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.
Public Education
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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.
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Energy
The Hot Seat: A Conversation with West Texas Lawmakers
At our Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, state Reps. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, and Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, and state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, discussed cuts to public and higher education and other by-products of the 82nd Session.
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Public Education
North Forest Lives On, But So Do Its Struggles
North Forest ISD has gotten what amounts to a stay of execution. But the question of whether students would be better off attending different schools still lingers.
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Public Education
The Hot Seat: West Texas Lawmakers on Public Ed Cuts
At last Friday’s Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, state Rep. Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, and state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, talked about the impact of cuts to public education.
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Weekend Insider: Workers Comp, Houston School Closure
Wal-Mart looks to provide a cheaper alternative to workers compensation for their employees, and a Houston school district struggles with the possibility of closure.
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Interactive: Compare Public Education Stats by Accountability Rating
Yearly state accountability ratings can make or break a school district. But there’s more to determining how districts stack up. Use our interactive data application to explore how districts’ demographics and finances correlate to their ratings.
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In Austin, Sex Ed via Text Message
Public health officials in Austin, an area with one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state, have launched an effort to educate teens about sexual health using a familiar medium: their cellphones. Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports on how the effort compares to information students receive in school.
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Texas School District Closures Are Rare, But Should They Be?
There’s little research that indicates closing districts will improve outcomes for students, but letting chronically low-performing and financially mismanaged schools stay open doesn’t work either.