Education
After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign
Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It
“I personally believe that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who harm our children,” said Representative Helen Giddings.
On a Wednesday morning in February 2016, Kelvin Holt, an Army veteran and then-substitute teacher, led a group of about 20 pre-kindergarten students into a Cent...Read More
CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System
“We saw what happened whenever prisons were privatized,” the caseworker told the Observer.
Vivian Farinazzo For Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworkers, no two days are exactly the same. Jennifer, a CPS worker in Houston, juggles more than a dozen...Read More
‘Academic Freedom’ Bill Provides Cover to Teach Creationism, Climate Denial in Classrooms
Representative Valoree Swanson claimed climate researchers “have faked the results” on temperature data while making a case for her bill.
Representative Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, is making a case for why her bill protecting the “academic freedom” of public school teachers wouldn’t amount to...Read More
‘Another Book, Another Month, Another Day Closer to You’
The Women’s Storybook Project of Texas is an Austin nonprofit that encourages incarcerated mothers to read to their children.
The Women’s Storybook Project of Texas is an Austin nonprofit that encourages incarcerated mothers to read to their children....Read More
Dan Patrick Offers Vouchers as Solution to Special Ed Failures that He Helped Create
Time after time, Patrick has hyped vouchers as the catch-all solution to the lack of access to quality special education....Read More
Report: 83 Percent of Texas School Districts Offer Abstinence-Only or No Sex Ed
“We’re creating generation after generation after generation of sexually illiterate adults.”
“We’re creating generation after generation after generation of sexually illiterate adults.”...Read More
Why the State Budget is Such a Mess
Texas lawmakers helped cause a $6 billion budget shortfall. Why aren’t we talking about it?
Texas lawmakers helped cause a $6 billion budget shortfall. Why aren’t we talking about it?...Read More
Texas Democrats Have Few Tools to Stop Republican Agenda
Despite limited options, the Democrats barely mentioned the wave of protests happening in Austin and around the country.
Despite limited options, the Democrats barely mentioned the wave of protests happening in Austin and around the country....Read More
At Texas State, Student Activists Make Their Voices Heard
The last year has seen a rash of hate incidents, protests and clashes both in the San Marcos community and at Texas State University.
The last year has seen a rash of hate incidents, protests and clashes both in the San Marcos community and at Texas State University....Read More