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Texas: Superintendents' salaries have increased more than 35 percent in the last eight years and school operating expenses have increased more than 57 percent, while student enrollment has increased only 14.5 percent. - source

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Not enough money? The 2006 Texas Special Session increased
public education spending by almost $1.5 billion.

Even when the state faced a $9.9 billion budget deficit in 2003, Texas increased funding for public education by $1.2 billion. During Rick Perry's tenure as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, funding for public education has grown by $7.1 billion - an increase of 26.5%. Growth in public school enrollment accounted for $3.25 billion (46%) of the funding, while the remaining $3.85 billion (54%) funded higher teacher salaries, improved classroom instruction, facilities and other school needs. For the 2002-2003, Texas schools received $10,400 per pupil. Total expenditures per pupil have increased by $1,900 or 24.7%, since the 1998-1999 school year.

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 Education Spending, Reform, Excuses for Failure & News

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Demand for teachers sparks hiring war in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Longview ISD passes $267 million bond package by 14 vote margin

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Schools say inflation puts them at risk - how about this: cut expense like everyone else

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Voters approve all 3 Austin ISD bonds totalling $344 million

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Abilene ISD bond election fails by wide margin

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Eanes ISD requires teachers to get their master's

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Propane buses worth study by school districts

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Klein narrowly passes school bond package

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Comal schools: Huge bond issue wins approval

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Dallas ISD's $1.3B bond issue headed for approval

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Judge dismisses sex abuse suit against Austin ISD school

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Teacher tapes child's mouth shut

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HISD chief academic officer's resignation a 'huge loss'

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School Consolidation: How To Do It, and Save Money

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Flashy attendance rewards might not help education

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Carroll grade-school scandal lands on DA's desk

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Allegations of tampering at Carroll ISD school forwarded to DA's office

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Ex-Austin Bowie High student says instructor manipulated him into having sex

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Dallas County to test middle school student for tuberculosis

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Weslaco superintendent denies TAKS cheating

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More Panhandle youth logging on for class

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Former Austin ISD Bowie High student alleges sex abuse

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Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest $262M in Miss. REIT

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Multiple choices for bypassing TAKS

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Pearland students 3rd overall in U.S. academic contest

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Hackers change grades at Fort Bend ISD high school

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Jewish students in Plano report pressure to pick up New Testaments

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Son's crash has father in hot water

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Fort Bend County teacher charged with sexual assault

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Laredo UISD Audit woes; Coordinator's son gets $2,500 scholarship

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Fewer fifth-graders pass math TAKS on first try

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Fort Bend investigating teacher's relationship with teen

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Texas Federation of Teachers says Texas math standards clear but English & social studies need work (pdf)

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Angry father stabs student at Spring ISD school

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Forest Brook allegedly broke rules during TAKS testing

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Update: Swastikas bring stiff penalties for Dickinson cheerleaders, Dickinson cheerleaders punished over swastikas

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Texas high school students still lack dollar sense, study says

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Scott, Cornyn Address Texas Education Summit

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Shekinah Charter School Learning Institute Wins TEA Dropout Prevention Award

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Santa Maria ISD fires transport director for viewing porn on computer

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Camera at Raymondville school didn't record daughter's beating, district looks to upgrade system

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Federal court sides with Burleson district in Confederate purse case

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Audit firm blasts Dallas ISD accounting policies

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Texas higher education board rejects 'creation science' degree proposal

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Laura Bush sees SMU presidential library as base for education, literacy efforts

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Katy ISD abuzz on teens' silent protest of bullying of gays

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Educators offer TAKS plan

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Former Manor booster accused of stealing from club

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Lead levels in artificial turf trouble Houston-area schools

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Gilmer ISD approves high school Bible class

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Superintendent defends charge, father claims Raymondville ISD minimized video beating to protect itself

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Texas educators split over teaching English basics

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Rising costs force Tarrant school districts to reconsider bond projects

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Dallas ISD hands millions in contracts to top leaders' firms

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Schools confront a virtual world

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Survey: Morale low for Texas teachers weighing new jobs

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Student Allegedly Sells Loaded Gun At School in Angleton

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San Antonio teacher jailed twice in rape cases in 3 days

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Dallas ISD officials take blame for delays in audit

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Dallas schools budget off mark, but all's well in the end

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TEA may investigate Weslaco TAKS

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Move to censure Harris County education trustee delayed

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Outside firm to investigate Weslaco nepotism allegations

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Texas raising the mark for 'acceptable' schools

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North Forest ISD set to pay $100,000 to settle whistle-blower suit

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Links sought between Mo City shooting, school disturbance

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Bastrop teacher accused of “inappropriate relationship” with student

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State lawmakers consider changes in measuring school performance

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Lewisville Schools Begin Random Drug Testing

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Reagan teacher charged with sexual assault, burglary

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Carroll ISD principal is faulted in TAKS investigation

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Tangerine peels may have nearly cost principal her job

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Nepotism allegations surface in Weslaco ISD

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Skyline assistant principal retaliated against teacher, Dallas ISD finds

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Huntington teacher turns herself in on charge she had sexual contact with student

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Copperas Cove student suspended after phone call from father in Iraq

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Southlake elementary principal resigns amid TAKS testing investigation

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"Fight Club" Busted at La Vernia High School

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Rusk Teacher Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Possession

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Houston ISD boss gets $75K bonus

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Termination letters stoke Fort Worth teachers' anger

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Teen hurt after taking illegal immigration sign to school

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Ector Co. ISD names Mendez superintendent

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Akins teacher purchased marriage license with student, Akins teacher on leave after allegations arise

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Former Brazosport educator pleads guilty to bribery

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Bringing Teacher Compensation into the 21st Century

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Low ratings test resolve of Fort Worth schools

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Charter schools owe state $26 million for overstated attendance - they are required to report the same way as traditional public schools so how do we know many of them have not done the same?

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Schools reaching out to Spanish-speaking parents

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Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs struggle with dropouts

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Editorial: Teaching the Bible in Texas schools

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Fort Worth Teacher Accused Of Choking 8-Year-Old

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Insurance agent accused of bribery of public school officials in Valley

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UIL reports random steroid testing under way

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National report card differs from Texas' on student writing

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Dallas school officials say there's 'no timetable' for already late audit

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State senator blasts 'inequitable' school bonus plan

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Fewer students mean less staff needed in Raymondville

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Houston ISD 8th-graders improve writing, but lag among peers

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'Sobering' audit spurs Cleburne superintendent's resignation

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Carroll principal steps aside during TAKS inquiry

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Houston girl gives birth in school, infant found dead

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FBI: Gadsden ISD employee arrested on a drug charge is "broker" of a $1.8 million cocaine deal

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Enrollment of children in Texas state schools surging

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Dallas-area school to return "In God We Trust" to gym wall

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Dropout rate in Dallas ISD is 7th worst in nation

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Cleburne school superintendent steps down

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Testing practices investigated at high-rated Carroll ISD elementary

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Harlingen seeks new superintendent

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Teacher Will Pay For Washing Kid's Mouth Out with Soap

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Superintendents learn about clean buses

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Schools spend thousands on fast food - more nanny state b.s.

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Dallas school district gets word out on $1.35 billion bond vote - "word" should be that they've wasted so much they aren't getting any more

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Gadsden schools teacher to face drug charge

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YES charter high school ranked as Houston's best

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Texas Board of Education approves elective Bible course for high schools

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Waller ISD sells bonds after delay

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Dallas ISD trustees waive residency requirement for 11 administrators

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State board tentatively approves English curriculum plan

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Bible curriculum moves forward

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New Braunfels teachers: Principal said he'd kill them

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Texas English teachers fight board-mandated reading lists

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Fort Bend boy, 13, charged in school gun incident

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Pasadena school police chief to return from leave

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Texas' eighth-graders score 92 percent passing rate on TAKS reading exam

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School leaders across Texas headed for Harvard - that's great, more liberalism

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Editorial: A school district too slow to learn

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Castillo: John Adams a textbook example of why foreign should be familiar

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McKinney School Board Approves Longer Days

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Central Texas School Cafeteria Manager Arrested for Theft

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Too Many Absences Could Mean $500 for Parents

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Suggestion: English teachers could use a tutor

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Editorial: Algebra's as critical as reading

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Assaults by Dallas ISD students on staff have doubled in recent years

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Teacher accused of dating student in Edinburgh

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TAKS scores could elevate Beaumont ISD's rating

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State board says no time for Hispanic input on new curriculum

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Texas revisions on standards for English draw criticism

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Houston ISD left in the dark on religious liberty law

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TAKS scores increase in 3 El Paso County school districts

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State official: classroom materials may exclude minorities

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Report: Texas public preschool program has quantity, not quality

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AG: Galveston ISD must release signature cards

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Legislators say education panel lacks Hispanic

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State education commissioner questions new Bible course law

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Bible course may be elective in Texas schools

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There's a big scramble in charter school world

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Liberals: Let The Kids Rot...

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Del Rio school chief Fernandez to resign

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Judson will go ahead with stadium rebuild even with rising costs - poor broke public schools

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Bastrop principal was suspended for comments to staff

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Fort Bend assistant principal resigns after Peeping-Tom arrest

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Parents, staff rush to raise $315,000 to save Mesquite school - but failing public schools keep on raking in the dough

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School bus collides with a vehicle in Dallas

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Richardson ISD has to make call on caliber of scoreboards - listener writes: "poor, poor Schools - may have to settle for a $750,000 scoreboard!"

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CISD gets second preliminary report from TEA

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Houston ISD teacher layoffs up for discussion

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Panel vows no private school vouchers for dropouts - in other words: the political desires of out-of-control public institutions shall continue to trump the needs of students and taxpayers

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Odessa Elementary School Dealing with a Stinky Situation

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Iraan Teens Accused of Beating Two Deer to Death Return to School

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Most Big Country area schools choosing merit pay grants -- for now

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Texas AFT teachers' union up in arms over another point of view, Teachers Unions Exposed

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Voucher idea for Texas dropouts resisted

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Texas attorney general asked to rule on Bible class offerings in schools

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State overrules vote to rehire North Forest ISD chief

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More school districts reject state merit pay program - strong evidence that a lack of money is NOT the problem

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250 Austin ISD teachers have a criminal history

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Editorial: New Ways to Measure Schools

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Houston ISD to re-open school closed for "air-quality" problems

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TAKS to test special ed, Alternate exam is for disabled

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Latino school enrollment up in cities with immigration laws

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Federal judge prohibits school vote on graduation prayers

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Officials debate school board disclosure rules

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Bible suit settlement: Ector Co. ISD Trustees, ACLU reach agreement

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El Paso coach pleads guilty to secret photos of girls

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New Measure To Prevent Cheating on TAKS Test

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Alamo Heights ISD to expand Spanish immersion

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1,000 Wins - Unassuming coach takes center stage

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Lockhart superintendent resigns after 7 weeks on job

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School superintendents' buyouts aren't cheap

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North Forest ISD to cut jobs to fix financial woes - the sad thing is that it is big news for a government entity to actually cut spending when facing budget problems!

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Mixed results after 1st year of Texas teachers merit pay program

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CBS 42 Investigates: Central Texas superintendents getting big bucks, more

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Dallas ISD to vote on $1.3B school bond campaign

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School PTA group faces deadline in accounting probe

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Amarillo School Employees Assaulted By Student

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Kenedy parents want info on suspended principal

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Super staph strikes Texas Panhandle school

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Austin district calls $343.7 million bond vote

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San Antonio ISD Board Votes To Close Six Schools

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Van first-grade teacher involved in brawl arrested

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Hereford school superintendent to resign

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Expensive TAKS Blitz Retreats for Texas Teachers

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Sweeny ISD might use its radio frequency license to make money

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Kenedy ISD shut down all schools Monday after an incident with Middle School principal with "weapons" & job dissatisfaction comments

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Conroe teacher charged with sex assault of child

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Financial industry wary of HISD, Waller bond issues