Tag Archives: Public Education
First School District Set to Join Parents’ Lawsuit Over STAAR
Struggling Marlin ISD says it’s ready to become ‘ground zero’ for standardized test reform.
Struggling Marlin ISD says it’s ready to become ‘ground zero’ for standardized test reform. ...Read More
Judge Gives Go-Ahead to Parents Suing Texas Over Too-Long STAAR Test
Report confirms that the latest STAAR test took longer to complete than required by state law.
A report confirms what parents suspected: That the latest STAAR test took longer to complete than required by state law. Now, their court battle goes on....Read More
Paxton’s Transgender Bathroom Lawsuit Goes to Court Friday
The Texas attorney general hopes to block federal guidance on accommodating trans students' use of restrooms at school.
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor will hear Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request for a temporary injunction against the Obama administration's guidance...Read More
Experts to Lawmakers: Fund Schools Less to See How Creative They Get
Depending on whose measure you’re using, Texas is somewhere between 38th and 49th in the nation when it comes to per-student funding. Instead of wallowing in ...Read More
University of Texas Won’t Go to Bat for Trans Student Athletes
New UIL rules forcing trans athletes to play based on birth certificates could violate Title IX.
New UIL rules force high school trans athletes to play according to birth certificates, potentially violating Title IX. UT, which oversees UIL, won't get involv...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
The Texas Miracle #4: How to Die in Texas
On this week's podcast: Tips for shuffling off this Texas mortal coil, a Trinity River showdown and a prairie defilement that's nothing to sniff at.
This week on the Texas Miracle: tips for shuffling off this Texas mortal coil, a Trinity River showdown and a prairie defilement that's nothing to sniff at....Read More
Seliger Looks to Reduce Importance of High-Stakes Tests
Proposed legislation would allow students to graduate high school without passing all of Texas' required high-stakes tests....Read More
Locked, Loaded, and Ready for School
The sorry state of Texas ed funding has left school districts scrambling for the bare necessities. Take Childress ISD, which just spent $150,000 on guns....Read More