After a heated late-night debate, a controversial plan to start assigning public schools A-through-F grades cleared the Texas House on Thursday.
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Plan for School Finance Overhaul Dies in Texas House
A months-long effort to reform the problem-plagued school finance system came to an end Thursday as House Public Education Chairman Jimmie Don Aycock withdrew a bill proposing fixes less than an hour into a scheduled debate.
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New in Trib+Edu: Teacher of the Year Calls Texas Home
In this week’s edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: Gap emerges among states on pre-K services offered, lawmakers eye ending Top 10 Percent scholarships and an interview with Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.
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Abbott’s Pre-K Bill Easily Passes Texas Senate
A key early education bill backed by Gov. Greg Abbott setting up grants to encourage higher quality pre-kindergarten programs has now cleared both chambers of the Legislature.
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Pre-K Bill Faces Last Hurdle in Senate Vote
After surviving Tea Party-backed opposition in the House, the early education bill that Gov. Greg Abbott has called his top priority this session could face its final test in the Texas Senate as early as Thursday.
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Video: Castro on Abbott and Pre-K
At our 5/1 conversation, Julián Castro, the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, explained why he doesn’t like Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan for pre-K.
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Abbott’s Pre-K Bill Headed to Full Senate
The bill that helped spark last week’s blowup between the state’s top officials is suddenly moving in the Senate, despite fierce opposition from Tea Party conservatives.
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New in Trib+Edu: STAAR Scores in Texas Hold Steady
In this week’s edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: No change in passing rates since introduction of STAAR test, Obama stresses education as a response to Baltimore unrest and an interview with Colleen Reutebuch of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin.
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House Moves to End High-Stakes Writing Tests
The Texas House Wednesday moved a step closer to changing end-of-course writing assessments for high school students that critics say are overly burdensome and prevent too many students from graduating.
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Reluctant House Panel Approves A-F Grades For Schools
A plan to give public schools A through F grades cleared a Texas House panel Tuesday night — but not without other changes in accountability standards reducing the role student assessments play in measuring public school performance.
