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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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Interactive: Texas Superintendent Contracts Annotated
We’ve collected and annotated the contracts of the 10 highest-paid school chiefs, as well as of those who lead the state’s 10 largest districts, for a total of 14, so readers can view their pay in the context of retirement perks, performance incentives and benefits like monthly automobile and cellphone allowances.
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Public Education
Annotated Documents: Superintendent Contracts
We’ve annotated the contracts of the 10 highest-paid school superintendents, along with those who lead the state’s 10 largest districts, so readers can view their pay in the context of retirement benefits, performance incentives, and perks like automobile and cellphone allowances.
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Public Education
House Bill on Student Testing Reopens a Familiar Debate
A familiar battle between the Texas House and the Senate involves proposed changes in how the state should hold students and educators accountable.
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Public Education
Updated: SBOE Members: Why Not Use the Permanent School Fund?
Nine SBOE members say there’s a potential $2 billion for public schools in the state’s Permanent School Fund — but they need a constitutional amendment to get it.
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The Midday Brief: April 15, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Faster speeds on the highway; more authority for Susan Combs; EPA cuts in Texas
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Public Education
Doggett Amendment on Federal Education Money Repealed
To avoid government shutdown, congressional Democrats agreed to repeal an amendment that would have prohibited Texas from using federal funds to replace, rather than supplement, state funding of schools.
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Guides
Texplainer: What Happens To Texas If The Feds Shut Down?
Not much, unless you’re one of the state’s 130,000 civilian federal employees — or you’re scrambling to get your taxes done.
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Public Education
More Student SSNs Were at Risk, TEA Says
The Social Security numbers of 164,406 students who graduated from eight Texas school districts over the past two decades were placed at risk for identity theft, according to Texas Education Agency documents obtained by The Texas Tribune.
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Public Education
For Military School Districts, A Funding War On Two Fronts
With budget gridlock in Washington, and massive education cuts at home, the Texas school districts that qualify for federal “Impact Aid” dollars are waging a war on two fronts.
