Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Texas public schools are supposed to have 100 percent passing rates in reading and math by 2014. The chances of meeting that benchmark are slim. So what happens next?
Zoë Gioja
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State Government
Chris Connealy: The TT Interview
The state fire marshal on how he’ll implement the changes in a Texas Forensic Science Commission report, ideas for educating fire investigators and ways to bring more experts to the scene when arson occurs.
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State Government
Advocacy Groups Don’t Want GEO to Run State Hospital
A coalition of influential Texas organizations is pushing back against the proposed privatization of a state psychiatric hospital by GEO Care, a subsidiary of a prison operations group that has a troubled history in Texas.
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Public Education
San Antonio City Council OKs Castro’s Pre-K Proposal
An initiative from San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro that would direct a portion of sales tax revenue to fund full-day pre-kindergarten unanimously passed the City Council, leaving it for voters to approve in November.
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Public Education
Michael Brick: The TT Interview
The author of a new book that investigates what communities lose when schools are shuttered talks about standardized testing and how students, teachers and parents cope with testing pressures.
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Castro to Deliver Keynote at Democratic National Convention
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in September, following in the long-ago footsteps of Ann Richards and Barbara Jordan.
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Criminal Justice
Local Court Race Tests Judicial Campaign Law
A runoff for the state district court in Marshall, just east of Longview near the Louisiana border, has two Republicans slinging lawsuits and ethics complaints over provisions of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.
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State Government
Texas Governor’s Mansion: A Timeline
As Gov. Rick Perry and his wife prepare to move back into the restored Governor’s Mansion, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the building’s history.
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Economy
Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest
As European scientists reveal groundbreaking discoveries about the Higgs boson particle, Texas scientists reflect with regret about a machine that got partly built near Dallas. They say it would’ve accomplished the mission a decade earlier.
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Public Education
Business Leaders Draw a Line on Education Funding
In a news conference on Wednesday, leaders in the business community said that they would not stand for increased funding for education if it came with any rollback of accountability standards in Texas public schools.