A teachers group has urged Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session to address education funding. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, there’s still plenty of disagreement on what fixing the school funding system would actually mean.
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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Scott vs. The World
Texas Education Agency commissioner Robert Scott touched off political controversy this week when he told a gathering of 4,000 school officials in Austin that standardized testing had gone too far in Texas.
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Energy
Weekend Insider: STAAR Tests, BP Spill Money
Morgan Smith explains how some parents are choosing not to let their children take the new and rigorous STAAR tests. And Kate Galbraith tells us how state officials may use money from BP for coastal restoration.
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Public Education
Education Commissioner’s Remarks Draw Backlash
Some high-profile members of the education community aren’t pleased with Texas Education Agency chief Robert Scott’s speech on Tuesday criticizing the role of testing in schools.
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Criminal Justice
Breast Cancer Group Drops Support of Planned Parenthood
The Dallas-based breast cancer prevention group Susan G. Komen for the Cure has halted its financial support of Planned Parenthood, yet another blow to the family planning organization that provides abortions in some of its clinics.
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Public Education
Texas Schools Chief: Testing Has Gone Too Far
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott received a standing ovation today after he told a gathering of public school educators that the state testing system has become a “perversion of its original intent.”
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Public Education
The Hot Seat: A Conversation with Valley Lawmakers
At our Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg on 1/24, state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and state Reps. Veronica Gonzales, D-McAllen, and Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, discussed cuts to public education, redistricting and other by-products of the 82nd Legislative Session.
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Health care
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Tan and Dehn talk to some of Gov. Rick Perry’s allies about his return to Texas, Aaronson maps (interactively!) the insured and the uninsured among us, E. Smith’s TribLive interview with state Rep. David Simpson on Perry’s race and TSA pat-downs, M. Smith on a Texas school so broke it’s shutting down sports, Whitney on a split in the legal community over divorce forms, KUT’s Philpott on abuse in state hospitals, Ramshaw reports on the governor’s decision not to repay taxpayers for protection during his presidential campaign and Aguilar on the state’s attempts to put its voter ID law in force: The best of our best content from January 23-27, 2012.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: Trying to Catch On
The insiders think Ron Paul’s biggest obstacle is Ron Paul, are pessimistic about Texas Democrats, and predict Democratic primaries focused on education and Republican primaries focused on spending and taxes.
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Health care
Weekend Insider: Abortion Sonogram Law, Cancelling Highschool Sports
Emily Ramshaw explains how family planning clinics are complying with the state’s new abortion sonogram law. Morgan Smith shows us a school district that is canceling its sports program.