Texas will sue the federal government, yet again, if Texas-specific requirements are not removed from budget legislation that passed the U.S. Senate today, according to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
Public Education
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Autism in Texas Schools: Ben’s Story
Central Texas parent Charity Smith Bartell discusses the challenges her autistic son faces in the Texas public school system. Unsatisfied with Ben’s progress in the classroom, Bartell has invested her own time and money into tutoring him at home to meet his complex educational needs.
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Special Needs
After a decade in which Texas has seen a 400 percent increase in the number of children with autism, lawmakers are wrestling with how best to educate the afflicted — and how to pay for it.
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The Brief: Aug. 2, 2010
Officials announcing controversy-laden public school ratings Friday could barely contain their upbeat unease.
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TribBlog: Testing the Texas Projection Measure
The Texas Education agency plans to release school accountability ratings for every campus in the state on Friday. For the second year, the rankings will be filtered through the controversial Texas Projection Measure, which critics fault for inflating the school scores.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: The 51st State
How can Texas rank last in the nation — 51st — in the percentage of adults with high school diplomas, and simultaneously rank 22nd in the percentage attending at least some college?
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TribBlog: In Reversal, SBOE Passes Charter Financing [Updated]
After getting shot down in committee, SBOE member David Bradley, R-Beaumont, and other members succeeded Friday in pushing through a plan to purchase school buildings and lease them back to charter schools in a split vote, with two Democrats absent. The decision, however, is contingent upon a favorable attorney general’s opinion on the legality of the controversial move — which would pull money from the Permanent School Fund.
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TribBlog: SBOE Votes Down Charter Allocation
The State Board of Education won’t be investing any money in properties to lease to charter schools, at least for now.
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Texas Schools Have a Math Problem
A new study suggests that while the state’s English curriculum is among the best in the nation, our math curriculum doesn’t measure up to a set of new national standards. Matt Largey of KUT News reports.
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Unchartered Waters
Lawyers for the State Board of Education advised members Wednesday to proceed cautiously with a proposal to invest $100 million of the Permanent School Fund in facilities that would be leased to charter schools.