Articles tagged: Michael Williams
Can A Few Good Schools Make an Amicable Split with Texas’ Accountability System?
In the consortium’s first report to the state, in December, asked for no testing. No accountability ratings, either. They’re writing their own standards, in...Read More
Michael Williams Tries to Soothe the Masses at School Administrators’ Conference
Into this charged atmosphere, onto the same stage Robert Scott famously occupied a year ago, stepped Texas' new Education Commissioner Michael Williams on Tuesd...Read More
Rep. Diane Patrick Calls on TEA to Defer School Ratings Another Year
State Rep. Diane Patrick, R-Arlington, is asking the Texas Education Agency to suspend its school ratings for a second straight year, as lawmakers rework the sy...Read More
Notes from the Texas Charter Schools Conference
The Texas Charter Schools Association’s annual conference is wrapping up this afternoon in downtown Austin, with almost 1,200 in attendance (by the offici...Read More
15 Percent Rule, We Hardly Knew Ye
One of the least popular bits in Texas’ new testing regime is the “15 percent rule,” which requires that part of a high school student’s...Read More
El Paso ISD Begins Cleaning House After Cheating Scandal. But is it Enough?
El Paso ISD trustees are starting to take action against officials who enabled former Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia's cheating scheme, but they're leaving the h...Read More