A report on government debt from Comptroller Susan Combs examines colleges and public school districts, the latter of which are responsible for a third of the money owed at the local level.
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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Guest Column: High-Stakes Tests Breed Schools for Scandal
The scandal in El Paso ISD is the worst to come along under the high-stakes testing regime that rules our schools, but we have no right to act surprised in Texas.
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Public Education
Updated: School Districts, State Trade Blame in First Day of Finance Trial
After school district lawyers attacked Texas for underfunding public schools, an attorney for the state shot back, saying that decisions made at the local level — not the state — were to blame for school districts’ failures.
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Public Education
Long-Awaited School Finance Case Heads to Court
Opening arguments begin Monday in a major school finance case pitting more than 500 school districts against the state in a legal battle that could reshape how money is distributed to classrooms across Texas.
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Texas’ School Finance System Goes on Trial
As the trial over how Texas funds its public schools kicks off, we’ve compiled all our school finance coverage — from the battles of the last legislative session to the latest developments in the case — in one place.
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Economy
Something Borrowed, Something Sued
The decision that comes from the school finance trial that will begin on Oct. 22 will set the tone for the next round of reforms. But there’s a separate conversation happening outside the courtroom that could be equally instructive — and indicates funding for schools may face challenges not only at the state but the local level.
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Public Education
Updated: East Texas Cheerleaders Keep Their Banners, for Now
An East Texas judge has allowed the Kountze cheerleaders to continue carrying banners bearing Bible verses on the football field until a trial over the issue set to begin on June 24.
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Public Education
Faith Meets Football and a Legal Dispute Ensues
Kountze has become the latest setting in a string of lawsuits over where students’ rights to religious expression end and the constraints on Texas public schools as governmental entities begin, showing the fine line administrators must walk.
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Public Education
PAC Uses Football to Target Voucher Proposals
In a video that ponders potential threats to the viability of high school football, Progress Texas PAC urges Texans to fight plans to institute school voucher programs.
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Demographics
TribuneFest: A Conversation About Educating Latinos
At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez talked about educating the emerging Hispanic majority with Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Superintendent Daniel King, South Texas College President Shirley Reed and University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia.