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State moves ahead with bus seat belt plan |
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Texas applies for $830 million in education aid |
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Conroe teacher arrested on child porn charges |
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Texas school helps preserve history of small town
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High number of home-schooled students leads to state audit |
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School officials examine Perry's incentive proposal |
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Abilene ISD blocks Facebook, similar sites for teachers
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Brownwood High academic strategies praised |
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Novice ISD eyes classes for 3-year-olds
- horrible, let the state rear them. |
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Former Fields Store Elementary School pleads guilty in theft case |
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Seat belts are now a must in new school buses, despite budget cut |
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Lorenzo ISD finds mold in elementary school
basement room - Oh No! Mold! Run
away, run away! |
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Houston ISD hires first female athletic director |
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Seguin ISD eyes possible bond election |
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Corpus Christi Teacher Fighting For Life After Collision
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DISD drops efforts to seize 4 Jubilee Park homes for expanded Roberts
Elementary campus |
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Pasadena ISD high school put on lockdown after family dispute
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Former Midland ISD secretary pleads not guilty |
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Keller ISD goes soft on homework
- par for the course |
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Copperas Cove ISD raises taxes 3.5 cents per $100 |
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Big
Spring ISD raises taxes |
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Mission school district approves tax increase, budget deficit
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Navarro ISD trustees says no to raises, increases taxes |
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Hallsville ISD approves tax increase |
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Spring Hill ISD OKs tax increase, budget |
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New Turner Stadium dedicated to ‘builder’ of
Humble ISD - how about to the
taxpayers who actually built the district and the stadium & paid the super's
salary?! |
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More families turning toward home school for religious reasons |
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Ex-Dallas Teacher Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case |
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Houston ISD posts campaign finance reports online but obscures addresses,
other information first |
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Proposed cuts at Texas Education Agency include $48 million for English
textbooks |
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Frenship school board unanimously approves budget, increases taxes |
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Sweetwater ISD teacher salaries to be raised |
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With those scores, I'd want to end testing too. |
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Pratt: With
those scores, I'd want to end testing too. |
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Lubbock ISD bond package - arts, athletics |
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Gov. Perry Announces School Savings Incentive |
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Luling school board votes to fire coach who put a student in headlock
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School Bus Seat Belt Program Up In the Air |
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Early voting begins in Lewisville, Coppell school tax elections |
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Pine Tree ISD raises taxes on residents |
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Shafer resigns
San Marcos CISD superintendency |
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Big Spring ISD tax
rate "substantially higher", raises given to employees |
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Sweetwater ISD passes tax referendum; teachers to get immediate raise |
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Students Evacuated at Abilene ISD's Ward Elementary due to smoke |
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Wylie ISD Cuts Spending |
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Kids okay after bus ends up in ditch in Vidor |
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Albany ISD Superintendent among top five in state |
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Paying kids for good grades is a failure in common sense |
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Southlake police close high school sex assault investigation |
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Texas students not doing well on first
end-of-course exams - so we'll have
to get rid of those too!!!! |
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Lack of candor puts San Antonio ISD bond issue
at risk - it's the same everywhere |
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Plainview school trustees to approve budget, increase in taxes |
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La Vega school district to hold tax rate election to approve a 'tax swap' |
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Editorial: Beaumont ISD must keep its focus on
needs, not wants - the same should be
said of all the big-spending districts |
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Longview ISD adjusts to fix transportation woes
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State tries to access federal education funds held up by rule |
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Dickinson ISD chief recovering from minor heart attack |
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North East ISD investigating bus driver; Kindergartener dropped off on busy
street alone |
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Tax measures pass in Aledo, Castleberry school districts |
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Gladewater ISD tax ratification election passes
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Judge rules McAllen school district must pay scheduled raises |
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Troup ISD Giving Gifts For Superior TAKS Scores |
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Obama "Back
to School" propaganda speech set for 9/14 |
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Texas should invest in high-quality early
childhood education programs - more
spending for dubious programs |
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Campaign touting education as priority
- just more lobbying with taxpayer money to get more of your money! |
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National Education Association leader opposes
more Texas money for charter schools
- hmm, are these unions having a hard time organizing charter schools? Must
be. |
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CSCOPE offers timeline on lessons to Abilene ISD students |
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5 Lubbock-Cooper high school students injured in rollover |
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PSJA ISD board members sentencing postponed again |
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Texas AG opinion: Superintendents can’t hire trustees’ relatives, but
criminal penalties for nepotism may not apply |
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Ector Junior High evacuated due to gas leak |
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Broke public schools: New $47 million athletic complex opens in Beaumont |
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Taxes increase for Bushland, Canyon & Highland Park ISD's |
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Rendon files whistleblower suit against Brownsville ISD |
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Center Point ISD passes balanced budget |
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Jacksonville, Bullard & Whitehouse ISD's increase spending
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Lubbock ISD adopts budget with flat tax rate
- it's a tax increase, higher than the Effective Rate |
|
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Texas education chief is in Washington to discuss $830 million in potential
school aid |
|
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst chides education bill |
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ACT exam scores remain consistent around Big Country |
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Katy ISD calls for November bond election |
|
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Alamo Heights High School partially evacuated due to smoke |
|
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Austin district paid $50,000 for TEA oversight committee |
|
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Two Dallas ISD trustees ask whether consultant is worth it |
|
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Texas schools can check bus driver records online |
|
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Luling teacher on leave after causing student to pass out
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Canutillo teacher accused of possessing pot, girls' panties |
|
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Ex-Sweetwater teacher faces more sexual charges |
|
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School districts needed to drop lawsuit over minimum grades and be honest
with struggling students |
|
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San Antonio ISD ends stadium talks with Spurs |
|
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Fight puts Lubbock HS student in the hospital |
|
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TEA ends oversight team assignment |
|
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Canutillo teacher arrested in pot case |
|
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Bexar Co., Northside ISD partner for $14 million
swim center - broke public schools? |
|
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Novice ISD Tax Election Fails 58 to 49 |
|
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Editorial praises Austin ISD for "holding the one on taxes" when they
didn't, they raised them! |
|
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Dallas grade school adjusts policy after letting 5-year-old leave with wrong
adult |
|
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No election needed to fill 4 open seats at Brownwood ISD |
|
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School districts drop fight over Texas' truth-in-grading law |
|
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Young Lubbock girl hit in school zone, suffers moderate injuries |
|
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Gov. Perry Announces launch of Texas Education on iTunes U
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Cost of new Allen High School stadium set at $59.6 million |
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Austin ISD OKs $716M budget, debt tax increase |
|
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Abilene ISD raises taxes, claims lower rate,
more |
|
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Brawl breaks out at Clear Springs-Spring High football scrimmage
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|
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Power restored to 2 Houston ISD schools, but Crawford-Sherman still in the
dark |
|
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Lubbock ISD bond election: All or Nothing - details |
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Lubbock ISD trustees send $198 million bond package to voters |
|
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Henderson ISD calls $39.2 million bond election |
|
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More in Texas choose home schooling |
|
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Mexia ISD talks frankly |
|
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Two Unique Campuses Open In The Fort Worth ISD |
|
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Frisco ISD new home starts increase 47 percent |
|
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NEA Tells Community Organizers ‘Read Saul Alinsky’
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La Joya and Edcouch-Elsa schools promise change after poor grades |
|
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University, La Vega following Waco High's lead on dress codes as school
starts today |
|
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New Leander high school named after fallen Marine
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Austin ISD to vote on tax increase and $716 million dollar budget
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Let's answer the call to change in classrooms |
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Transportation, bilingual education challenge rural school districts |
|
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Beaumont ISD spending soars; basketball arena may be next |
|
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School districts face financial fears
- come on, most all of them spend like crazy |
|
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Schools in districts around the region are undergoing, finishing up
construction |
|
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Triplets at Lubbock's Coronado High offer unique perspective on education |
|
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Lubbock ISD School Board Trustees to vote on $198 million bond election |
|
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Judson ISD calls $198 million bond election |
|
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South San Antonio ISD approves 2-cent tax increase |
|
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Teachers urge Austin school board to call tax election |
|
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Ex-Temple ISD Bus Driver Guilty of Sex Assault |
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Texas would benefit from investing in charter schools |
|
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Abilene's Premier High School Named Best in State |
|
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Austin ISD Polishing Sales Pitch for Tax
Election - it's illegal for them to
"sell" it |
|
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Katy teacher arrested on child porn charges |
|
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Bilingual
Textbooks for Tyler Schools |
|
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Educator: Hold students accountable |
|
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Update:
Special election to be held Nov. 2 for trustee post at Houston ISD,
Hispanic politicians call on Houston ISD to hold election |
|
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Longview ISD could save $5M on bond interest with federal program |
|
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Closing Arguments Thursday In School Bus Driver’s Sexual Assault Trial
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Lubbock High School teacher finalist for Texas
Secondary Teacher of Year - nice
lady, good teacher but a raving liberal |
|
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Sweetwater Middle School: no lockers, backpacks |
|
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Former Sonora ISD principal gets probation for sex charges |
|
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Jacksonville ISD Board Members Call For $49.8M Bond Election |
|
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Texas high school seniors score about the same
this year on ACT exam - but with much
more $ |
|
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San Antonio ISD stadium issue hasn’t been open process |
|
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Willis ISD to pay Zemlicka $176K through agreement |
|
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Georgetown ISD gives bond election details |
|
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Jasper teacher facing new charges of sexual contact with child |
|
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Lancaster teachers tout schools but hear mixed reviews
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|
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Principal at Katy ISD school reverses no-locker policy |
|
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Houston ISD pushes math tutoring |
|
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Former Temple ISD bus driver on trial for sexual assault |
|
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Texas tests won't feature NPR host's work,
more - Libs want us to be sensitive
to everyone else but they are never to be asked to be sensitive to
traditional American society. |
|
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Texas to receive Federal charter school grants |
|
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Marfa ISD looking to raise taxes |
|
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Georgetown school board members may call for November bond election |
|
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E-books may be future for schools
- isn't it funny how the same folk who cry about energy use and global
warning are also pushing this? And schools claim to be broke! |
|
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Aldine football coach out of ICU after shooting in attempted carjacking |
|
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Galveston ISD's spending on security begs for attention |
|
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Valley charter schools tout 10 years of success
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|
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Teacher pay isn't that bad if you consider their number of work days in
regular school year |
|
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McKinney ISD puts off November bond election to collect more feedback |
|
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New curriculum system CSCOPE to bring big changes to schools across Texas |
|
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Austin school superintendent releases results of parent phone survey
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|
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Tax-free weekend for school supplies, other items kicks off Friday |
|
|
Vandals destroy 5 portable classrooms in Abilene |
|
|
San Antonio ISD claims public support for
stadium upgrades - an always troubled
district shows what's wrong: focus on all but academics. |
|
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Ongoing Battle to Restore Parental Rights in Texas |
|
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Superintendents in San Antonio cautious on federal funding |
|
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Dallas ISD officer, clerk jailed in theft of Pinkston fines
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|
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2 Fort Worth school administrators suspended in Arlington Heights inquiry |
|
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Austin school district refuses to release survey
info - the imperial public school |
|
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Llano teacher charged with sexual assault |
|
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Lubbock-Cooper ISD implements random drug testing policy |
|
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Dallas ISD: District may ban students who are 21 and older |
|
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Lorena ISD asking voters again: Let us raise
your taxes - these folk are shameless |
|
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New formula spared 18 DISD schools 'unacceptable' rating, trustees told |
|
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Texas officials blast anti-Perry provision in new school law |
|
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Lutz blasts TEA Accountability Ratings on WFAA |
|
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Decision on back-taxes pact divides Fort Worth ISD trustees |
|
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2nd allegation filed against, former Gadsden ISD teacher, ex-El Paso Co.
ethics commission chief |
|
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Irving teachers re-schooled about race and discipline
|
|
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Parents of Colony boy who killed self after being bullied urge protections |
|
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$9.6
million is big win for Galveston ISD |
|
|
Houston councilman Johnson's ex-aide focus of 2008 Houston ISD flap |
|
|
Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends
- as discussed on-air on 8/9&10/2010 |
|
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Doggett amendment equals unsustainable spending growth |
|
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F-bomb speech baffles Galveston ISD trustees
- who are these people? |
|
|
Fencing at Tyler school, teacher fatally stabbed
- terrible headline. It implies they were fencing (the sport) and a teacher
was killed in so doing. |
|
|
Canyon ISD likely to keep current property tax rate |
|
|
Austin ISD Weighs 9 Cent Property Tax Increase
- more more more $ |
|
|
Abilene ISD Employees Getting a Pay Raise
- typical government! Reward two years of being a failure of a school
district! |
|
|
Federal aid could hurt state schools but help Hidalgo County |
|
|
Frisco ISD largest district in state awarded exemplary rating |
|
|
Boerne ISD wins $164K renewable energy grant |
|
|
Study: Texas math
standards inferior |
|
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Austin school board considers tax increase |
|
|
Academy students sue to play sports in McAllen |
|
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Some refugees don't want to transfer to new overage school in Dallas ISD |
|
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Random drug testing may be suspended |
|
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New state law requires seat belts on new school buses
|
|
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Citizens Upset With Stamford ISD Administration |
|
|
More Accusations Leveled At Waco ISD Teacher Charged With Sexual
Improprieties |
|
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Galveston schools get $9.6M more for Ike recovery |
|
|
Tyler ISD considering building three new schools
with bond election - spend, baby
spend! |
|
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Former Flour Bluff teacher sentenced to 60 years in child sex assault case |
|
|
Texas middle and high school teachers learn how to teach engineering |
|
|
Parents challenge McKinney ISD's plans to expand 2 of its 3 high schools |
|
|
Texas leaders threaten to sue over strings on education funds |
|
|
School accountability results mixed for Amarillo area |
|
|
Plainview ISD again fails to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress |
|
|
El Paso ISD, Fabens, Ysleta ISD under federal
mandate to improve - AP: 78% of
districts met the standards |
|
|
Texas’ big 5 school districts fail federal standards
|
|
|
Two 11-year-old girls arrested on vandalism charges in
Plainview |
|
|
Former Texas High School Coach Faces Extradition |
|
|
Lubbock ISD board passes 3% teacher & 2% administrator
raises |
|
|
Brownsville school district won't fund chess film |
|
|
Accused teacher testifies he is being blamed for someone
else's actions |
|
|
Houston ISD trustees report no freebies, no conflicts -
see:
Gift-giving culture flourished at HISD |
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Note: Of the close to 1,300
school districts in Texas, AP says 78% met the federal
standards |
|
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Lubbock ISD fails to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP),
again |
|
|
Lubbock ISD says polling paid for by Political Action
Committee |
|
|
Austin district fails to meet federal standards for second
year |
|
|
A Closer Look at AISD's Ratings |
|
|
Look up your district's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
report |
|
|
Judson ISD weighing $198 million bond issue |
|
|
New Deal teachers will get ride of a lifetime at Houston's
NASA JSC |
|
|
TEA Launches School District Job Bank |
|
|
Educators, Officials Face 400% Spike In TX Autism |
|
|
Copper From A/C Units Stolen From Fort Worth ISD |
|
|
La Marque residents speak out on budget |
|
|
Don’t confuse Wants with Needs – Lubbock ISD |
|
|
Update on Lubbock ISD bond
package & spending -
more LISD news here |
|
|
San Antonio ISD may raise bond issue total to $515 million |
|
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Alleged 12-year-old sex assault victim was driving teacher's
SUV |
|
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Lubbock ISD board to discuss teacher salaries |
|
|
Pratt
statement on being included on LISD taxpayer-funded political poll
- The polling is wrong. They either need the $ or not.
Either call a bond election or do not call one but, pre-judging public
opinion indicates the money is not a NEED but a WANT. |
|
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Charges dropped against former Haas teacher |
|
|
Editorial: If schools can't
afford trainers, they can't afford football
- idiots |
|
|
Lutz: Texas Congressional Democrats attack patriotism in
schools |
|
|
Texas needs more minority
teachers, experts say
- a bunch of bigots! What, minorities can only learn from
other minorities? That's nothing but the old
separate-but-equal racism the Democrats put in place
throughout Texas. |
|
|
Novice ISD Returns from the brink |
|
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Austin ISD selling $75.8M bonds, rated AA+ |
|
|
High school dropout rates a problem for Laredo |
|
|
El Dorado Basketball Coach Accused Of Possession Of
Prescription Drug |
|
|
Improvement in area school rankings may not reflect
improvement in student learning |
|
|
Accused of sex with boy, elementary teacher quits Northside
ISD |
|
|
Abilene ISD outlines academic reform plan |
|
|
Pratt
statement on being included on Lubbock ISD taxpayer-funded political poll
- The polling is wrong. They either need the $ or not.
Either call a bond election or do not call one but, pre-judging public
opinion indicates the money is not a NEED but a WANT. |
|
|
Editorial: Texas should dump 'projected' gains for students and insist on
actual improvement |
|
|
Austin school board to vote on discrimination settlement
|
|
|
Eddie Bernice Johnson blasts Texas State Board
of Education - if she's against the
SBOE, the board must be doing something right. |
|
|
Looks like another school finance lawsuit is coming |
|
|
Leonard Pitts: Teacher unions battling against better teachers |
|
|
Irving school's search of girl's cellphone angers father |
|
|
San Antonio elementary school teacher accused of sexual assault |
|
|
Austin school district adds physics to summer school offerings |
|
|
Texas' UIL falls behind on concussion policy |
|
|
2004 bond: Failing Abilene ISD revises facilities projects
|
|
|
Texas
Public School Accountability (so-called) 2010 ratings are here
or, these pdf's:
Region 09 Wichita Falls;
Region 14 Abilene;
Region 15 San Angelo;
Region 16 Amarillo;
Region 17 Lubbock;
Region 18 Midland |
|
|
State-wide summary of TEA accountability ratings |
|
|
TEA: Progress overshadowed by criticism |
|
|
Texas schools' accountability ratings jump dramatically in TEA report
|
|
|
"Future" math boosts some school ratings |
|
|
Texas Projection Measure, stricter standards blur public school
accountability ratings |
|
|
Editorial: South San ISD redistricting a cynical waste of money |
|
|
San Antonio ISD Teachers, Employees To Get Raise |
|
|
Former Navasota Teacher Charged with Indecent Behavior with a Student
Released from Jail
|
|
|
‘Miraculous’ grants balance La Marque ISD budget |
|
|
“On The
Horizon” – Is D.C. Imposing on Texas’ Schools? |
|
|
Innovative Waco Teacher Dies After Battle With Cancer
|
|
|
Waco ISD Names Interim Superintendent |
|
|
Gov't Responds To Birdville ISD Bullying Claim |
|
|
Texas Civil Rights Project drops lawsuit against Georgetown ISD |
|
|
Abilene ISD gets official 'unacceptable' rating |
|
|
Blow to school ratings system is self-inflicted
|
|
|
Austin ISD reaches tentative agreement to settle employee dispute |
|
|
Pine Tree ISD rents seats, restrooms for stadium
|
|
|
State,
Galveston ISD bicker over $16M payment |
|
|
Houston ISD to principals: $19 million shortfall is your problem |
|
|
Memo details costly perks and gifts for Houston ISD employees |
|
|
Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district's 2 Facebook pages may confuse
some |
|
|
Editorial: Texas should help charter schools with facility costs |
|
|
Farney: SBOE
Should Have Sought AG Opinion First – And Should Proceed with Caution |
|
|
Editorial: SBOE oversteps its authority, ignores Texas Constitution in vote |
|
|
Former Tahoka teacher charged with indecency with a child |
|
|
E-textbooks more popular in Texas schools, but shift will take some getting
used to |
|
|
What do Iran and the Needville ISD have in common? |
|
|
2 Houston ISD schools ruled 'academically unacceptable'
|
|
|
Final sentencing date set for PSJA ISD scandal |
|
|
ACLU sues Hidalgo County JP's over truancy cases
|
|
|
Editorial: Waco ISD board shouldn't start Intl. Baccalaureate program this
year |
|
|
Some Waco ISD schools ready to go on IB, despite possible slowdown from
officials |
|
|
Craig defends SBOE vote on charter school funding |
|
|
SBOE’s vote on investment plan invites scrutiny |
|
|
Some Houston ISD teaching jobs eliminated |
|
|
Dropout statistics under fire |
|
|
Who really gains from about-face on Fort Worth schools' tax contract? |
|
|
Hazing lawsuit against Abilene ISD awaits day in court |
|
|
Tuition conflicts cost students diploma |
|
|
Dallas ISD taking lead role in making school lunches more nutritious |
|
|
State could target school district reserves |
|
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Rives fights 'pro-Islamic' bias in Texas textbooks |
|
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“Bombshell of a Resolution To Keep Textbook Publishers Honest” |
|
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Charter school investment plan gets approval |
