Gov. Rick Perry’s early opposition to the Obama administration’s education policies — whose bipartisan backers include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — make him something of an ideological outlier among Republicans.
Public Education
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Higher Education
Lege Not Playing Ball With A&M
Don’t look for the Legislature to get in the middle of Texas A&M University’s split from the Big 12 Conference. Twice in the last 14 months, House Higher Education Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, has called a hearing about universities leaving the Big 12 Conference — and twice he had to cancel it because the timing was off. In the meantime, the conservative blogosphere let him have it.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Tan on coming prison school cuts and online sales taxes, Root on Rick Perry’s support for tax increases when he was a lawmaker, Ramshaw and Serafini on what “Perrycare” would entail, yours truly on the differences between Perry and George W. Bush, Philpott on the passions of the Paulites, Murphy and Seger unveil the Trib’s Texas Public Schools Database, Hamilton on UT’s answer to calls for improvements in higher ed, Galbraith on predictions that the record heat in Texas will be a long-term problem and Aguilar on the legal shootout over gun sales in Texas: The best of our best content from Aug. 22 to 26, 2011.
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Politics
The Skinny: James Leininger
This weekend, the San Antonio physician and prolific donor to conservative candidates and causes hosts a Hill Country gathering for Gov. Rick Perry and some of his evangelical supporters. Who is Leininger? Here’s a primer.
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News App: The Texas Public Schools Database
With the Tribune’s Texas Public Schools Database, parents, students and other readers can access key academic, financial and administrative information about every public school district and campus in the state.
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Criminal Justice
Video: 31 Days, 31 Ways: Fewer Classes for Incarcerated Texans
DAY 23 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: The state’s prison education system, known as the Windham School District, eliminates or reduces classes for inmates.
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Criminal Justice
31 Days, 31 Ways: Fewer Classes, Teachers for Incarcerated Texans
DAY 23 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: The state’s prison education system, known as the Windham School District, eliminates or reduces classes for Texas inmates.
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Public Education
31 Days, 31 Ways: 56,000 Texas Kids Remain on Charter School Waiting Lists
DAY 21 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Nearly 56,000 students will remain on charter school waiting lists after lawmakers failed to lift a cap on the number of charters the SBOE can grant.
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Public Education
31 Days, 31 Ways: Lawmakers Help Charter Schools Build, Expand
DAY 20 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Financially stable charter schools will have an easier time seeking lower interest rate loans to expand or build their facilities.
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Public Education
Perry Claims Texas Teaches Creationism in Public Schools
Gov. Rick Perry told a child questioner in New Hampshire today that Texas public schools teach creationism alongside evolution — a statement that state education experts are refuting in varying degrees.