If roughly 47,000 high school seniors in December fail to pass the state exams required to earn a diploma, their last shot at graduating with their peers in the Class of 2015 may depend on the quick movement of state lawmakers.
Dan Huberty
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Politics
Liveblog: Public Ed at The Texas Tribune Festival
We’re liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival’s Public Education track. The sessions include panels on education reform, the new math requirements for high school graduation, early college high schools, and insight from superintendents.
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Demographics
Liveblog: Public Ed at The Texas Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each of the sessions from The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Public Education track, which featured panel discussions on early childhood education, charter schools, innovations in teaching and public education reform.
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Public Education
Lawmakers Examine Testing in Lower Grades
When it comes to high-stakes testing, Texas lawmakers have so far focused most of their attention on high school students. But as more than 3 million students across the state begin to take standardized exams this week, some members of the Legislature are examining the plight of younger test-takers.
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Higher Education
Public University Woes Might Spell Success for Career Colleges
Not every sector of higher education in Texas looks out at the current landscape with concern. Some private, for-profit institutions see opportunity.
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Energy
Solar Backers Place Hopes in House Bill
Advocates of solar power made their case last night for passage of a bill that would add a dollar each month to residential electric bills to fund solar projects. Opponents worry about costs.
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Criminal Justice
Runoff Day: A Spectator’s Guide
Today’s elections in 18 Texas primary races, all but two involving Republicans, probably won’t change the overall temperature of the statehouse or our delegation to Congress. The partisan makeup of those places isn’t at stake until November. But for three House incumbents and challengers in two other races — for the State Board of Education and the Texas Supreme Court — how the vote turns out is a big deal.
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HD-127: Huberty and Curling in a Runoff
Dan Huberty will face Humble anesthesiologist Dr. Susan Curling in the race to replace retiring state Rep. Joe Crabb, R-Atascocita.
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State Government
Primary Color: HD-127
Four plausible candidates are vying for the GOP nomination to succeed retiring state Rep. Joe Crabb, R-Atascocita, and each has a decent shot. The tough part for voters in this reliably Republican north Houston suburb is differentiating between them.
