Texas Launches Billion-Dollar School Voucher Program, Following Florida’s Model
Earlier this month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a $1 billion school voucher plan into law, creating...
Texas Schools Expected to get Extension on Start of In-Person Classes
In a TV interview Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott indicated Texas school districts will be allowed to push back the start of face-to-face instruction. The...
Texas Schools Will Have to Report COVID-19 Cases. Still No Word on Testing in...
A week after criticism about there not being a plan, the state moves to require all Texas schools to report daily COVID-19 numbers.
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“The Campaign To Sabotage Texas’s Public Schools,” Interview With Mimi Swartz
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Reform Austin’s Managing Editor Nick Anderson interviews Mimi Swartz, a long-time executive editor at Texas Monthly, about her engrossing latest article, “The Campaign to...
Beto O’Rourke Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week by Sharing Education Strategy
Education reforms are a big part of democrat Beto O’Rourke’s 2022 campaign for Governor of the state of Texas. During Teacher Appreciation Week (May...
Policy Uncertainty at Angelo State Over LGBTQ and Trans Topics
Faculty at Angelo State University are expressing confusion and concern over a set of vague and shifting...
Gov. Greg Abbott Encourages Professors Removals Over “Ideological Differences”
Through an X post, Governor Greg Abbott announced the removal of a University of Texas professor from...
Senate Panel Discuss Teacher Retention and Learning Loss
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Education Committee had their first interim hearing chaired by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), that addressed COVID’s impact on the...
“Teach The Truth”: Book-Ban Protest Takes Place At Capitol Rotunda
On Tuesday morning a group of about 50 teachers, schoolchildren and advocates gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to call on the state’s political leaders...
Texas Can Use Federal Stimulus Funds to Expand Broadband
As Texas public school leaders work through a variety of issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, one issue that seems to impact almost all...
