Tag Archives: Texas Education Agency
Texas Legislature Improves Suicide Prevention in Schools, but Makes Little Progress for Adults
Suicide is quiet crisis in Texas, especially in rural communities. As the dust settles on the 86th Legislature, advocates say most initiatives to curb suicide deaths failed.
This year, the Texas Legislature had a chance to address suicide, an urgent public health problem that claimed the lives of 3,800 Texans in 2017. The crisis is ...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
Here’s Every Way This Year’s STAAR Test Screwed Texas Schools (So Far)
From deleted answers to missing test books, Texas’ new test vendor almost left us pining for Pearson. Almost.
From deleted answers to missing tests, Texas’ new standardized test vendor has committed a series of flubs that almost left us pining for Pearson. Almost....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
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
TEA Takeover Uncertain for Struggling Border District
Thanks to an impending TEA district takeover, the state was in a position to end its legal troubles with Progreso ISD simply by replacing the school district’...Read More
Denial of Service
Among its dozens of accountability measures for school districts — including test scores and other data points — the Texas Education Agency (TEA) includes a...Read More
Over 900 Texas School Districts Quietly Ban Anti-LGBT Bullying
LGBT advocates say the addition of sexual orientation and gender identity to the Code of Ethics and local anti-harassment policies is a step in the right direct...Read More
Progreso ISD Fights State Over Students’ Residency
While most of the state’s allegations against the district turn on misappropriated money, there’s one long-running battle between the state and Progreso ISD...Read More