The State Board of Education voted Friday to drop an existing requirement that all students at Texas public schools take algebra II to graduate. It also approved two high-level math courses that students can take as an alternative.
Alexa Ura
Alexa Ura reported for The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2023. She covered the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the long and short term. Alexa started at the Tribune as a reporting intern before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin and joining the staff full time. Originally from Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border, she is a native Spanish speaker and is based in Austin.
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Abbott Releases Second Ad Highlighting Education Roundtables
Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading Republican candidate for governor, released a second ad featuring a series of policy roundtables he has hosted as his campaign gathers information for an education policy package he is expected to announce in the coming weeks.
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Gubernatorial Candidates Spend Big to Win Big
In the high-stakes gubernatorial race, the candidates are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in a competition to raise more money — and, hopefully, win more votes — than the competition.
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In New Campaign Ad, Konni Burton Touts Shout-Out From Ted Cruz
Senate District 10 hopeful Konni Burton, a Tea Party activist, on Wednesday released her first television ad, which includes praise from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz about Burton’s conservative credentials.
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New Texas Right to Life Video Questions Davis
The Texas Right to Life political action committee released an online video Monday that includes a girl asking why Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is worried about someone else walking in her shoes when “she doesn’t ever want me to walk in mine.”
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With Spanish-Language Website, Abbott Bolsters Hispanic Outreach
Republican Greg Abbott has become the first gubernatorial candidate to launch a Spanish-language website as he and his expected Democratic opponent, state Sen. Wendy Davis, court Hispanic voters ahead of the general election.
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Abbott Launches Spanish-Language Website
Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Monday launched a Spanish-language website, echoing his party’s attempts to appeal to more Hispanic voters in the state.
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Dewhurst Touts Military Experience in New Ad
Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst touts his military experience and his time working for the CIA in his latest campaign video about job opportunities in the state.
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Hispanic Republicans in House Look Past March
With most candidates’ campaigns for the March primaries in full swing, Hispanic Republicans trying to increase their numbers in the state House are mostly looking past the primaries. Their main fight is in November.
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Straus Appoints Sunset Advisory Commission Members
House Speaker Joe Straus has appointed state Reps. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale; Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock; and Richard Peña Raymond, D-Laredo, to the state Sunset Advisory Commission.
