Texas Tribune reporters Alexa Ura and Aliyya Swaby talked to 1A about the first installment of their “Dis-Integration” project, which focuses on Longview ISD and its efforts to topple barriers for students of color.
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Dis-Integration
It took this Texas school district 48 years to desegregate. Now, some fear a return to the past.
Though students of color in Longview ISD still don’t have the same educational opportunities as white students, a federal judge dismissed a longstanding desegregation court order. Will the district succeed without it?
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Public Education
Analysis: Is ending a tax break easier to swallow than a tax hike?
Lawmakers looking to realign the state’s public school finances while also cutting local property taxes can’t do both without a lot of money. They don’t want to raise taxes, but they have nearly $60 billion in annual tax exemptions that might provide a solution.
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Politics
As a deadline nears, struggle between George P. Bush and State Board of Education isn’t letting up
Bush presides over the School Land Board, which has feuded with the State Board of Education over the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars from Texas’ education endowment.
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Public Education
Texas may have again illegally reduced special education funding
Disability rights advocates have dug up documents appearing to show Texas spent $41.6 million less on kids with disabilities in 2017 than the year before, raising the prospect of yet another federal financial penalty.
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Public Education
5th Circuit upholds feds’ $33 million penalty for Texas decrease in special education funding
The three-judge panel effectively upheld the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to withhold $33 million from Texas in a future special education grant, calling the state’s argument “unpersuasive.”
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Public Education
Behind closed doors, Greg Abbott’s office has pitched a plan to fix Texas school finance
The pitch includes capping increases in districts’ property tax revenue and financial incentives to improve school performance.
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Public Education
A Texas Board of Education seat hasn’t flipped since 2010. Will that change in 2018?
While most education board races are decided in the primaries, the combination of a blue wave and a big chunk of fundraising could upset a historically Republican district in North Texas.
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Texas Elections 2018
In his long-shot bid to unseat Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Mike Collier is counting on teachers
The Democrat wants to draw teachers and education-minded voters away from the Republican Party. But can he win over enough educators to unseat a powerful incumbent?
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Texas Elections 2018
We took young Texans’ questions to the candidates. Here’s what they said.
Find out where Texas midterm candidates stand on student debt, DACA, school gun violence and more.