Funding Gap Among Charter School Districts and Independent School Districts Widens

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Principal reprimanded after he's accused of bigoted remarks

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Texas Legislators - Where to cut school funding - Donna Garner will appear on Pratt on Texas today.

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Austin's school district should explore other uses for under-utilized facilities

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Pearland ISD superintendent named finalist for Waco ISD

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Cleburne ISD and misspent Federal funds

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Pearland Superintendent Named Lone Finalist For Waco Job

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Hallettsville history teacher receives state award

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Why Amarillo and Canyon decided to keep schools open

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Eanes ISD holds forum on bond election proposal

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Texas' crunched school districts want option to cut teacher pay

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Bill would give Texas schools relief from state mandates

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Bike Theft Leads To School Lockdowns - super stupid, ridiculous

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Gov. Perry Names Gail Lowe Chair of State Board of Education

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Gov. Perry Reappoints Scott as Texas Commissioner of Education

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Did Round Rock ISD Overcharge Taxpayers by $31 Million?

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Opponents say proposed cyberbullying bills may cross the line

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Ward politics have fateful grip on Austin schools

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Allen school district celebrates 100 years of challenges, growth

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Assistant principal won't serve jail time for sexting students

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Ex-Teacher's Aide Admits To Showing Girl Nude Photos

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See: Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends

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Allen ISD builds $60 million football stadium, considers laying off teachers

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Texas public school chiefs in Austin attempting to stave off budget cuts - let's see a budget amendment to force a 25% reduction in the compensation packages of all Superintendents and assistant-supers which total $100K or more.

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Furloughs, pay cuts for teachers urged as option

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Van Alstyne ISD hires interim superintendent

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Plano ISD deputy superintendent a part of first wave of reductions

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Dallas ISD institutes hiring freeze because of state budget uncertainty

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Lake Travis school district announces hiring freeze

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San Antonio's liberal mayor Castro gets into school politics

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Teach for America's future uncertain in state, Valley

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Spring Branch ISD: Stratford High School coach dies from injuries after assault

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Kingwood High student accused of photographing female classmates in restroom

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Misdemeanor doesn't excuse Beaumont ISD employee's action - sick ISDs

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Dallas ISD building new schools despite changed landscape since voters approved them

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Sweetwater HS alum puts up the green to replace turf - they way it should be done

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A $60 Million Palace for Texas High School Football - broke schools!

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Looming aid cuts heighten folly of Beaumont ISD event center

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Texas slips in per-pupil education spending among states - they they're all spending too much.

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Edinburg school gives 134 dropouts new ‘vision'

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State budget woes hitting home in Austin schools - yep but if they weren't spending so much it wouldn't be such a problem

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Beaumont ISD Employee Facing Federal Charges for Armed Robbery

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Mesquite student fined $637 for using bad language

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Now awaiting AG approval, ‘risky’ charter school facility funding idea still questioned by SBOE members

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Abilene Cooper Teacher Resigns after Sex Allegations

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Abilene ISD Proposal To Cut Number of Teachers

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Ellis Co. Conservatives Come Out Swinging Against $97.3 Million Midlothian ISD Bond

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Boerne ISD wins additional state funds for renewable energy

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Student At Center of Cooper H.S. Alleged Teacher-Student Affair Scandal Speaks

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San Antonio ISD rejects idea of outsourcing jobs - still running a busing and feeding company, many larger districts gave that up long ago. They deserve to go broke.

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Greenville ISD extends superintendent's contract

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Texas school districts face a double whammy as federal stimulus funds are drying up and state budget cuts loom

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Waco ISD To Announce Finalist For New Superintendent

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Rep. Diane Patrick calls for Sunset audit of Texas Board of Education

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Substitute Teacher Accused in Bay City ISD Phone Threats

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Threat On Facebook Leads To Livingston High School Lockdown

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Rep. Huberty: Let school board members, superintendents carry concealed weapons

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Bridge City superintendent to depart for UIL at school's end

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Canyon student indicted on terroristic threat charge

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Dallas County reports second student tuberculosis case this month

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Former teacher accused of beating student due in court

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Local districts band together to fight state's budget cuts

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Houston ISD leaders reconsider bonuses

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Judson ISD prepares to slash budget

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North East ISD to propose huge budget cuts

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Hiring outsiders was San Antonio ISD's costlier option

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Austin ISD: Long on Ideas ... Short on Funds

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Abilene ISD works to trim special ed staff, avoid layoffs in coming year - due to fewer Federal "stimulus" funds, not the state budget.

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Dallas ISD to lay off hundreds of employees as stimulus funds expire - Federal Obama stimulus money!

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Round Rock ISD Bus Crashes; No Inuries Reported

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Brookshire: Attack On Student Caught On Camera

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Donna School Superintendent Asking Questions After Teen Attacked

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Abilene ISD Teacher Accused of Improper Student Relationship, more

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Irving music teacher’s alleged relationship with teen discovered through text messages, e-mails, police say

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School districts act as their own worst enemies

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Mendez: Ector Co. ISD would lose $26.5M in House bill

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Bonham ISD facilities committee sets new bond limit

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Big Spring ISD Field Turf Project at Steer Park Almost Finished - you do know that public school districts claim to be broke

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Houston ISD leaders to review teacher bonus program

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Houston ISD's 'small schools,' schools in 'right-sizing' discussion (interactive map)

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Georgetown ISD Wants Better School Lunches - sushi & gyros?

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Austin ISD facilities task force hears more closure options

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Richardson ISD considers budget reductions as state education cuts loom

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Pre-K Programs Vulnerable as Schools Confront Cuts

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Austin ISD board votes to cut hundreds of jobs

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Plano ISD deputy superintendent position eliminated amid central office shake-up

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El Paso ISD Superintendent Predicts 1,000 Jobs Loss, Not 300+ - the scare tactics always used by the Left...

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Allen school board extends superintendent’s contract

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Can Taxpayers Afford $97.3 Million Bond Package for Midlothian ISD?

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Alleged rape at a Laredo high school has parents worried

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Northside ISD teacher arrested for molesting student after father discovers text messages

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Memorable quotes from PSJA ISD bribery sentencing

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Ex-superintendent sentenced in Texas bribery case

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Opinion: State can’t afford pre-K fund cuts - bull

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HB106 merges ISD to 1 per county - some mergers should be forced but this bill will not pass

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Woman injured in car wreck with Lubbock ISD school bus

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State of Abilene ISD improving, says superintendent

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Ratliff: Class size does matter, and smaller is better - the RINO speaks!

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Live fish in bags tossed at Ft. Worth pep rally

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Teacher's Aide Accused of Improper Relationship With Godley H.S. Student

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Police arrest Lubbock ISD teacher for growing marijuana, more

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Update: Prison time for one former PSJA school board member, Sentencing set for today in PSJA bribery case

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ACLU Looks at Big Spring ISD's Bible Curriculum

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Another school district, Carroll ISD, engages in lobbying

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Former Dallas ISD superintendent has it wrong on improving education

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Hallsville ISD chief, staff defend rating goal against former employee's accusations

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Should all school districts in Texas be merged into countywide units?

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Opinion: Closing Schools Won't Fix Austin ISD Budget

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Is 'invisible hand' trying to derail Austin schools?

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What should happen to Texas' empty schools built with taxpayer money?

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SBOE RINO Ratliff criticized for also being a lobbyist

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SBOE elects Craig as vice-chairman, Berlanga as secretary

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SBOE committee assignments for 2011-2012

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Videos of SE Texas youths fighting flood YouTube

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Teacher Accused Of Taping Student’s Mouth Placed On Leave

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Report That Led To Waco School Lockdown Was Bogus

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SBOE maintains optional textbook standards

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KFYO's Fisher: School districts fail to properly prioritize spending

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Amarillo Woman Sentenced to Jailtime for Improper Relationship With a Student
Plano ISD administrators seek board's approval for layoffs

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D magazine editor's child given a pre-K slot in Dallas ISD school while needy children wait

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Invasion of Red Turf Comes to a Texas High School - horrible! Oh, and schools are so broke they can afford this unnecessary crap.

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Parents of 6th graders sue former Morton coach over assault allegations

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La Joya schools save millions, grow cash reserves

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Dallas Morning News editors pushing for Leftist agenda in Texas text books

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Charter school to float $38 million non-taxpayer-backed bond package

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New Braunfels ISD planning bond sale for school, transportation facility

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New letter restates Bay City ISD threats

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2 girls report campus sexual assaults in Freeport

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USDA proposes major changes to school lunch guidelines - get the Feds out of our schools

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Big cuts, 4-day week, weighed at San Antonio ISD

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Temple ISD eyes $55 million bond election

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Editorial: Jasper ISD must release names of applicants now

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El Paso ISD trustee pushes back on Shapleigh's allegations

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El Paso ISD plans for state cuts include prospect of layoffs

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Fort Bend ISD chief gets 5-year extension

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Principal's resignation latest change at Houston ISD's Wheatley

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Ingram school board considers solar options

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Gainesville ISD to begin search for new superintendent

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Former New Braunfels ISD administrator accused of tampering with student transcripts

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Committee to oversee South San ISD projects

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Socorro ISD: Montwood HS Student Dies In School Bus Crash

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Candidates try out for Carrollton-based Texas Teaching Fellows, state's choosiest alternative-teacher-certification program

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Abilene ISD media plan won't include board contact provision

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Wylie ISD board will consider schools chief's contract

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Big Country schools won't escape cuts in spending

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Parents Fight to Keep Austin ISD Schools Open

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Brazosport ISD OKs tax breaks for Dow

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Teachers create curriculum based on standards set by TEA

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Some Texas schools close over wintry weather

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Wimberley charter school embraces 'different'

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Valley schools faced with more students in poverty - and yet some, such as Brownsville ISD, score better than most larger districts.

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Boy dies after exiting Kaufman ISD school bus

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Naples girl killed by school bus

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Aldine ISD school bus hits pedestrian

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Bomb Threat Phoned In To Bay City School

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Houston ISD Consultants Suggest Reducing Magnet Schools

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Ex-Midland ISD secretary sentenced to prison for embezzlement

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Hays ISD: Former teacher’s aide charged with sexually abusing child

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For Hutto ISD, job cuts, closing of campus may come

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Faculty member at Beaumont elementary school dies

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Austin ISD faces $60 million in budget cuts

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Tornillo Students, Staff Mourn Sudden Loss Of Football Coach

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Morton ISD football coach indicted on injury to a child charges

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Snyder High School principal receives top awards from TCTA

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More Texas schools turn to social networking

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Hutto ISD prepares to make budget cuts

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Hays CISD daycare aide charged after showing pornography to children, affidavit says

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Round Rock ISD announces hiring freeze, Round Rock ISD looking to cut $17 million

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Woman dies after being hit by Corpus Christi ISD truck

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2 Bay City ISD schools lock doors after district receives another threat

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Texas high school students could make film history at Cannes

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Former Chisum H.S. teacher sentenced to 3 years in sex case

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Ingram ISD votes to close tax office

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Work to keep South San kids in school gets $100,000 boost

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Van Alstyne ISD superintendent out

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Brazosport ISD superintendent Joe Ripple to retire

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San Antonio ISD's process on bond spending is questioned

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Seagraves Coach Resigns Amid Texting While Driving Allegations

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Jacksonville ISD OKs First Designs For 2 Schools

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Lights go out at 7 Crowley ISD schools in power outage

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It's unclear whether slight rise in Texas class size would hurt learning

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Texas teacher relives dream trip to Australia with Oprah

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Editorial: State may be better negotiator for schools' property tax breaks

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Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc. recognizes Lubbockites with statewide awards

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Wheatley High School students protest principal’s transfer

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FBI helping investigate threats in Bay City ISD

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Feds investigate Minority Discrimination Charges Arlington Heights High School

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Plano teacher arrested on felony charges of improper relations with student

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Dumas school bus and semi-truck collide in Amarillo

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Some educators violate trust parents place in them

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Former San Marcos High coach pleads guilty to improper relationship

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Beaumont ISD opens 3 new schools, work is ongoing

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Hutto ISD seeks public input on budget cuts

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Richardson schools open gifted-enrichment model to all students

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Letter threatens violence against Bay City ISD, more

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Spring ISD gives free breakfast to all students

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Legislative Budget Board recommends that Comptroller should negotiate school tax breaks

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Abilene-area school officials favor local control of classroom sizes

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Student I.D. Notebook paper? Check. Lunch money? Check. Proof of citizenship?

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Community College data shows problem with public education in Texas

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Nemerov: Public education system is failing because government is under no obligation to serve you.

 

 

 

 

 
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