Not everybody who is upset with property taxes wants them abolished. A new group that started in Houston wants to increase appraised values on commercial property.
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Politics
Davis Says Abbott Should Settle School Finance Suit
Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis is calling on her likely Republican opponent in the governor’s race, Attorney General Greg Abbott, to quit defending the state’s school finance system and reach a settlement instead. Abbott said Davis was focused on the past.
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Public Education
Back to the Future on School Finance
Lawmakers love to say that they have solved the state’s school finance problems. With that system being challenged once again in court, it’s clear that all they can do is readjust it every few years.
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Public Education
Texas School Finance Trial Enters Phase Two
Lawyers representing nearly two-thirds of Texas school districts in a lawsuit against the state argued Tuesday that not only was a 2013 legislative funding boost short term, but that other changes had increased costs for schools.
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Texas School Finance Trial Restarts, With a Political Backdrop
As the Texas school finance trial reopens Tuesday, it has become a political football in the state’s gubernatorial contest. State Sen. Wendy Davis’ campaign has lobbed attacks at Attorney General Greg Abbott based on his role in the litigation.
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Public Education
San Antonio School Districts Launch “Go Public” Campaign
A year into a $30 million push led by some of San Antonio’s wealthiest philantrophic foundations to bring in new charter school operators, the city’s school districts have started a campaign to highlight the value of traditional public schools.
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Public Education
Top Academics but Little Diversity at New Charters
Two new charter school operators have come to Texas promising a collegiate atmosphere. But along with their academic goals come extra fees for parents and a record of serving disproportionately affluent and white students.
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Faking The Grade
Explanations Vary as Tutoring Program Falls Short of Expectations
After hundreds of millions in federal dollars were spent on No Child Left Behind tutoring in Texas, it is difficult to find anyone willing to call the program an unqualified success. And there is disagreement on why the program didn’t meet expectations. This is the second story in a series on the program.
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Faking The Grade
Largely Unchecked, Tutoring Companies Got Millions Through Program
A Texas Tribune investigation of a No Child Left Behind tutoring program has uncovered years of inaction by state officials while money flowed to tutoring companies, delivering few academic results. This is the first story in a series on the program.
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Politics
Polling Center: Education Could Test Both Parties in 2014
Education could be a tricky issue for gubernatorial candidates in 2014, with both the Democratic and Republican nominee having to navigate through unexpected cross-currents among their own constituencies.
