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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

Ben Becker and Scott Placek May 23, 2016

Parents Sue TEA, Want Troubled Test Scores Tossed

by Patrick Michels

Mary Lou Bruner May 19, 2016

Mary Lou Bruner’s Say-Anything Strategy May Finally Have Turned Off Texas Voters

A tea party group has pulled its endorsement of the SBOE candidate over her inaccurate claims about Texas schools.

by Patrick Michels

Former San Antonio ISD police officer Joshua Kehm. May 17, 2016

Advocates Call on Abbott to Take on Abuse by School Cops

by Patrick Michels

May 13, 2016

Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Finance System

by Patrick Michels

"Mexican American Heritage" cover May 11, 2016

Proposed Mexican-American Studies Textbook: Chicanos Want to ‘Destroy This Society’

Textbook is first from former State Board of Education member’s publishing house.

by Patrick Michels

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. May 11, 2016

Amid Trans Bathroom Battle, Patrick Promotes School Choice (Updated)

by John Wright

Save Texas Schools rally at the Texas Capitol, Saturday, February 25. opt-out movement May 10, 2016

Parents Launch ‘Opt-Out Academy’ for STAAR Protesters

by Patrick Michels

The Jefferson Center disciplinary campus in Abilene, an "alternative" campus for children as young as kindergarteners. Apr 29, 2016

Three Families Take ‘Abusive’ Abilene School Cop to Court

by Patrick Michels

The Texas Miracle podcast logo Apr 22, 2016

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.

by Andrea Grimes

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