As the last legislative session demonstrated, the governor has a failing record on issues important to Latinos, including public education, expanded pre-K, college access, redistricting and immigration.
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
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 93
On this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben discuss Perry coverage by the national media, John Sharp’s move to the Texas A&M University System and coming changes to public education.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Our all-hands-on-deck series on new laws — 31 Days, 31 Ways — continues, Root covers a challenge to the governor’s school finance fix and the tax that makes it work, Philpott forecasts a presidential media tsunami will hit Texas, Murphy with a look at midyear campaign reports from candidates and PACs in Texas, yours truly on the quiet spot at the top of the 2014 ballot, Hamilton on government-required vaccinations against meningitis, Grissom reports on the heat wave in un-air-conditioned Texas jails, Aguilar on the private security business along the state’s border with Mexico and M. Smith’s interview with Nicole Hurd on how to get more high school students into college: The best of our best content from Aug. 8 to 12, 2011.
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Public Education
Poll: Against School Cuts, But Not Sure They’ll Hurt
Heading into the 82nd legislative session, 88 percent of Texas voters surveyed in a poll hoped for more public education funding. It’s not likely to surprise anyone, but now we can officially say: Nothing’s changed.
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Public Education
Nicole Hurd: The TT Interview
The founder of the National College Advising Corps on why she believes her program will increase the number of high school graduates going to college — and ease the state’s gaping school counselor shortage.
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Public Education
31 Days, 31 Ways: Students Switch from TAKS to STAAR
DAY 8 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Armed with fewer resources, educators prepare students for rigorous new STAAR test.
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Public Education
School Ratings “Far More Accurate” — and Lower
The vise squeezing Texas schools since the Legislature voted to remove $4 billion in state funding is getting a little tighter.
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Public Education
School Districts Shying Away From Tax Hike Elections
Texas school districts saw their budgets slashed dramatically this year, leaving many to try to raise taxes through elections. But as Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports, only about a dozen of the state’s 1,000-plus districts are considering the tax option.
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Public Education
31 Days, 31 Ways: Thousands of Texas Teachers Losing Jobs
DAY 1 of our 31-day series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Thousands of Texas teachers will not have jobs to return to in the fall, the result of a school finance plan that cut $4 billion from districts statewide.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson examines the Texas jobs “miracle,” Root on how Rick Perry built his financial portfolio, Tan and Wiseman on Perry vs. Ron Paul, Philpott on how budget cuts will affect a mental health provider, yours truly on a House freshman who was less than impressed with his first legislative experience, M. Smith on public schools charging for things that used to be free, Hamilton on a new call to reinvent higher education, Grissom on a rare stay of execution, Galbraith on the end of a Panhandle wind program, Aguilar on the increase of legal immigration into the U.S. and Texas: The best of our best content from July 25 to 29, 2011.