High school degrees may now be considered a bare-minimum qualification for job-seekers, but as Emery Reifsnyder of KUT News reports, a new study of the Austin regional area says high school diplomas are worth millions of dollars to the local economy.
Public Education
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Criminal Justice
Death Sentence Reviews Leave Unsettled Issues
Defense lawyers argue that judges in Harris County — ordered to review a psychologist’s work in two death penalty cases — are simply rubber-stamping the conclusions of the psychologist, who was reprimanded last year.
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Public Education
TribLive: Patrick on Public Education
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, talked about “turning things upside down” in the public education system.
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Public Education
Aycock Unveils Website to Talk School Accountability
State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, R-Killeen, is launching a website to try to kickstart discussion on what will surely be a hot topic in the next legislative session: school accountability.
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Public Education
Who’s Next to Take On Role of TEA Leader?
Education Commissioner Robert Scott’s successor will have his or her hands full. The job requires a delicate balancing act in regard to state officials and school administrators. So who could get Gov. Rick Perry’s nod for the post?
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Health care
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on the House District 77 primary, Batheja on the HD-101 and SD-9 primaries, Galbraith on the GOP candidates for two Railroad Commission slots, Grissom on the latest in the Kerry Max Cook case, Hamilton on Texas A&M’s new accountability website, Murphy and M. Smith on how much superintendents make, Ramsey interviews a would-be Democratic Party chair, Root on that nice Ted Nugent, M. Smith on the resignation of the state’s education commissioner and Tan on the continuing court fight over Planned Parenthood: The best of our best content from April 30 to May 4, 2012.
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Criminal Justice
Pay to Pave
More energy producers are making “donations” to the Texas Department of Transportation to fix roads torn up by gas well operations.
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Public Education
State Business Group Joining School Finance Lawsuit
The Texas Association of Business announced today that it has joined a school finance lawsuit against the state, demanding a study of school system efficiency.
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Interactive: How Much Do Superintendents Make?
During the 2011 legislative session, we compiled a salary database of all the state’s highest-paid school administrators: superintendents. After a year and a $5.4 billion reduction in state funding to public education, we are doing it again.
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Public Education
Texas Schools Chief Stepping Down
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott is leaving the post Gov. Rick Perry appointed him to in 2007.