Kathryn Lundstrom, Author at The Texas Tribune

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Kathryn Lundstrom

Kathryn Lundstrom was a 2018 reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune. Born and raised in Minnesota, Katie completed a dual master’s program in Journalism and Global Policy Studies from the University of Texas. Some of her previous work can be found in the Austin-American Statesman, the Austin Chronicle, the Texas Health Journal and Sports Illustrated, where she was a reporter intern.

U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso (left), and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Texas Elections 2018

Beto O’Rourke leads Ted Cruz by 2 among likely voters in U.S. Senate race, new poll finds

By Kathryn LundstromSept. 19, 2018

O’Rourke has been closing the gap over the last several months, but this is the first poll that puts him ahead of Cruz.

State Board of Education member Barbara Cargill speaks with spectators during a break in the State Board of Education meeting on proposed changes to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies and Economics, on Sept. 11, 2018.

State Government

State Board of Education votes to keep “heroic” in description of Alamo defenders

By Kathryn LundstromSept. 12, 2018Sept. 14, 2018

Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott rallied his supporters on social media against the removal of defining Alamo defenders as “heroic” from social studies curriculum standards. This week, the State Board of Education tentatively voted to keep the language intact.

Dan Chandler of Plano waits to testify on social studies language before the State Board of Education during a Committee of the Whole hearing on Sept. 11, 2018.

Public Education

Texas education board workgroup changes course on “heroic” Alamo defenders

By Kathryn LundstromSept. 11, 2018

After submitting a recommendation to remove the word “heroic” from seventh-grade history textbooks, a Texas State Board of Education workgroup backed off its proposal after outcry from officials and the public.

Elizabeth Ruvalcaba and Rahslyn Stallings practice barbering techniques in a cosmetology class at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda on Sept. 7, 2018.

Public Education

Texas considering cutting high school cosmetology courses

By Kathryn LundstromSept. 11, 2018

The Texas Education Agency says cosmetologists don’t make enough to justify continuing high school cosmetology programs. Teachers and students say reported salaries don’t tell the whole story.