Patrick Michels
Texas School Cops Must Now Head Back to Class
Cops in big Texas school districts now must have special training for policing kids. Advocates wonder: in light of recent abuses, will it be enough? Read More
Strangest State: Inflatable Rescue Swan, Prairie Defilement and a Tiger on the Prowl
Strangest State: in June's weird news from far-flung Texas, a midwife stops at nothing to get to work and a man stops to ... fertilize ... the Dallas prairie. Read More
Finally, a GOP Candidate Too Extreme for the Texas State Board of Education
Bruner, no more an elected official than President Obama was a gay prostitute, lost Tuesday's runoff to a chiropractor.
Mary Lou Bruner, no more an elected official than President Obama was a gay prostitute, lost Tuesday's runoff to a chiropractor. Read More
Parents Sue TEA, Want Troubled Test Scores Tossed
The new STAAR test has seen one disaster after another. Now, a group of parents say Texas shouldn't be using the flawed test to measure academic success. Read More
Mary Lou Bruner’s Say-Anything Strategy May Finally Have Turned Off Texas Voters
A tea party group has pulled its endorsement of the SBOE candidate over her inaccurate claims about Texas schools.
She called Obama a gay prostitute, but her factually challenged statements about Texas schools may be what keeps her off the State Board of Education. Read More
Advocates Call on Abbott to Take on Abuse by School Cops
If Greg Abbott is so worried about kids' safety, they say, why doesn't he do more to keep Texas schoolchildren safe from reactive, and armed, cops? Read More
Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Finance System
The high court effectively ruled that the finance system, despite deep budget cuts and inequity, is not problematic enough to be deemed unconstitutional. Read More
Proposed Mexican-American Studies Textbook: Chicanos Want to ‘Destroy This Society’
Textbook is first from former State Board of Education member’s publishing house.
SBOE alum Cynthia Dunbar, who once called public ed “tyrannical,” has a new Mexican-American studies textbook — light on the "Mexican-American" part. Read More
Parents Launch ‘Opt-Out Academy’ for STAAR Protesters
It's civil disobedience with a side of summer camp for students whose parents are protesting standardized testing by letting kids stay home on STAAR days. Read More