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Public Education
Explore The Texas Tribune’s coverage of public education, from K-12 schools and funding to teachers, students, and policies shaping classrooms across Texas.
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Public Education
Teacher Groups Ask For Health Care Help — Again
Teacher groups on Thursday renewed their call for the Legislature to put more money into a health insurance plan that has seen school employees foot an increasing share of the premiums as the state contribution has remained the same.
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Public Education
UIL Punts to Superintendents on Student-Athlete Gender Policy
The governing body for Texas high school sports decided Monday to ask superintendents to determine whether to formalize a policy that uses student-athletes’ birth certificates to determine their gender.
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Public Education
Education Commissioner Leaving at Year’s End
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams informed Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday morning that he will step down from his position at end of the year, Williams’ office confirmed.
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Economy
Analysis: Shifting Figures in Your Property Tax Bill
Far more money is extracted from Texans in the form of state and local sales taxes, but property taxes are the source of more complaints. School taxes lead the list but account for a smaller share of the overall tax bill than 10 years ago.
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New in Trib+Edu: New Benefit of Dual-Language Class
In this week’s edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: It’s not just English language learners who benefit from dual-language instruction, Obama makes a polarizing pick for education secretary and an interview with Keisha Bentley-Edwards of the University of Texas at Austin.
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God & Governing: Revisit the Project
In the 2015 Texas legislative session, state lawmakers frequently used their religious beliefs to defend their policymaking. Take a look back at “God & Governing,” our documentary-style series on the role lawmakers’ personal faith played in their legislating.
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Public Education
Patrick Asks Senators to Study School Choice, Student Debt
“School choice,” including controversial tax credit scholarships, tops a lengthy list of public education issues Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked state senators to study ahead of the 2017 legislative session.
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God & Governing: Education
Tune in to “God & Education” — the final part of our “God & Governing” documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers’ personal religious beliefs played into abstinence education and school voucher debates in 2015 Texas legislative session.
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Education Board Members Dismiss Textbook Kerfuffle
Some State Board of Education members are dismissing a backlash against a textbook that describes African slaves as immigrant “workers,” with one Republican saying the ordeal would “make for a great Jerry Seinfeld episode: something out of nothing.”
