Report: Homeless youth slip through cracks in Texas' support system
Homeless youth in Texas are inadequately supported due to a spotty system of programs and resources, according to a new report released Wednesday. Full Story
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![Gage Kemp spent four years homeless when he was a teen. He now is an advocate for other homeless youth.]()
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Harvey-affected superintendents want Texas to waive school ratings
At a House Public Education Committee hearing, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath argued that waiving school accountability ratings for Harvey-damaged school districts could harm student learning. Full Story
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![State Rep. and committee Chairman Dan Huberty, R-Houston, listens as Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath testifies before the House Public Education Committee on November 14, 2017.]()
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Meet more than 100 grassroots organizations advocating for issues that matter to Texans
Hundreds of Texans across the state are organizing around policy issues they care about including education, immigration and guns. Based on reader input, we've added dozens of more groups to our directory of grassroots organizations. Full Story
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Texas education officials reject another Mexican-American studies textbook
The Texas State Board of Education rejected yet another Mexican-American studies textbook in a preliminary vote. But members said they were open to the idea of creating an official elective course. Full Story
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![Tony Diaz defends his book, "The Mexican American Studies Toolkit," at a State Board of Education hearing on Nov. 7, 2017.]()
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With no state-approved textbooks, Texas ethnic studies teachers make do
The Texas State Board of Education is set to vote this week on whether a Mexican-American studies textbook and a Jewish Holocaust memoir should be the first state-approved materials for ethnic studies courses. Full Story
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![Ethnic studies teacher Elizabeth Close works with student Olivia Capochiano at LC Anderson High School in Austin.]()
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The anthem, the pledge and the protests: A national debate comes to Texas schools
The current debate on protests during the national anthem ignited in 2016 and as the conversation continues there’s a new layer of debate at the grade school level. Full Story
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![More than 30 members of the Houston Texans took a knee during the National Anthem before an NFL matchup against the Seahawks in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. The protest was sparked by Texans owner Bob McNair, who last week said, "We can't have the inmates running the prison." McNair has since apologized twice.]()
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Q&A: Dallas ISD superintendent says merit pay "has possibility" for state
Dallas ISD has pioneered a localized system of merit pay for teachers. Would it work elsewhere in the state? Read what Superintendent Michael Hinojosa had to say. Full Story
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How many Texas eighth-graders from 2005 went on to college? Explore our updated data here.
Use our newly updated Texas Higher Ed Outcomes Explorer to track the educational milestones of every student who started eighth grade in a Texas public school between 1997 and 2005. You can see figures broken down by county, ethnicity and other factors. Full Story
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School superintendents hit by Harvey ask lawmakers for help with recovery costs
At a House Public Education Committee hearing Thursday, superintendents rattled off long lists of unexpected costs they incurred after Hurricane Harvey swept through the Texas coast. Full Story
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![Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath discusses the scope of financial losses to Texas public schools affected by Hurricane Harvey at a House Public Education Committee hearing at the state Capitol on October 12, 2017.]()
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New school finance commission member discusses the road ahead
Doug Killian, the current superintendent of Pflugerville ISD, was recently named to the Texas Legislature's interim commission to study school finance. Read what he had to say about the challenges facing the commission. Full Story
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![Pflugerville ISD Superintendent Doug Killian will serve on the Legislature's interim commission to study school finance.]()
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New mental health task force to address students' post-Harvey trauma
Under a new mental health task force, three state agencies will help connect public schools and universities with counselors, funding and training as students and staff work to overcome the traumatic effects of Hurricane Harvey. Full Story
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![The gym at Kempner High School in Sugarland, in Fort Bend County southwest of Houston, was converted to a shelter during Hurricane Harvey.]()
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Texas offers funding boost to schools with lower attendance post-Harvey
The Texas Education Agency is offering state funding to as many as 157 school districts and charter schools that saw lower attendance or closed facilities due to the storm, which could ultimately cost the state an estimated $400 million. Full Story
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In historic win, charters getting state funding for facilities for the first time
For the first time in Texas, charter schools will receive funding from the state to pay for leasing and maintaining buildings and facilities. That has charter advocates excited — and their critics furious. Full Story
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![Children from charter and private schools all over Texas turned out for the 85th legislative session's National School Choice Rally on Jan. 24, 2017.]()
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We can solve the problems of racism — but only if there's political will, panelists say
At the kickoff to the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival, Chris Hayes of MSNBC and Jamelle Bouie of Slate participated in a Community Forum on Race and Justice moderated by Tribune CEO Evan Smith. Full Story
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![Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith (left) hosts a community forum on race and justice, featuring Jamelle Bouie (center) and Chris Hayes, at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 22, 2017.]()
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Students in towns hardest hit by Harvey are still in the eye of the storm
Extended school closures have raised concerns about how students will catch up as Texas recovers from its worst natural disaster. Full Story
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Texas public school districts may now store, not trash, leftover food
School districts are now allowed to create food pantries on campus to store and distribute leftover food from the cafeteria, as long as they follow state and local health codes. Full Story
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![Kids leave food they don't want on a "No Thank You" table so others can pick it up at a community center in the East Texas community of Reklaw.]()
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Phillip Huffines talks about his brother, the border and the "bathroom bill"
Here are highlights from The Texas Tribune's conversation with Phillip Huffines, a Republican candidate for Texas Senate District 8. Full Story
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Ahead of 2019 session, Speaker Joe Straus orders Texas House to research Harvey issues
"We know that this is not going to be a normal legislative interim," Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said Thursday as he directed House committees to research policy issues related to Hurricane Harvey. Full Story
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![House Speaker Joe Straus keeps watch on the chamber during debate on Senate Bill 6 on municipal annexation on Aug. 11, 2017.]()
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Anti-cyberbullying activists wanted a Texas law with "teeth." They may have gotten one.
Lawmakers and advocates say "David's Law," which Gov. Greg Abbott signed in June, will allow school districts and prosecutors to fight cyberbullying on multiple fronts. Full Story
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![Maurine Molak, who founded the anti-cyberbullying nonprofit David's Legacy Foundation after her son David took his own life, visits the Capitol on August 1, 2017.]()
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State unlikely to move STAAR test dates for Harvey-displaced students
The Texas education commissioner said he was not likely to delay required state test administration dates for students displaced by Hurricane Harvey. Full Story
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![Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath attends a meeting with local officials in Victoria, Texas, about post-Harvey school issues on Sept. 8, 2017.]()
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