As the State Board of Education prepares to approve new K-12 math standards, it is receiving significant pushback from leaders in Texas’ business community, who contend that they’re are not up to snuff.
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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Higher Education
Peer Support Program to Make Its Lone Star Debut
The Posse Foundation, which has been lauded by the MacArthur Foundation and President Obama, is preparing to make its first foray into Texas public schools this year.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson maps Medicaid patients’ access to pharmacies, Aguilar on Mexicans in exile, Batheja on an unlikely threat to a veteran lawmaker’s re-election, Galbraith and Murphy interactively track reservoir levels around the state, Grissom on the ringleaders who rule the state’s largest youth lockup, Hamilton on how much Texas professors are paid, Ramsey on who’s conservative, Ramshaw and Tan on the latest Planned Parenthood kerfuffle, Root on what Santorum’s exit means for the Texas primary, and parts 4 (by M. Smith) and 5 (by Tan and Dehn) of our series on school district closures: The best of our best content from April 9-13, 2012.
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Public Education
School Districts Preparing for Anti-Bullying Law
School districts across Texas are working to comply with a broad anti-bullying law passed by state lawmakers in 2011. Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports on how school boards have been changing their policies to prepare for the law, which will allow bullies to be moved to other campuses.
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Public Education
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 127
Evan, Ross, Reeve and Thanh talk about Rick Santorum’s campaign suspension, the plight of failing schools in Texas, and the latest developments in the world of political scorecards.
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Criminal Justice
Congressional Bid Could Impact State House Race
Domingo Garcia’s campaign for Congress may boost Hispanic turnout enough to unseat state Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, who is facing his first primary challenge in 16 years.
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Public Education
Video: Is State System Helping Failing Districts?
In conjunction with Morgan Smith’s “Death of a District” series, the Tribune presents a special video report on the role of accountability and whether the state’s current standards are helping or hurting failing districts in Texas.
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Public Education
Six Years After District is Closed, Signs of Rebirth
Plagued by financial and academic troubles, Wilmer-Hutchins ISD was closed six years ago. Now, the area appears to be on the verge of academic transformation, with three new Dallas ISD campuses.
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Public Education
District Still Has Work to Do After Cutting Sports
Premont ISD in South Texas has made drastic moves to improve its finances — including cutting high school sports. But critics fault the state’s accountability and school finance systems, which they say punish districts that serve largely low-income populations.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The first two parts of M. Smith’s series on failing school districts (plus Murphy and Seger’s interactive on how districts’ characteristics relate to ratings), Root on lagging GOP candidates for president trying to shore things up in Texas, Ramshaw on a “fiscal switcheroo” to get federal money for women’s health programs, Galbraith talks to a West Texas farmer about crop insurance and climate change and Aguilar on the money behind a lawsuit on long rifle sales: The best of our best content from April 2 to 6, 2012.