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Education

School Vouchers Take Center Stage in Texas’ Most Flippable State House District

On San Antonio’s South Side, a progressive Democrat faces off with an architect of the new private school voucher program.

by Eden Shamy

Keep Reading

Hasan Piker’s UT Appearance Put Campus Protection Act to the Test

by Eden Shamy

Texas Tells Students to Report Threats. It Should Give Us a Seat at the Safety Table.

by Arjun Sharda

70 Years After Mansfield’s Desegregation Crisis, a New Debate over Representation

by Clayton Waters

July 2016 issue interview Jul 11, 2016

The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Now that he’s retired, the judge who found Texas’ school finance system unconstitutional has a few things to say.

by Patrick Michels

Jul 01, 2016

Campus Carry Concerns Drive Another Texas Prof to Resign

A Texas A&M Galveston professor is the third Texas faculty member known to have stepped down because of campus carry.

by Nyssa Kruse

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick walks past pro-LGBT protesters Tuesday inside the Fort Worth ISD Administration Building. He hosted a press conference where he spoke against the district’s new guidelines protecting transgender students, which he said could be used as a springboard to further advance his conservative "school choice" plan. Jun 29, 2016

Dan Patrick’s False ‘Victory’ Over Fort Worth Bathroom Rule

by John Wright

Save Texas Schools rally at the Texas Capitol, Saturday, February 25. opt-out movement Jun 22, 2016

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.

by Patrick Michels

The Texas Miracle podcast logo Jun 17, 2016

The Texas Miracle #9: What is Texas Country Music?

Austin singer-songwriter and 'Texas country sweetheart' Kelly Willis gives us a lesson in Lone Star twang.

by Andrea Grimes

"Mexican American Heritage" cover Jun 16, 2016

Mexican-American Studies Summit Takes on ‘Racist’ Textbook

by Patrick Michels

June 2016 PI, Dallas ISD, school cops, PI art, police training Jun 02, 2016

Texas School Cops Must Now Head Back to Class

by Patrick Michels

Ken Paxton May 25, 2016

Paxton Plays Victim at Potty Presser

The attorney general positioned himself as a bold opponent of Obummer. But it was Republicans who started this whole mess.

by Andrea Grimes

Mary Lou Bruner May 25, 2016

Finally, a GOP Candidate Too Extreme for the Texas State Board of Education

Bruner, no more an elected official than President Obama was a gay prostitute, lost Tuesday's runoff to a chiropractor.

by Patrick Michels

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