Education
Texas Teachers ‘Blow the Whistle’ After Conservatives Accuse Them of (Gasp!) Getting out the Vote
We Are Writers, Too
I enrolled at Texas State hoping to find my voice as a Chicana writer. Instead, I was told to whitewash my work.
I enrolled at Texas State hoping to find my voice as a Chicana writer. Instead, I was told to whitewash my writing and tone down criticisms of my program....Read More
Experts: When It Comes to Childhood Mental Illness, Texas Isn’t Treating Its Kids
Experts say Texas must increase funding for kids' mental health treatment to ensure integrated care that keeps them out of the juvenile justice system....Read More
Texas’ Most Notable Creationist Says Mary Lou Bruner Will Be a ‘Great Asset’ to Ed Board
Bruner, who believes President Obama was once a gay prostitute, also says teaching evolution causes mass school shootings.
Former State Board of Education chair and creationist Don McLeroy says the woman who believes Obama was a gay prostitute will be great for the board....Read More
Free Lunch
Forget about the governor’s slush funds. Texas’ biggest corporate welfare program is one you’ve probably never heard of — and it’s growing every year.
Texas' largest corporate welfare program lets school districts give away unlimited tax breaks — more than $7 billion so far — with only loose state oversigh...Read More
Docs Show UIL Trans Athlete Rule Built on Shaky Ground
Texas' new UIL policy, which ties trans students' gender to their birth certificates, is based on nearly ten-year-old case law that may now be outdated....Read More
Rotten Apples in Donna ISD
Corruption that led to the indictment of two Donna school board members roils the border town they served.
“It’s embarrassing — that’s what it is,” said school board member Efren Ceniceros, who worked as a coach and teacher for 30 years before retiring. “...Read More
Armed Students Don’t Worry Me
But the unpacking of the ideal of the university sure does.
What I fear most is not students packing heat in my classroom, but the unpacking of the ideal of the university....Read More
Texas Districts Pass UIL Restriction on Trans Athletes
Controversial UIL rule would base trans student athletes' gender on their birth certificates.
Trans student athletes will have to play according to the gender on their birth certificates, which could set schools up for Title IX discrimination suits....Read More
Years Into Austin’s Community Schools Experiment, National Policy Catches Up
Weeks’ neighborhood efforts, at Austin’s Webb Middle School and Reagan High School, have been more encouraging. For one thing, the schools are still open, y...Read More