Comparing student achievement data across states remains impossible, even though it was a fundamental goal of the Common Core initiative.
Eleanor Dearman
Eleanor Dearman is a former reporting fellow. She majored in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She has also interned for the San Antonio Express-News in its Austin bureau covering Texas politics and contributed to PolitiFact Texas.
School Choice Off to Rocky Start in Nevada
New Nevada legislation allows parents to apply for state funds to pay for home schooling or private school tuition expenses.
Survey Shows Parents Support Online Learning
A survey of 2,500 parents of K-12 students across the U.S. returned strong evidence that most are supportive of adaptive digital learning, even if it supplants traditional textbook use.
Books by Educators Instruct Overbearing Parents to Back Off
Julie Lythcott-Haims, former freshman dean at Stanford University, and Jessica Lahey, middle school teacher and writer, have recently published books with similarly instructive messages to modern parents: back off.
Music Class May Improve Learning for Struggling Students
Neuroscientists from Northwestern University have released the results of a study of 40 low-income high school students, suggesting two to three hours of band class per week led to measurable cognitive improvements.
The Brief: Sept. 2, 2015
Word came Tuesday evening from the lieutenant governor’s office of an agreement to continue operations for three months at the state agency that oversees the horse racing industry.
The Brief: Sept. 1, 2015
The Texas Supreme Court will listen to oral arguments for two-and-a-half hours this morning in the latest court challenge to the stateโs system for funding public schools.
Treatment Questioned for Earliest Sign of Breast Cancer
Of patients diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer every year, many who opt for lumpectomies or mastectomies do not see improved outcomes.
$25 Million Donation Launches Fort Worth Medical Center
A major expansion in the Fort Worth medical district was unveiled with a $25 million gift from oilman W.A. โTexโโ Moncrief Jr.
Exercise Eases Some Depression-Related Sleep Problems
A new study finds that regular aerobic exercise may help the roughly 10 percent of patients with depression who have trouble staying awake and alert during the day, even when they didn’t respond to regular anti-depressants.


