Tyrant’s Foe: Helping Homeless Kids
by Beth Cortez-Neavel / Posted on | No CommentsLifeWorks is an Austin nonprofit that provides needy families and individuals with support services like affordable housing, education and counseling.
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Tyrant’s Foe: Mothers Against Teen Violence Founder Helps Families Heal
by Emily Mathis / Posted on | 4 Comments“I think really … that our responsibility is to heal our lives then to move forward. It is not to see ourselves as the perennial victim.”
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Tyrant’s Foe: Lourdes Flores Helps Colonia Residents Help Themselves
by Priscila Mosqueda / Posted on | 1 Comment“We want people to be informed so they know they can stand up for themselves.”
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Tyrant’s Foe: John Kuhn, Standing Tall For Test Reform
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | 3 Comments“I think there’s a large percentage of teachers who kind of have this quiet angst about how they’re being treated,” he says. “I think I’m fairly typical. It’s just that I’m maybe not smart enough to keep my mouth shut.”
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Blowing the Whistle on El Paso’s Crooked Schools
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | 5 CommentsIn fall 2009, counselor Patricia Scott went to her bosses at El Paso’s Bowie High School with what turned out to be a very dangerous question: Why was somebody erasing credits from the sophomores’ transcripts?
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