The latest public education news from The Texas Tribune.
Dripping Springs ISD avoided laying off teachers as a result of state budget cuts. But it has eliminated custodial positions, and that has left teachers there with new tasks once the school bell rings: sweeping classrooms and taking out the trash. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/DrippingSprings.jpg)
M. Smith on Rick Perry's allergic reaction to federal school money, E. Smith elicits Ted Cruz's take on David Dewhurst, Root and Ramshaw cover Perry's first presidential debate, Ramshaw and Aguilar poke at Perry's immigration record and how it plays among Republicans, Hamilton on the dash for top status among Texas colleges, Galbraith on an environmental ruling from the White House that got conservative applause and one that didn't, Grissom has the latest on the Willingham arson case and the state's plans to look at other fires and Aaronson's widget for comparing the presidential candidates: The best of our best content from Sept. 5 to 9, 2011. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribweek0905_2011.jpg)
Gov. Rick Perry’s early opposition to the Obama administration’s education policies — whose bipartisan backers include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — make him something of an ideological outlier among Republicans. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/AustinDiscoverySchool.jpg)
Don’t look for the Legislature to get in the middle of Texas A&M University’s split from the Big 12 Conference. Twice in the last 14 months, House Higher Education Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, has called a hearing about universities leaving the Big 12 Conference — and twice he had to cancel it because the timing was off. In the meantime, the conservative blogosphere let him have it. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/footballgoal.jpg)
Tan on coming prison school cuts and online sales taxes, Root on Rick Perry's support for tax increases when he was a lawmaker, Ramshaw and Serafini on what "Perrycare" would entail, yours truly on the differences between Perry and George W. Bush, Philpott on the passions of the Paulites, Murphy and Seger unveil the Trib's Texas Public Schools Database, Hamilton on UT's answer to calls for improvements in higher ed, Galbraith on predictions that the record heat in Texas will be a long-term problem and Aguilar on the legal shootout over gun sales in Texas: The best of our best content from Aug. 22 to 26, 2011. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/08222011_Tribweek_1.jpg)
This weekend, the San Antonio physician and prolific donor to conservative candidates and causes hosts a Hill Country gathering for Gov. Rick Perry and some of his evangelical supporters. Who is Leininger? Here's a primer. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/07972b2d9fe11f52f2a4e853c5eb1f06/BD%20INC%20Leininger%202011)
With the Tribune’s Texas Public Schools Database, parents, students and other readers can access key academic, financial and administrative information about every public school district and campus in the state. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/KidsInClassroom_EducationApp.jpg)
DAY 23 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: The state's prison education system, known as the Windham School District, eliminates or reduces classes for Texas inmates. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Windham_1.jpg)
DAY 23 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: The state's prison education system, known as the Windham School District, eliminates or reduces classes for inmates. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Windham5.jpg)
DAY 21 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Nearly 56,000 students will remain on charter school waiting lists after lawmakers failed to lift a cap on the number of charters the SBOE can grant. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/YESprep-get-yo-clothes.jpg)
DAY 20 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Financially stable charter schools will have an easier time seeking lower interest rate loans to expand or build their facilities. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/YES-Prep-Ext.jpg)
Gov. Rick Perry told a child questioner in New Hampshire today that Texas public schools teach creationism alongside evolution — a statement that state education experts are refuting in varying degrees. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryProtesters3.jpg)
As the last legislative session demonstrated, the governor has a failing record on issues important to Latinos, including public education, expanded pre-K, college access, redistricting and immigration. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Anchia-2.jpg)
On this week's TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben discuss Perry coverage by the national media, John Sharp's move to the Texas A&M University System and coming changes to public education. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribcast_2.jpg)
Our all-hands-on-deck series on new laws — 31 Days, 31 Ways — continues, Root covers a challenge to the governor's school finance fix and the tax that makes it work, Philpott forecasts a presidential media tsunami will hit Texas, Murphy with a look at midyear campaign reports from candidates and PACs in Texas, yours truly on the quiet spot at the top of the 2014 ballot, Hamilton on government-required vaccinations against meningitis, Grissom reports on the heat wave in un-air-conditioned Texas jails, Aguilar on the private security business along the state's border with Mexico and M. Smith's interview with Nicole Hurd on how to get more high school students into college: The best of our best content from Aug. 8 to 12, 2011. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribweek_080811.jpg)
Heading into the 82nd legislative session, 88 percent of Texas voters surveyed in a poll hoped for more public education funding. It’s not likely to surprise anyone, but now we can officially say: Nothing’s changed. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/MoneyEducationFinanceBills.jpg)
The founder of the National College Advising Corps on why she believes her program will increase the number of high school graduates going to college — and ease the state's gaping school counselor shortage. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/hurd-headshot2.jpg)
DAY 8 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Armed with fewer resources, educators prepare students for rigorous new STAAR test. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/05/24/staar-logo.jpg){kind=logo}
The vise squeezing Texas schools since the Legislature voted to remove $4 billion in state funding is getting a little tighter. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB7840.jpg)
Texas school districts saw their budgets slashed dramatically this year, leaving many to try to raise taxes through elections. But as Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports, only about a dozen of the state's 1,000-plus districts are considering the tax option. Full Story