Tag Archives: Education
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
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
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
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
Three Families Take ‘Abusive’ Abilene School Cop to Court
In May 2014, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, an Abilene school police officer used a pain submission maneuver called an “arm bar” to pick up ...Read More
Test Score Woes in Lewisville Could Signal More STAAR Trouble Across Texas
School district will spend over $50,000 to check for more erroneous scores.
Lewisville could spend over $50,000 checking STAAR scores after finding some students' tests, which they must pass to graduate, were wrongly graded zero....Read More
The Strangers Next Door
How Amarillo became a safe haven from violence across the world — and Ground Zero in the backlash against refugees.
How Amarillo became a safe haven from violence across the world — and Ground Zero in the backlash against refugees....Read More