Education
‘Almost Akin to a Political Coup’: Houston Teachers Fight Back Against State Takeover of HISD
How Latinos Are Redefining America
From NewsTaco, where this story was first published. A correction I find myself making often, especially to those who don’t agree with my particular point of ...Read More
Barely Legal
The first day of school always comes with some level of trepidation. Will my classmates like me? Will my teacher be nice? Will administrators discover that I’...Read More
Higher Education Goes WiFi
High Expectations for the Future of Higher Education
In case you weren’t aware, the future of higher education is online. That was the primary takeaway from yesterday’s panel discussion entitled “High Expect...Read More
A So-Called RINO Joins the Tea Party Caucus
Straus supporter and Rob Eissler has joined the Tea Party Caucus. Does that mean a shift in policy?
There are good surprises—cool Uncle Jim is coming to Christmas—and there are bad surprises—weird Auntie Edna’s making her special version of Jello s...Read More
Saving A Small Town
Hale Center was once a seat of power. The last Democratic speaker of the Texas House, Pete Laney, brought governors and lawmakers, including George W. Bush, to ...Read More
Starving For A Dream
dept. of immigration Thanksgiving week, while most of us were stuffing ourselves, eight undocumented students at the University of Texas at Austin joined hundre...Read More
DREAM Act Drama
It’s been an intense couple of days for the DREAM Act legislation in Congress. First, the euphoria of the passage of the bill in the House Wednesday night. Th...Read More
SBOE: Voice of Moderation?
The state board has given $2 billion to the state legislature. All they ask in return are some new textbooks
Outside of turkey and cranberry sauce, state legislators may have trouble coming up with things to be thankful for this year. A nasty, raging speaker’s ra...Read More
Stumper of the Week: Rick’s Fat Tick
The most ridiculous things said this week in Texas politics
So this is it, people. Here at last, election week. A final chance for Texas politicians to compete for the honor of Stumper of the Week. A final chance, that i...Read More
