“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...
The Missing Children Of Texas’ Public Education Schools
Click here to download our RA News App for Apple or Android. A new study sheds light on the hundreds of thousands of students around the country who...
Abbott Targets Diversity Programs
With the U.S. Supreme Court preparing to hear cases on affirmative action, Governor Greg Abbott appears to be trying to beat the rush. This...
Texas Senate Considers Public School Finance, Past, Present, and Future
During the Senate Finance Committee’s first budget hearing for public education of the new legislative session Monday, committee members openly discussed the possibility of...
Newly Conservative School Board Changes Tune on Vouchers
One more obstacle in the far-right Republican quest to institute school vouchers in Texas was removed last week. A newly conservative Texas Board of...
Court Clears Way For TEA, But Possible Take Over Of HISD Still A ‘Mystery’
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court cleared the way for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to take over Houston Independent School District (HISD) continuing...
Will The State’s Education Agency Take Over Houston ISD?
The Texas Supreme Court has given the Texas Education Agency (TEA) the power to replace elected school board members in the state's largest district,...
Texas University Systems To Freeze Tuition If Given $1 Billion In Funding
Given the size of the Texas state budget surplus of over $32 billion, the leaders of the state’s six largest public university systems are...
Dutton On Calls To Axe STAAR Test: “We Don’t Need To Listen To Them”
Hopes that the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test would be abolished or reformed in the coming legislative session were quashed...
Texas GOP Once Again Proposes School Voucher Programs In Austin
As the 88th Texas Legislative session begins in Austin this week, Republican lawmakers are once again supporting two bills that would push controversial school...
