While critics question whether a city-funded pre-K initiative is helping boost long-term educational outcomes, administrators and parents say there’s no doubt about the quality of the education children receive at the program’s four centers.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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Families Divided
Migrant mom makes difficult choice: Move farther from son for better chance at asylum
Claudia says she was one of several migrant women moved from an Austin-area detention facility to be closer to their children in South Texas. But Claudia wants to return to Central Texas, hundreds of miles from her 7-year-old son, where her lawyer thinks she has a better shot at being granted asylum.
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“A very cruel punishment”: A family split by “zero tolerance” won’t try to cross again, mom says
Since they crossed the Rio Grande and requested asylum, a father has been held in a detention center near Houston while his 6-year-old daughter was shipped to an Arizona shelter. Back in Honduras, the girl’s mother says she fears her daughter will be traumatized by the ordeal.
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Federal officials cite “zero tolerance” after border apprehensions dip nearly 20 percent in June
The total number of apprehensions on the southwest border fell to 34,114 in June compared to 40,338 the month before. But border crossings often dip in the summer.
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Graphics and data reporting
How the Texas Democratic and Republican party platforms compare
Last month, Texas Republicans and Democrats approved the latest versions of their party platforms. A close look at these documents provides a snapshot of where the two parties stand on guns, gay rights, marijuana and other issues.
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas elections to move forward without changes to state House district map despite racial gerrymander finding
A San Antonio-based panel of judges ordered the state’s maps should remain unchanged despite outstanding issues with House District 90, which the U.S. Supreme Court said was illegally drawn.
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Families Divided
Detained migrant parents have to pay to call their family members. Some can’t afford to.
Detainees trying to contact their family members are stymied by long wait times, confusing instructions, dropped calls and sometimes per-minute phone charges that critics say are exorbitant.
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In El Paso shelter, a group of undocumented immigrant parents now know where their children are
After being released from custody in El Paso on Sunday, the parents have now learned the whereabouts of their children, a shelter director said. But there are more hurdles before they’re reunited.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Football is popular in Texas. The NFL isn’t.
Player protests and other issues have put the NFL in strange territory in Texas: It’s both unpopular and politically polarizing.
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Demographics
Texas cities want millennials living downtown. So why does the state keep building highways to the suburbs?
As young, educated professionals push away old ideas about how to move around Texas cities, transportation planners’ vision for the future is still largely influenced by the past.