At an education hearing on Thursday, Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, brought in national experts in an effort to build consensus around an ambitious plan to reform the state’s charter school system.
Public Education
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Demographics
TribLive: Anchia and Gonzales on Public Education
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock, talked to Julián Aguilar about the intersection of public education and demographic change.
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Interactive: 2011-12 STAAR Results, by District, for Grades 3-8
Last spring, Texas students in grades three through eight took the STAAR exams for the first time. Using results from Pearson Education, the state’s testing contractor, this interactive provides the first look at how the school districts performed.
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Criminal Justice
Groups File Federal Complaint Over Bryan ISD Discipline Policies
Texas Appleseed and the Brazos County branch of the NAACP have filed a federal complaint against Bryan ISD, saying the school district’s reliance on ticketing as a form of discipline “disproportionately harms” black students.
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Public Education
TribCast: Testing, Immigration and Bill Powers
Morgan, Ross, Julian and Evan discuss the public education debates now playing out at the Capitol, the prospect of comprehensive immigration reform and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s emotional defense of UT-Austin President Bill Powers.
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Public Education
Reducing School Tests Draws Support in Hearing
More than 100 witnesses signed up to testify before the House Public Education Committee Tuesday on a massive bill restructuring student testing, graduation requirements and the public school accountability system in the state.
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Public Education
Texas Senators Slam State’s Testing Regime
State senators took turns publicly condemning Texas’ student assessment system — the implementation of which one lawmaker called a “colossal failure” — at a Tuesday Education Committee meeting.
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Public Education
Education Chairman Aims to Expand Charter Schools
Legislation creating a new state board to oversee charter school applications and removing limits on the number of state charter contracts was filed Monday by Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston.
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Public Education
Battle Looms as Democrats Try to Restore Education Cuts
Democrats in the Texas House last week launched an effort to restore public education cuts, setting up a potential battle over an emergency supplemental appropriations bill.
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Public Education
Existing School Transfer Program is Underused
A scholarship to help students trapped in failing public schools attend another of their choice is near the top of the legislative agenda for top Republican leaders. But Texas has a similar existing program, and it is dramatically underused.