A coalition of nonprofit foundations and the Houston-based advocacy organization Children at Risk have released the initial findings of their comprehensive report on how the 2011 budget cuts have affected public schools.
Morgan Smith
Morgan Smith was a reporter at the Tribune from 2009 to 2018, covering politics, public education and inequality.
In 2013, she received a National Education Writers Association award for “Death of a District,” a series on school closures. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College, she moved to Austin in 2008 to enter law school at the University of Texas.
A San Antonio native, her work has also appeared in Slate, where she spent a year as an editorial intern in Washington D.C.
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Texas SAT Scores Drop, but Participation Rates Surge
More black and Hispanic students in Texas are taking the SAT, but they aren’t doing as well, according to a report released Monday by the Texas Education Agency.
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Public Education
An Accidental State Board of Education Candidate?
El Paso Democrat Martha Dominguez’s apparent absence from the campaign trail has prompted her SBOE opponent to call her a “ghost” — and has sparked criticism from members of her own party. But that may not stop her from winning the race.
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Public Education
Voucher Issue Makes a Comeback
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s announcement that he intends to run for re-election almost got one-upped by another he made at the same time in Tampa: support for a key piece of education reform.
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TEA Commissioner Michael Williams Will Make $215K
New Texas Education Agency Commissioner Michael Williams will get a salary bump of about $29,000 over his predecessor, the governor’s office confirmed Friday.
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Texas to Apply for No Child Left Behind Waiver
Texas plans to join the more than 30 states that have already asked for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act’s requirements, according to a letter new state Education Commissioner Michael Williams sent school districts Thursday.
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The Brief: Aug. 31, 2012
One more ruling this week and the federal government could have had a hat trick against Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
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At Some Schools, Future is Now, Demographically
By 2050, nearly two-thirds of Texas public school children will be Hispanic. The demographic shift is already under way in classrooms statewide, where schools work to improve the academic success of the students of the new majority.
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Dewhurst Declares Support for School Choice Legislation
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, throwing some red meat to conservatives after his bruising defeat at the hands of Tea Party darling Ted Cruz, has put private school vouchers and expanded “parental choice” back on the legislative agenda.
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Curtis Culwell: The TT Interview
The outgoing superintendent of Garland ISD on how to prepare students for college and the workplace, the weighty decisions coming up for state leaders, and standardized tests’ potential for “cognitive bludgeoning.”
