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Public Schools Explorer - online data source on Texas public schools

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List of Anti-CSCOPE resources

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CSCOPE action center

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Attorney General of Texas is investigating CSCOPE

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AG Abbott Sends Letter to TESCCC Regarding Disclosure of CSCOPE Materials, CSCOPE agrees to stop creating lesson plans

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 Education Spending, Reform, Excuses for Failure & News

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Charter schools named best schools in Central Texas

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West ISD insurance policy would cover half of its explosion damage

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Premont ISD to learn its fate at Tuesday news conference

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Bill outlawing cellphone use by drivers anywhere on school property sent to governor - a terrible bill

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FEMA wants Edcouch-Elsa ISD to pay back $500K as auditorium remains in disrepair

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In light of Hailey Dunn's disappearance, Colorado City students undergo self defense training

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Why Texas Makes Kindergarteners Take Standardized Tests

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El Paso ISD Andress High School teacher arrested, Bomb Squad called

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Former substitute teacher gets 5 years for attempted sexual assault of a child

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Plano ISD setting stage to put property tax rate increase before voters, superintendent says

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CSCOPE agrees to stop creating lesson plans

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Venable: CSCOPE or C-SCAM?

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Winona ISD cuts six positions, including four teachers

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Amid budget crisis, La Villa stops short of closing middle school

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Muleshoe ISD explores allowing concealed weapons for staff

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Human calculator: Fabens High math whiz earns titles, MIT scholarship

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La Feria ISD Completes Investigation into Deadly School Trip

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Laredo ISD police chief Lonnie Cook resigns

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Edinburg CISD fires Harwell teacher accused of sexual assault

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Magnolia West freshman says school staff didn’t protect her from fight

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Marshall ISD to consider teacher stipends at next meeting

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War hero gets Bowie High School diploma posthumously

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Plainview ISD avoids teacher layoffs

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TEA: No formal or informal investigation of Beaumont ISD cheating claims

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West ISD School Board Members Tour Damaged Campuses

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Cleburne ISD assessing damage to Gerard, Smith

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Cyber Crimes Unit Arrests Gonzales Teacher for Child Pornography Possession

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Cleburne teacher/coach arrested for improper relationship

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1-0 vote for Lytle ISD seat still stands

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San Benito CISD board official questions legality of bid process

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Abilene ISD: Significant cash difference between schools' 'standardized dress' and uniforms

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Clint ISD trustees reject single-member districts; voters might decide

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Mineral rights, renovations occupy Big Spring ISD agenda

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Lamesa school board approves new administrator

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With bond's passage, the real work begins at Forsan ISD

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All Everman seniors pass TAKS

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Pflugerville school trustees for encouraging homosexual relationships

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Central Texas school districts adjusting to serve homeless students

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Aldine ISD bus driver drops off students miles from school

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Tyler ISD bus rear-ended, no injuries reported

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Suspicious package, note causes scare at San Antonio school

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Pellet gun found on Arlington ISD school bus

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White Oak ISD raises price of student meals

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Weslaco ISD to pay $160,000 to TEA in settlement

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CSCOPE Vote Expected Monday at Wichita Falls ISD

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CSCOPE Reform on House Floor Shortly

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El Paso ISD projects $21M more in revenue - more money to waste

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Wichita Falls ISD facility report based on modest growth at best

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Sweetwater ISD, City Implement New Security System

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Sweetwater ISD first in the nation to implement COPsync 911

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Colorado ISD spending $30 million in bond money for new school

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Roscoe ISD Building STEM Center

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Brownwood school board OKs agreement with Mullin district for G4S students

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Union Grove ISD now has armed staff

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Student allegedly caught with gun, weed at Austin ISD middle school

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Highland Park ISD’s new student coordinator aims to prevent teen alcohol use

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Abilene school board passes lunch price hike, OKs dress code update for HS students

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Abilene school board moves forward with middle school uniforms

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Teacher, Education Researcher Discusses Her Findings on CSCOPE Friday in Snyder

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Levelland ISD student brings unloaded BB gun to school - big deal! We used to carry unloaded BB guns in holsters on the playground to play Texas Rangers - we had rifles too!

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Springtown ISD bus hits, kills young boy

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Studying CSCOPE Part 1

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Suit over Hispanic representation filed against Grand Prairie ISD - it is disgusting to see this pure bigotry - the assumption that because certain candidates didn't win gov't sponsored racism exists.

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Lubbock ISD Going To “Closed Campus” During High School Lunch Hours Next Semester

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Former Muleshoe Teacher Maintains Innocence of Sexual Misconduct Accusations

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Blind girl pole vaulter 1 of best in Texas

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Eight out of nine Central Texas school district bonds passed

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Flour Bluff ISD's $48 million bond issue passes

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Voters oust all incumbents from troubled El Paso ISD

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Only one vote cast in Lytle ISD race

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School bond issues pass in Ropesville & Whiteface

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Amarillo ISD $100 million bond passes

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Colorado City Voters Pass Nearly $30 Million in School Bond Measures

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Voters approve Bushland ISD bond

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Sabine, Henderson ISD bonds approved

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Kerrville Stadium Upgrade Passes

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Goose Creek ISD, Lee College bonds pass

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Clear Creek ISD bond passes with 68 percent

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Voters approve half of Austin ISD’s $892 million bond proposals

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Two School Bond Issues Defeated By North Texas Voters

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Tyler ISD bond passes

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Voters approve $23.8 million bond for Forsan ISD

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$76 million bond package passes for San Marcos CISD

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San Marcos, Wimberley voters OK school bonds

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La Marque ISD police discussion must be public

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San Antonio ISD using smartphones to identify bullies

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Dallas ISD incumbents cruise to re-election

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Pro-CSCOPE Wichita Falls School Board violates Open Meetings Act

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Muleshoe School Board May Decide To Arm Teachers

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Hunt ISD approves allowing teachers to carry firearms

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La Marque ISD takes no action on police department

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San Antonio ISD teacher accused of inappropriate relationship

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Harlandale ISD officials clear band director of allegations

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Kountze ISD board names Reese Briggs lone finalist for superintendent

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Bailey County: Teacher's case forwarded to DA's office

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Abilene Wylie ISD student arrested for rape

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School Bus Wreck in Brownwood: Children Uninjured

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Ingleside ISD to provide tablets to junior high, high school students next year - another so broke public school district!

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Lockdown lifted at Greenville ISD after juvenile taken into custody over Facebook threat

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Cedar Hill Coach Arrested on Charge of Sexual Assault of a Child

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Collin County, Princeton ISD, teacher arrested on child sex charge

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Attorney: Wichita Falls ISD trustees may have violated Open Meeting Act at Republican Women forum on CSCOPE

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Head Coach Handoff Fumbled in Gordon as New Coach Heads Back to Old Job

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Texas charter school waitlist numbers remain fluid

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Ysleta ISD votes to pay teachers in dispute

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District's lawsuit enters Clear Creek ISD debate

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Duncanville Student's Teacher Rant Goes Viral

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Mart ISD's Testing Investigation One Of 70 Across Texas

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Canutillo seeks statewide cheating inquiry

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Free school breakfast bill sent to Perry

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Red light runner hits Tyler ISD school bus, no students on board

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Abilene Principals Petition to Bring Uniforms to Public Schools

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Opinions split on polarizing school uniform issue in Abilene

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Lubbock ISD Elementary Closed Today Due To Chemical Leak

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12 Aransas Pass ISD students injured in bus crash

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La Joya ISD settles for $1.5M in lawsuit alleging political retaliation

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TEA asks feds to probe San Elizario and Canutillo districts

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on the Kountze ISD cheerleader ruling - podcast of Pratt on Texas interview

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Attorney, Kountze cheerleaders talk about court victory

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Kountze ISD Cheerleader After Winning Bible Lawsuit: "I Knew That God Was Going To Work It Out"

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Texas judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit

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Attorney General Abbott Statement on Kountze ISD ruling

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Obama visit another boost for touted school in Manor

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With Bill Pending, School Choice Supporters Rally

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Texas public schools may have too much money?

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Austin ISD bond backers target Austinites who dislike Gov. Perry

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Spearman ISD teacher resigns after misconduct investigation

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Muleshoe Police Investigating Teacher for Sexual Misconduct

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CSCOPE Continues To Stir Controversy In Texoma

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CSCOPE questions answered

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AG Abbott Sends Letter to TESCCC Regarding Disclosure of CSCOPE Materials

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CSCOPE Director Caught LYING about Communist Chinese Flag Lesson

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Texas considers requiring cameras in special ed classes

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Flour Bluff NJROTC Wins Grand National Championship

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Fort Worth ISD students injured in North Texas bus accident

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Weslaco ISD delays decision on $1 million scoreboard, A Scoreboard the Size of a House in Weslaco ISD - just the serious consideration of spending a million dollars on a scoreboard demonstrates that public schools, in many cases, likely have too much money. It certainly shows that they are not broke.

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Hispanics now largest ethnic group in Texas’ public schools

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Abilene school focusing on students' learning disabilities gains accreditation

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Abilene ISD board discusses school uniforms, dress code, raising lunch prices

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Criticism of Dallas school superintendent builds among city leaders

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UIL: Disqualified Student Didn't Make Religious Gesture

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Harlingen: Former segregation-era school has its name restored

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House bill would force more transparency for El Paso schools

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Former Taft band director pleads guilty to improper relationship with student

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Rep. Marquez passes HB343 to increase school board transparency

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La Joya High School Student Facing Charges for Carrying Gun

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RGV-area schools reveal STAAR testing results

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Two Pasadena ISD buses involved in traffic accident

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Even alternative schools created to promote integration are racially divided in Texas

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Experts say state funding is creating inequitable educational environments

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As West ISD Plans Recovery Effort, Teachers Brace For The Long Haul

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Fort Worth ISD will offer elective military history course in the fall

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Brazosport ISD Teacher Charged with Having Sexual Relationship with Student

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Teen: Humble ISD dance teacher 'manipulated' her into sexual relationship

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Longview ISD asks for resolution in Title IX probe

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Buna High School student arrested for bomb threats

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Midway High School student wins national photography award

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North Forest ISD defies order to fire teachers

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El Paso ISD trustees lose links to district

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Houston ISD bus driver charged with hitting special-needs kindergartener

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Harlandale ISD trustee charged with DWI during Fiesta

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Long-time Lubbock ISD assistant athletic director resigns

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Senate approves statewide school district for bad campuses

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Small Fire Forces Evacuation of Pacesetter Elementary in Dallas

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Houston ISD bus driver accused of slapping student

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Resident questions Birdville trustee’s support of bond election

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TEA Commissioner Williams's goal: El Paso ISD must focus on teaching

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A path to restoring trust: New El Paso ISD board wants credibility

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Canutillo ISD names Pedro Galavíz superintendent

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Frenship ISD Student Indicted for Threatening to Bring Gun to School

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Forsan ISD: Accountability ratings under scrutiny

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West ISD Looks To Insurance, State Funds To Rebuild Damaged Schools

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Two Houston schools cancel NRA gun safety classes - absolute fools

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Dayton ISD principal accused of fracturing 6th grader's tailbone during paddling

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Weatherford High cleared after threatening note found

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Dumas ISD makes progress with refugees

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Buna ISD, Jasper S.O. investigating threatening messages

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Mart Principal Suspended Over Alleged STAAR Test Irregularities

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Two Of West's 3 Damaged Schools Should Be Razed, Construction Co. Says

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TEA Commissioner Williams to attend first meeting of El Paso ISD board of managers

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El Paso ISD trustees ousted: US Dept. of Justice approves appointment of a board of managers

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San Benito ISD chief's contract remains in limbo

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Archer City ISD Debates Allowing Teachers To Carry Concealed Handguns

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Clear Lake Tea Party Responds to Citizens for CCISD

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Editorial: John Wiley Price shouldn't meddle in Mike Miles' Dallas ISD business

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John Wiley Price urges pastors to block Dallas ISD outreach to churches

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Austin ISD's $892M bond plan draws attention with discrepancies on budgeted costs of some items

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Wichita Falls ISD Plan For The Future

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Houston ISD to begin laptops for all program

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Small crowd rallies for school choice at Capitol

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Moms’ group shakes up status quo on Texas’ testing regimen

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The Political Hazards of Changing High School Standards

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Texas Public School Parent-Trigger Law Needs Improving

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CSCOPE Update: SBOE’s Mercer Says, Its Time to Get Involved!

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CSCOPE views set Kilgore ISD candidates apart at forum

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Brownsville ISD student charged with terroristic threat

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West Oso Junior High School principal and secretary put on paid leave after money from athletic events not deposited

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Bill Would Ensure Free Breakfast for Texas' Poorest Students

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Sinton residents get information about $18 million bond election

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Lake Travis ISD remains on high alert after threat

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Brownwood ISD Officially Hires Howard To Lead Football Program

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Lubbock ISD board approves interim-superintendent contract

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Update on the Beaumont ISD election saga

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Austin ISD facilities director resigns as $892 million bond election nears

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Former Kirbyville educator arrested

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Harmony Charter Schools Receive Mixed Grades in Latest Rankings

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Teacher of the Year from Frenship ISD among White House honorees

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Ousted El Paso ISD principal Luis Loya gives up fight, resigns

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Austin ISD Anderson High students back in class after bomb threat

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Irving ISD suspends custodian accused of impregnating 14-year-old

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Outage knocks out Internet at Dallas ISD schools during STAAR testing

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Bill would grant school bus drivers power to discipline students

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El Paso ISD plan created to fight grade manipulation

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Mission schools chief to lead Region One Education Service Center

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Forsan ISD taxpayers told business would pay 95 percent of bond

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Police: Waco ISD High School Teacher Died In Murder-Suicide

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Merkel ISD places bus barn property on the market

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New Poll Finds Texas Voters Favor Private School Choice, Poll detail

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Dallas ISD Teacher Terminated After Sexual Assault Charges

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New school ratings emphasize minority progress

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Ysleta Teacher's Association calls for new school board

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Buna ISD adds extra security after threat last week

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Donna school buses equipped with cameras

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Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD voters to decide $92M bond

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Austin ISD board tonight to consider bus ads, alternative plan for Eastside Memorial

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Austin ISD alarm upgrades debated

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Lubbock ISD trustees to consider higher meal prices

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Plainview ISD avoids layoffs despite losing students

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Grand Prairie ISD counselor fired after posting 'whites getting blown away' comment on Facebook - notice her horrible grammar too and yet she's a degreed "counselor" at a public school.

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Nacogdoches ISD to keep faculty as disarmed targets for evil

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Plano ISD discusses returning police officers to middle schools

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Teen Who Shot Himself On Temple ISD High School Campus Dies - sad but ask: how did the gun-free zone deal work for him? Did it stop him from bringing a gun onto the campus? Did it stop him from pulling the trigger?

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Steinhauser's El Paso ISD role questioned at Canutillo town hall

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McAllen ISD probed STAAR tests at elementary after complaint

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Ayala posada parking proceeds scrutinized

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Humble first-grader says teacher sent kids out, fondled her

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Parent arrested for carrying gun on Lubbock ISD elementary campus

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Texas Senate approves teacher weapons training

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Houston ISD guard charged with indecency with a child

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High rents in Midland forcing teachers to look for other jobs at Lubbock ISD

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Cooper students suffer minor injuries in school bus fender-bender

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Abilene School bus involved in accident

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Laredo school bus rolls near Uvalde; three students flown to hospital

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Parents' tardiness lands child, 6, in detention

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San Antonio ISD fires search firm

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Former Garland H.S. Teacher Gets 8 Years For Child Porn

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Schools in Arlington could lose $2 million

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Happy ISD names superintendent finalist

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Andrews ISD Hires New Asst. Superintendent, Middle School Asst. Principal

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El Paso ISD officials defend audit: CPAs divided over value of $800K report

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Clear Creek ISD and Galveston Daily News stacking the deck for bond issue?

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Huntington ISD moving ahead on firearms policy allowing faculty with CHL to carry

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San Antonio ISD elementary teacher accused of slapping 9-year-old girl

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Citing academic gains, Education Commissioner Williams removes monitor in Dallas ISD

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Trouble brews over terrorist-friendly curriculum in CSCOPE

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Senate approves bill to limit ticketing youth for acting out in school

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Tyler ISD bus wrecks, no children injured

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Highland Park High School Students Sound Off on Threats

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Mother upset over Alief teacher's alleged relationship with teen

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Clyde ISD: School Marshal Program in the Works

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Plans still developing on closure of Plainview schools

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Levelland ISD Investigates Gun Threat; Second Local School Gun Threat This Week

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Spring High School reverses decision; transgender student can wear dress to prom

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Fort Worth activist calls Arlington school trustee a "Mexican racist"

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Report: Texas leads nation in inappropriate teacher-student relationships

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Pine Tree ISD shuffles campus leaders

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No free pass for 5th- and 8th-graders taking state tests

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Big Country Education officials, others mostly unimpressed with A-to-F school ratings

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Waco ISD Pleased With New Texas A to F School Ratings Proposal

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TEA Commissioner Williams Certifies Ban on Social Promotion

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Frenship High Student Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Bring Firearm Onto Campus

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Park Cities schools reject metal detectors as too "urban"

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Randolph Field ISD trustees pick new superintendent

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Schools remain on lock down due to Hopkins Co. Jail escape

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Former Henderson High Teacher Indicted on Child Porn Charges

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Arlington High student tweets STAAR protest during test

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Crane ISD to Have Full Time Campus Resource Officer Next Year

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La Marque ISD layoffs to begin in May

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3 Canutillo ISD superintendent finalist named

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Former El Paso ISD interim superintendent alleges TEA targeted administrators for removal

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El Paso ISD board reinstates 7 school administrators: Luis Loya only principal set to face non-renewal

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El Paso ISD board president addresses Weaver Report, proposed terminations and TEA

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Williams: Texas will get A-F school rating system

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Robstown school board picks Rio Grande Valley administrator as lone superintendent finalist

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Lampasas ISD board approves pay raises

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Federal judge tosses suit by Afghanistan, Iraq vet who sued Dallas ISD after it refused to give him back his badge

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East Central ISD teacher placed on leave after student allegedly tied to chair

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Irving ISD Tables Concealed Weapons Proposal

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NRA Unveils 'School Shield' Recommendations

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El Paso ISD independent audit: 'District was run by a criminal'

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Audit: Cheating made many El Paso ISD schools 'diploma mills'

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Report: El Paso ISD board president knew of Bowie audit in 2011

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El Paso ISD administrators say inquiry that threatens their jobs is flawed

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El Paso ISD community meeting: Group seeks explanation for removal of administrators

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Texas Public School Teacher Blows Whistle for School Choice

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Former ed. commissioner, Moses, decries current state of education at Abilene meeting - find out how much Moses has personally made off the education industry and then reconsider his position

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Austin ISD board to vote on resolution regarding $892 million bond

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North Forest vows to fight state closure again

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TEA denies North Forest ISD challenge to closure, annexation

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State forces North Forest ISD to merge with Houston ISD

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STAAR tests begin this week amid uncertainty for 5th-, 8th-graders

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Court orders Beaumont ISD to place Mike Neil on election ballot

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Frisco ISD finds big rewards in small schools

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Proposal would let Irving ISD employees keep their guns in their cars

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North Texas teachers offered training on using guns

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Levelland ISD getting national media attention over armed teachers

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Kermit ISD Considering Hiring Two Campus Police Officers

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Port Aransas teachers at the forefront of arctic research

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Wichita Falls ISD's Plan For The Future

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Audit details expected on El Paso schools, testing

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El Paso ISD board could oust 4 principals

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El Paso ISD assistant principal up for termination says he sounded alarms about Bowie High

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El Paso ISD to release forensic audit: Interim chief Vernon Butler: 'personnel issues will not be debated'

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Some Texas school districts use pay-later bonds - terrible!

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Dozens turn out to protest new Dallas ISD principal evaluation system

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Grand jury indicts former Grand Prairie teacher in fatal hit and run crash

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Attorney General of Texas is investigating CSCOPE

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1 Injured in Crash With School Bus in Fort Worth

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School bus involved in wreck in Houston

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Spring ISD teacher's aide accused of sex with student

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Former Spring Branch ISD teacher accused of sex with student

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La Fe principal tied to El Paso ISD cheating scandal resigns

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House ed bill reduces high-stakes exams

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Fort Worth anti-bullying program may be going national

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Austin ISD to offer insurance benefits to homosexual & shack-up partners

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Levelland ISD school board decides teachers may carry firearms

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Poor financial oversight, not politics, hurts Hidalgo schools

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Port Arthur principal files lawsuit against district over free speech rights

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Lumberton ISD to build a fine arts center - the "oh, so broke" schools strike again. Additionally, why does any public school need a "fine arts center"?

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Beaumont ISD votes to appeal court's decision

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Although candidate quit, San Antonio ISD has to pay for vote

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State Senate panel set to vote on school reforms, more Charter Schools

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Killeen ISD seek to add cameras to their school buses

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Flour Bluff Board Announces New Superintendent

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4-Year-Old Child Dies After Choking at Dallas Elementary School

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Flour Bluff Parent Upset Over Lesson on Terrorism & Government

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Levelland ISD closer to decision on arming teachers

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Houston ISD bus involved in traffic crash

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One in four Dallas school principals have been told to improve or risk losing job

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Anger grows in South Dallas over DISD superintendent's growth plan

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Student, 13, arrested with gun on campus of Nolan Ryan Jr. High in Alvin

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Former Holliday Coach Sentenced In Two Counties For Student Relationship

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Rep. Aycock outlines changes to state high school testing

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Gonzalez, Workman: Career training good for students, employers and Texas

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Bill Would Designate Schools That Enroll Dropouts

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Krum school board votes on new superintendent

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Ectory County ISD Superintendent Retires

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Fort Bend ISD names new superintendent - they hired Pflugerville's loser!

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Colleyville Heritage HS teacher arrested for improper relationship with student

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Former Edcouch-Elsa ISD mariachi director charged for sexual relationship with student

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Administrative judge clears ex-Houston ISD principal of cheating

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Wichita Falls ISD building study under way

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McKenzie: Planned school degree plans are a big mistake

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Gains on State Exams Don't Translate to National Tests

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Teary Senator Patrick vows to fight for 'school choice'

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Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles asks for business community’s support

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Hereford high school athlete dies after struck by discus

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Wichita Falls ISD boards wants to discuss school closures in private

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Ex-Holliday coach pleads guilty to improper relationships

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Socorro ISD to weigh cheating investigation

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Former Socorro ISD employee accused of manipulating test scores

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Panel debates gun training for teachers

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TEA: Nominate businesses that support employee volunteerism in public schools

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Football coach Wayne Henderson named Sands CISD superintendent

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San Antonio ISD teacher under arrest, out of a job due to alleged improper relationship

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Canutillo ISD to discipline those involved in cheating scheme

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Statement: Beaumont ISD to appeal ruling that ousts three board members

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Kountze teachers could be facing layoffs

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Gladewater ISD mulls first bond election in 30 years

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12 Schools Go on "Caution Lockdown" After Sex Assault

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Richland Hills group files complaint against Birdville school board

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Lawmakers consider gun training for Texas schools

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Lawmakers mull tracking chips in Texas school IDs

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Bill would open door for more charter schools

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Edinburg police arrest middle school teacher on sexual assault charge

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Leander ISD planning 6th High School

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North Forest ISD continues fight to stay open

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College financing part of San Antonio ISD pilot program

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Third El Paso-area school district (San Elizario) admits cheating to meet federal standards

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Social studies curriculum for Texas is facing review by SBOE

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Uncapped Potential: Charter Schools in Texas

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San Benito CISD ranks health policies

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Texas' Algebra II debate could shape school policy

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Lamesa ISD expected to hire Ramos as superintendent

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Killeen Teachers Take Concealed Handgun License Class Over Spring Break

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Canutillo ISD board demotes administrators

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Sharyland ISD launches Bring Your Own Device initiative

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Representative James White Examines Region 5 CSCOPE Reforms

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Student caught with gun at Mission school

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Clint ISD postponement sparks outrage

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North Forest ISD claims bias in closure appeal process

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Contract for San Benito superintendent up for review

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Perryman: Economics of an Earlier School Start Date

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Livingston High School teacher charged with soliciting girl

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Ex-Ballinger ISD business manager pleads guilty, must pay nearly $50,000 in restitution

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2 El Paso ISD educators suspended, face firing in cheating scandal

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Student's rape claim probed after Mission charter school employee accused

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Alief ISD nurse's aide accused of having sex with student

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Police: Spring ISD assistant principal had sex with student at prom event

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Crockett County school board accepts superintendent's resignation

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Texas to make most STAAR exams public in August

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El Paso ISD trustees consider future of ex-El Paso High principal, director of Title I schools

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Pratt: ISD cheating shows the need for higher standards

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Handgun committee to make recommendations to Levelland ISD trustees

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SBOE panel to review CSCOPE - news broken on Pratt on Texas Friday with our interview with board member Marty Rowley who will chair the review group.

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Charters apply to take over North Forest ISD

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Career education plan stirs fear of minority 'tracking'

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Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams addresses Dallas audience

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Employee raises, smaller elementary classes a part of Dallas ISD’s projected 2013-14 budget

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More than 275 Dallas ISD teachers submitted resignations this week to get incentive

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TEA audit uncovers cheating at Canutillo ISD

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Third-party curriculum could soon be gone from Irving school district

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El Paso lags behind Texas on passing rates of STAAR test

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Despite poverty, Valley View ISD students outperform on tests - I've pointed out many districts such as this which excel under tests despite poverty, limited English language skills, etc. It's all about leadership and commitment to teaching.

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Interim San Antonio ISD chief sets deadline to find replacement

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Largest May bond election since 2008 drawing interest

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Amarillo ISD's Bible class on 'problematic' list

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Ex-Houston ISD principal under investigation for possible policy violations

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Coronado, El Paso ISD officials investigating "slut-shaming" incident

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Statewide firearm incidents increase in public schools while Big Country illegal weapons decrease

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Study finds Teach for America corps members, alumni had outsized impact on middle schools in several Texas districts

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Bill calls for study of Bexar school district consolidation - bigger doesn't make better

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Lyford ISD plans to provide iPads to its students - another "broke" district handing out non-essential goodies!

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Amonett is O'Donnell ISD's lone finalist for superintendent

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West Oso ISD asst. superintendent to take top job in Kilgore ISD

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Driver Cited for Hitting Harlingen School Bus

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Gilmer ISD bus involved in minor accident Wednesday morning

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Jr. High student brings gun to school in Mission

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Former Humble teacher accused of having sex with student meets judge

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Former Humble HS dance teacher accused of sex with teen

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Burqas in class prompt TEA review of Lumberton High School

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Longview ISD board OKs $3 million in athletic complex renovations - they're broke you know... they claim such.

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Tyler ISD announces plans for new high school

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School Board to discuss Crockett County superintendent's resignation

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Brownsville ISD school board adjusts trustees’ responsibilities

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Waco ISD manufacturing academy bringing more districts on board

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CSCOPE talk draws large crowd at Wichita Falls ISD

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Dickinson ISD board approves $4 million in projects

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Midway ISD board sets $34.5 million bond election

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Sex-ed plan would keep groups like Planned Parenthood out of schools - good

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Public Ed: With advocates like that, who needs enemies?

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Abilene ISD buying 6 $150,000 upscale buses / motor coaches - so less business for taxpaying businesses (charter firms) and a bigger bureaucracy for the district.

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Northside ISD teacher accused of improper contact with 8th-grader

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El Paso: Former Chaparral High teacher pleads guilty to student-sex charge

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Ropes ISD to ask voters to OK $5 million bond

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Mount Vernon ISD student arrested after making threats on social media site

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Spring Branch ISD investigating threat posted on Facebook

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NHERI: 2.3 million homeschoolers saving taxpayers $16B

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Tim Tebow Bill filed, HB1374, to allow home school students UIL participation

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Harlingen CISD to hold first election in 3 years

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Edcouch-Elsa superintendent: High school mariachi director resigned

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School curriculum tool CSCOPE subject of state debate

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Dallas teacher accused in second sex case

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Cy- Fair ISD security officer accused of molesting high school student on campus

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Former Childress teacher's aide gets federal prison sentence for child sex charge

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Inappropriate student-teacher relationships soar in Texas

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El Paso ISD cheating scandal: Accounting costs skyrocketed

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Houston ISD principal apologizes for 'overly political' lyrics at elementary school event

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La Joya ISD workers allege political retaliation, await board hearings

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Statement of Commissioner Michael L. Williams regarding Lumberton ISD

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Texas SBOE chair shares science behind fabled Iditarod race

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Whiteface school districts eye renovation projects

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King: Creating a perpetual underclass will come back to bite us

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PSJA super King approached to lead San Antonio ISD

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Rep. Villalba Files Bill to Prohibit School Districts From Paying Teachers Fired For Good Cause

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Former Educator State Representative James White Seeks to Reform School Curriculum

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TEA submits NCLB waiver request

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McAllen ISD student's family files suit after pledge incident

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Judge moves Roma ISD election to this November

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Sen. Schwertner's bill (SB955) would give teachers more mental-health training

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Panel debates school vouchers, choice

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In accident's wake, open-campus policies questioned in San Antonio

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Denton ISD Teacher Refuses to Grade Student’s Paper on Fort Worth Gun Show

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El Paso ISD denied appeal over TEA's decision to appoint board of managers

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FBI To Assist In Highland Park High School Investigation

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Dallas ISD Considers Campus Security Upgrades

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Van ISD employee shot in leg during CHL training class

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Sudden death of popular athlete stuns Pearland

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Lubbock ISD looks at building new performing arts center - but the claim to be broke and have auditoriums at each campus!

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Wichita Falls ISD board weighs CSCOPE

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Abilene ISD refugee students struggling with English are still required to take the STAAR test

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New Edouch-Elsa schools chief promises change

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Sequester would cut $2.89M from 3 largest ISDs in Hidalgo County - good

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Study finds KIPP charter school students outperform others

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Irving ISD blames low STAAR scores on other districts’ double testing, bad state data - but never themselves!

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Houston ISD admits no one monitoring school security cameras - typical, most of this bond-issue security stuff is just feel-good wastes of of money.

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Kilgore ISD names superintendent finalist: Cara Cooke

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Box of bullets found at Highland Park High School

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Forsan ISD board sets bond issue for May 11 election

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Ex-San Marcos P.E. teacher gets 32 years for sex abuse

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El Paso ISD trustees OK central office overhaul

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Lawmakers file bills sparked by El Paso ISD scandal

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Lumberton High studetn told to call 9-11 hijackers "freedom fighters" and to not call the Holocaust "genocide"

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Teacher sues Pflugerville ISD, says yellow paint could have curbed his panic attacks

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Bill Seeks to Protect Religious Groups at Public Schools

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Kountz ISD considers its religious banners ban

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Open Season on ISD Taxpayer Wallets Begins

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McKenzie: Texas Legislature should help school districts develop principals - ridiculous

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Wichita Falls ISD tutoring program questioned

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Retired principal sentenced for indecent exposure

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Bowie ISD Superintendent Gets Contract Extension

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Bastrop ISD accused of discrimination

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TEA: Texas AP participation and success rates continue to climb

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Mega-States report shows strong gains for minority students in Texas

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Forsan ISD trustees to call for bond election

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Wylie ISD Schools Considering Security Changes

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Quanah ISD arms certain staff

Archives Index

Other comment on education & links

Per pupil spending in inflation adjusted dollars has increased from $4,479 in 1971 to $8,996 in 2001 -- U.S. Department of Education

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.

Texas public schools spent $43.2 billion in the 2005-2006 school year. Per-student costs have almost doubled over the past 10 years, going from $5,282 per student in 1995-96 to $9,629 in 2005-06. Yet for all this money, test scores and student achievement have not seen great gains.  For every teacher working in a public school system, there is a non-teacher. (Only 312,922 of the 634,979 employees in public schools are teachers.)  The average Texas teacher made $46,178 in the 2007-08 school year. - source TPPF

bullet State Board of Education members & contact info
Teacher Salary Survey Released
bullet Superintendent Salary Survey Report
bullet Teachers Unions Exposed
bullet EducationNews.org
bullet See how low the standards really are to be Acceptable
(pdf document see pages 10 & 11)
bullet Ethics Commission guidelines on school political advertising
bullet Texas Assoc. of School Administrators' guide to electioneering
bullet Guide to Winning Rollback Elections by discredited (of course) former Arlington & Ysleta ISD superintendent Montenegro presented by the Texas Assoc. of School Administrators (wait, aren't they supposed to be neutral?) in pdf form - 11Mb
bullet Are public schools underfunded?
bullet 2007-2008 Superintendent Salary Reports
bullet Scamming Texas Teacher: "Insurance" vs. State Law - the TSTA & TFT
bullet New Superintendent Salary Data Shows Superintendent Salaries on the Rise
bullet Census: Texas State Govt. Spending on Public Education Ranks among Top in the Nation

"Officials in school districts across the state are trying to give pay increases to employees as much as possible, said Mary Barrett, asst. director of compensation for the Texas Assoc. of School Boards." - as quoted in the Amarillo Globe-News 6/17/2008.

"Since 2000, public school revenues have grown 60 percent, even though the student population has grown only 15 percent." - Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

 

Lubbock ISD issues no longer listed separately. Stories of note will appear in the general education headlines, more local items will appear in the Lubbock-area news section.  Stories previously separated here are now in the archive.
Area (Lubbock Co.) Schools  Stories previously separated here are now in the archive.

Archives Index

   
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University of Arkansas Report Shows Benefits of School Choice

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National School Choice Week

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Homeschooling is legal in Texas, do you know why?

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3 Homeschooling Myths, Busted.

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The big artificial-turf lie: It doesn't save money

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A revolving door for retirees at Texas school districts

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Some Parents Figure They Can Educate Better At Home

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Texas education spending has grown five times faster than student enrollment - but no media outlet is reporting that

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Plans seek high standards, accountability for students

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When administrator cheating stopped, school scores fell 20%

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Homeschooling in Texas

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Charters Beat Regular Schools in Summer Learning

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Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends

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The Ultimate Argument for School Choice?

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Texas School Spending Tops $11k Per Pupil Per Year

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Charter Schools and Student Performance

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Part I of III: The Left’s War on U.S. History, Part II, Part III

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Are schools the soft underbelly for anti-Americanism?

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Why the Charter School Movement Needs to Stay Alive

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Liberal: SBOE Shapes Education of Children Toward Founder’s Visions of America

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Texas Should Replace Bilingual Education

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Demise of classical liberal education in America is unfolding in Austin

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A master's degree does not mean a more effective teacher

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PeytonWolcott.com - daily conservative public ed commentary

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How do you know your (homeschooled) children are learning?

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Foundation applauds Georgia school choice law

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School Consolidation: How To Do It, and Save Money

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No Golden Age for Schooling

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Bringing Teacher Compensation into the 21st Century

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Teachers Unions Exposed

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Locking a nation into permanent childhood

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Home Schooled: Why some parents decide to educate their children at home

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Texas Charter School Reform: Past, Present & Future (pdf)

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Film Exposes Liberal Academic Agenda

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New Analysis: No Correlation Between Poverty and School Effectiveness

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Without incentive pay, quality teaching is at risk (pdf)  "The point is not that our education system is communist, but that it takes a collectivist approach to compensation that ignores individual achievement and rewards mediocrity.

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The high cost of failing to reform public education in Texas (pdf)

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Alternative certification reform can ease teacher shortage in math and science

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When Sex Goes to School: The Worldviews of Sex Ed

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Will: The tide's turning in battle over school choice

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Education Reform in Texas: what we must do to continue improvements

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Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster: San Antonio demonstrates power of school vouchers

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To fix US schools, panel says, start over

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The late Milton Friedman on school choice

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What we've learned from Charter Schools nationwide

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Voucher Programs Less Segregated Than Public Schools

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Charter School Expansion & Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers Create Vast New Choices for Parents & New Markets for Education Entrepreneurs

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Editorial: Some schools are eliminating graduation gap of black males

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Testing Teachers? by Linda Cahvez

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Spinning a Bad Report Card by John Teirney

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Smearing Educational Choice by John Stossel

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Diplomas Count, an essential guide to graduation policy & rates (pdf)

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Blackstone says Texas should be testing public school athletes for steroid use, make compelling argument on the money side

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Data analysis helping teachers tailor lessons to boost students' skills

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Public School Teachers Gone Wild! - commentary by Michelle Malkin

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School uniforms: Time for a new vote? (Odessa)

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FOCUS: BUFFALO SCHOOLS - Learning from competition

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Bigger Is Not Always Better; School Services Should Be Consolidated

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US Census study shows Texas ranked No. 38 in spending per student but also shows that per-student spending is not directly related to quality of education - lowest spender out scores top spender!

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Virtual Schooling & Fulfilling the Promise of Distance Education

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Are traditional schools enough for diverse student needs? Charter schools & Vouchers discussed by Alan Wimberley

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Do your kids belong to the State or their families? - by Gina Parker

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Meet My Teachers: Mom And Dad - A growing number of affluent parents think they can do better than any school

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All girls school in Austin wins much acclaim, may add high school

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State Board of Education and Textbook Review

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AFL-CIO joins NEA to spend $40 million in mid-term elections

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James Leininger on School Choice, in his own words

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Sowell: Students need more stress

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UK: Project to teach in pupils' own languages scrapped - doesn't work

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Funny editorial on TAKS testing from Abilene's Randy Pool

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San Antonio school that sticks to academic basics net top AP scores

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Put Learning First - today's school systems tolerate new ideas only on a small scale, Prof. Paul T. Hill, Univ. of Washington - see full report here

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The [education] system is creating a bunch of sick kids - Brownsville Herald editorial on the failure of sameness in education

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"I Believed That Bilingual Education Was Best - Until The Kids Proved Me Wrong", Ken Noonan, Supt. of Oceansie CA schools

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Mother Pratt points out flaws in the "Bible Literacy Project"

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Gov. Jeb Bush lays out Five Rules for School Reform

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The 65% Solution - How much money should go to classrooms?

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Are schools setup to favor girls over boys?

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ACLU gets NJ high school to let boys wear skirts to school

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Tarrant Co. College builds new main campus with PAY AS YOU GO

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Same-sex classrooms appear to improve grades & participation

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Finding a Conservative Compass in Federal Education Policy by Dan Lips

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A Bellwether State Considers School Choice by Dan Lips

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The First Century of Public Education in Texas

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Shocking Origins of Public Education
 

 SCHOOL CHOICE ESSENTIALS
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Homeschooling transformed over decades

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Why Parental School Choice Is Possible Without Government Control of Private Schools

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Nemerov: Public education system is failing because government is under no obligation to serve you.

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Education: The Elephant in the Room

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New Documentary Details Inequities In Public Schools

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Time to expand school choice

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Charter school momentum

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Crowder: Why Do Public Schools Suck? - "adult" content

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State Regulation of Homeschooling and Homeschoolers’ SAT Scores

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Charter Schools Fare Better Academically Than Peers, Report Says

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Forbidding the Poor from Choosing Good Schools

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KIPP Knowledge is Power Program

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A Monopoly by Any Other Name

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The virtue of school choice

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Public Education and the Liberal Way of Conflict

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Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster: San Antonio demonstrates power of school vouchers

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Link to: Texans for School Choice

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Voucher Programs Less Segregated Than Public Schools

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School Choice Issues in Depth - The Effects of Town Tuitioning in Vermont and Maine (pdf)

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Put Learning First, A Portfolio Approach to Public Schools (pdf)

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School Choice Research - Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation

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The late Milton Friedman on school choice

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Smearing Educational Choice by John Stossel

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Myth: Schools Don't Have Enough Money - John Stossel

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Stupid in America: How Lack of Choice Cheats Our Kids Out of a Good Education, by ABC's John Stossel

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Applying the Ownership Society to Pubic Education by Dan Lips

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Charter Schools: An Irresistible Force?

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The [education] system is creating a bunch of sick kids

 
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