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...
Abbott’s Task Force Takes On Texas’ Teacher Shortage Disaster: Will They Succeed?
It is no secret that the state of Texas is facing a teacher shortage crisis, the question is: will Texas lawmakers do what must...
Houston ISD Literacy Rate Drops, Exposing Major Social Problems
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major negative impact on literacy, but even after things have returned to mostly normal, Houston ISD kids are struggling...
Dems And Reps Agree On One Thing: Killing The STAAR Test
Perhaps the one issue generating the most bipartisan support in Texas politics might be a desire to see the state standardized testing radically reformed...
Texas Republicans Plan Tax Cuts for Massive Surplus, Some Education Spending
Texas ended up with a $30 billion budget surplus this year. How that extra money will be spent will be a big topic when...
