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The latest public education news from The Texas Tribune.

  • Perry, Doggett and Their $830 Million Feud

    By Morgan Smith

    Six months after Congress established the $10 billion Education Jobs Fund to help states retain and hire teachers, Texas is one of only two states that has not received its money. Whether the state will gets it depends on a game of political chicken between Gov. Rick Perry and a certain Austin Democrat. Full Story 

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  • David Dunn: The TT Interview

    By Morgan Smith

    The executive director of the Texas Charter Schools Association talks with The Texas Tribune about how cuts in education funding will hit charter schools hardest, and how they can partner with traditional public school districts in "win-win"arrangements — like sharing facilities. Full Story 

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  • Doggett Responds to Perry Jabs

    By Morgan Smith

    That "certain Texas congressman" whom Gov. Rick Perry called out in his address today for blocking federal education money responds. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett says Perry's jibe "says less about the state of the state and more about his own state of denial." Full Story 

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  • Senators Grill Education Agency Over Cuts

    By Morgan Smith

    At the Texas Education Agency's first appearance before the Senate since the release of a budget that reduces school funding by $9.3 billion, senators called for a "full picture" of the state's spending on public education. Full Story 

    Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott speaks at the TASA midwinter conference in Austin, Texas February 1st, 2011
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • Rob Eissler on Public Ed Layoffs

    By Evan Smith

    The chairman of the House Public Education Committee on how many public school teachers, administrators and non-instructional staff members are at risk of being laid off as a result of the budget shortfall. Full Story 

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  • A Conversation with Rob Eissler

    By Evan Smith

    For our latest TribLive conversation, I sat down with the chairman of the House Public Education Committee to talk about the coming cuts to public ed: how big they're likely to be, the prospect of tens of thousands of teacher and non-instructional-staff layoffs and whether new revenue sources are on the table. Full Story 

    State Rep. Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, speaks with Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith at TribLive on Feb. 3, 2011.
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  • A Conversation with Rob Eissler

    By Todd Wiseman

    For our latest TribLive conversation, I sat down with the chairman of the House Public Education Committee to talk about the coming cuts to public ed: how big they're likely to be, the prospect of tens of thousands of teacher and non-instructional-staff layoffs, whether new revenue sources are on the table and more. Full Story 

    Rep. Rob Eissler (R-The Woodlands) answers an education question at TribLive on February 3, 2011
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  • In West Texas, a Town's Fate Tied to Its School

    By Morgan Smith

    With just 56 students, Marathon ISD is one of the state's smallest. But its fate is critical to the West Texas town's survival. And if what is happening here works, it could serve as a model for other towns looking to shield their way of life from the death knell of school closures. Full Story 

    Marathon Elementary School.
    Credit: Marci Roberts

  • Eissler: Don't Check Immgration Status of Students

    By Evan Smith

    In our TribLive conversation this morning, state Rep. Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, the chair of the House Public Education Committee, said he opposed a bill by state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, that would require school districts to check the immigration status of students enrolling in Texas public schools. Full Story 

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  • Athletics: Where Budget Balancers Fear to Tread?

    By Morgan Smith

    With Texas public schools facing cuts of as much as $10 billion in state funding, predictions of the consequences have been dire: teacher layoffs, bigger class sizes, fewer instructional days. One topic conspicuously absent from the conversation: athletics. Full Story 

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    Credit: D. Clow / Tim Archer / Tom Pennington / Todd Wiseman

  • Paige & Spellings: The TT Interview

    By Reeve Hamilton

    At a recent forum titled "Improving Productivity in Public Education," former U.S. Secretaries of Education Rod Paige and Margaret Spellings under George W. Bush took time to discuss the state's looming budget cuts, the Bush legacy, the Obama administration and what they believe needs to change in public education. Full Story 

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