The Texas Education Agency said fewer Texas schools failed academic standards this year, even as students continue to struggle on state tests.
August 2017
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The Q&A: Diego Román
In this week’s Q&A, we interview Diego Román, an assistant professor in teaching and learning at Southern Methodist University.
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Texas school official removed for authoring book with a white supremacist symbol
The assistant principal at a Denton middle school had self-published a book over the summer whose central figure is a white supremacist symbol.
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The Brief: Texans weigh in on Trump, Charlottesville and Confederate monuments
The conversation swirling around President Donald Trump’s comments on white nationalists and whether Confederate statues should be torn down doesn’t appear to be going away in Texas — or around the nation — anytime soon.
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Poll: Some find the Trump administration’s education ideas polarizing
The poll by the Harvard journal Education Next found a big decline in support nationally for charter schools.
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The Bookshelf: Aug. 17
In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights “Classroom Community Builders.”
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Who’s to blame for your rising property taxes? Here’s what Texans think
As lawmakers debated property tax reform, we asked Texans to give us their take on the state-vs.-local fight about regulating rising property tax bills. Here’s a look at the legislative debate and how some Texans feel about the proposed measures.
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Analysis: The tyranny of the minority
Republican state lawmakers could decide who’ll be speaker of the Texas House in January 2019 themselves — and then stick together when it goes to a vote in the full House of Representatives. That would be a significant change.
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Abbott: Removing Confederate monuments “won’t erase our nation’s past”
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday weighed in on the renewed debate over Confederate monuments in Texas, saying that removing them “won’t erase our nation’s past, and it doesn’t advance our nation’s future.”
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Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill restricting city tree removal policies
Just two months after vetoing a bill aimed at restricting city rules on tree removal, Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed a similar measure into law passed during a summer special session.