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Fort Worth ISD Parents Fear the Same Chaos that State Takeover Has Brought to Houston ISD

TEA intervention into locally controlled school districts has become increasingly common—despite mixed results.

by Josephine Lee

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Austin’s Children Deserve More than a Test Score

by María Del Carmen Unda and Raul Longoria

A Wave of School District Takeovers Could Be Coming. Some Past Interventions Ended with More Failing Schools.

by Josephine Lee

Will a STAAR-Crossed Legislature Finally Enact Real Testing Reform? 

by Josephine Lee

Jul 16, 2024

Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail

An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent's Colorado charter school nonprofit did business in Texas.

by Josephine Lee

Ben Becker Aug 24, 2016

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.

by Patrick Michels

Save Texas Schools rally at the Texas Capitol, Saturday, February 25. opt-out movement Apr 20, 2016

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.

by Patrick Michels

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In Texas Cities, Let a Hundred Mamdanis Bloom

Our state has long-term lessons to learn from the New York socialist’s rise.

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Frio County disposal well has trucks lined up and the smell of hydrogen sulfide heavy over the highway. Sep 27, 2013

Observer Podcast Episode 27: Fracking Wastewater, Psychedelic Rock, and What Ted Cruz Really Wants

by Jonathan McNamara

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