Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a “deliberate falsehood” when he said that he had never supported a payroll tax. Dewhurst’s campaign says the allegations are “false and misleading.”
Public Education
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Mike Miles: The TT Interview
The incoming Dallas ISD superintendent on the transition from Colorado Springs to Dallas, the short-term and long-term challenges for Dallas ISD and the recent debate over salaries.
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Public Education
At Public Ed Hearing, Complaints Center on “15 Percent Rule”
At a House Public Education Committee hearing Tuesday, superintendents and students told lawmakers that the new “15 percent rule” regarding STAAR exams should be done away with, and some lawmakers were receptive.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: Leaders, in Conventional Wisdom
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about some of the runoffs: U.S. Senate, Railroad Commission, Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Senate.
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Public Education
STAAR Retakes Mean Big Expense for Districts
A new state requirement that students must retake standardized tests if they do not achieve a minimum score has landed hundreds of thousands in summer school, carrying a hefty price tag for school districts.
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Economy
North Dakota Property Tax Debate Echoes in Texas
North Dakotans on Tuesday rejected a controversial measure that would have made their state the first in the nation to abolish property taxes. As Andy Uhler of KUT News reports, while some conservatives in Texas have suggested similar measures, officials have warned the state to proceed with caution.
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Public Education
Video: Dewhurst’s Speech at the State GOP Convention
Courtesy of WFAA-TV in Dallas, here’s the full video of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s speech Friday at the state Republican Party convention in Fort Worth.
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Public Education
Early STAAR Results Are as Expected, TEA Says
In initial results from the new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, just more than half of students working on a ninth-grade level met the passing standards for writing, while 87 percent passed biology.
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Inside Intelligence: Health Care, Anyone? Schools?
For this week’s nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked questions from the most recent University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll on federal health care laws, Texas public schools and anti-tax pledges.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Our primary night scoreboard and liveblog, Aguilar on runoff strategy, Root and Batheja on Round two of Dewhurst vs. Cruz, M. Smith on how public education candidates fared, Ramshaw on what surprised pundits and pollsters, Galbraith on concerns over our electric grid, Aaronson on which government entities have access to your personal info, Grissom with the latest on the Hank Skinner case, Ramsey on Hispanic Republicans and part three of Tan’s family planning series: The best of our best content from May 28 to June 1, 2012.