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Education

Black Texans Built More than 400 Schools When the State Would Not

What we can learn from Rosenwald schools and Jeanes teachers today

by Robert Ceresa

Keep Reading

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

by Eden Shamy

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

Great Hearts Academies Sep 12, 2013

Burnam: New Charter School Approval Process Leaves Public in the Dark

by Patrick Michels

Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams Sep 06, 2013

Cheaters Beware: TEA Says It’s Ready to Catch You Now. For Real, This Time.

by Patrick Michels

Back to school Sep 03, 2013

Tough on Truants

by Caitlin Perrone

Aug 27, 2013

Boot Camp Schools Across Texas

by Patrick Michels

Aug 27, 2013

Map: Where Brownsville ISD’s Boot Camp Students Come From

by Patrick Michels

Crowd at the CSCOPE debate at UT Tyler Aug 25, 2013

Dan Patrick and Thomas Ratliff Slug it Out Over CSCOPE

by Olivia Messer

Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams Aug 22, 2013

Researchers: “Triple Segregation” More Likely in Low-Scoring Texas Schools

by Caitlin Perrone

Jeanine McGregor leads a CSCOPE presentation. Aug 16, 2013

Adios, Reality: Texas Culture Wars Take a Madcap Turn

How a curriculum planning tool called CSCOPE came to fixate the Texas Tea Party.

by Patrick Michels

El Paso ISD School Board Aug 14, 2013

El Paso ISD-Style Cheating Concerns Spread to More Border School Districts

by Patrick Michels

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