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Education
A Day at the Brownsville Academic Center
by Jen Reel / Posted on | No CommentsBrownsville Academic Center Principal Carlos Guerra leads us through a day at Brownsville school district’s alternative school, known by locals as “the boot camp.”
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Perry Signs Bill Cutting School Testing, Ending Veto Speculation
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | 1 CommentHouse Bill 5, Perry said, “strikes an appropriate balance between our need for rigorous academic standards and the student’s need for flexibility, a balance between our needs for accountability and the appropriate level of testing in the classroom.”
Read full post Tough Love and Discipline in Brownsville ISD’s Boot Camp School
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | No CommentsWhen Brownsville public school students step out of line, they’re marched off to boot camp. But does military-style discipline help or harm?
Read full postLegislature Passes Major Testing Reform and Charter School Bills
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | No CommentsLate on the session’s next-to-last day, the House passed the session’s two biggest education bills, expanding charter schools and cutting high school testing.
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In Brownsville, Two Colleges Split and a Community Suffers
by Beth Cortez-Neavel / Posted on | No CommentsThe separation of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College leads to hundreds of layoffs.
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