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 Education Spending, Reform, Excuses for Failure & News

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Santa Fe school mum on student’s account of stranger danger

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Tatum ISD chief says Luminant deal will help keep planned bond tax rate low

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Federal judge denies attorney's request to drop charges against Calvin Walker in Beaumont ISD over billing case

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Aldine ISD police officer accused of assaulting, threatening woman

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Tyler school employee under investigation for sexual harassment

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Judge tells Texas public school officials in prayer suit to be neutral - his instruction is not neutral, making a point of remaining seated is a statement against the action being taken.

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Police use pepper spray on unruly College Station student

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McLeroy: Texas' evolution teaching meets science standards

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Mexia ISD letter stirs controversy

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UIL 2012-2014 Reclassification and Realignment

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UIL realignment: Change could add $100K to Amarillo ISD costs - then cut back on sports. Sports are not the main purpose of public education despite what many think.

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Update: Coach resigns, blasts district, South San football coach accused of sexual harassment

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Liberal Texas teachers seek special session to stop school cuts

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Grand jury indicts educator charged with improper relationship with student in Port Arthur

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Sheldon ISD: Students busted for using counterfeit cash in cafeteria

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Texas schools chief: Testing has gone too far

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Lohn ISD Administrator Arrested for Felony Theft

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Overton police investigating assault charges against teacher, more

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Socorro ISD employee accused of inappropriate conduct with student

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YES Prep teacher accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old student

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Texas principal's home visits take aim at truancy

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Fiesta Time at Denton ISD?

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Fort Bend ISD may replace textbooks with iPads - yeah, schools are so broke

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Texas teachers to show lawmakers impact of budget cuts

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Wichita Falls ISD computer system fails

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TEA Opens Investigation into Andrews Special Ed. Teacher

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Teenager in Kyle escapes attack after leaving school

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Science in Texas schools given a ‘C'

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Editorial: Beaumont ISD travel needs restraint

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McAllen schools prepare for iPads, security deposit

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El Paso ISD: U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes campaign emails sent to employees

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Hays CISD warning of attempted abduction

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Florence ISD teacher back in classroom after wrestling fracas

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Four juveniles accused of distributing drug that sickened 16 students

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Update: 16 Cleveland High School students sick on prescribed meds, Students fall ill at Cleveland HS

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Sterling High School bus carrying girls' soccer team involved in crash

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Teachers' Union Claims Teacher & Parent Bullying By Dallas ISD

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Lufkin ISD superintendent says budget cuts threaten major programs

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In Richardson ISD’s Non-Traditional School, more take detour to a diploma

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Student Caught With Pellet Gun, Knife At Waco Intermediate School

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Former San Antonio ISD employee accused of stealing district money

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Dallas ISD teacher calls on colleagues to hold 'sick-out' to protest longer workday

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Dallas ISD approves longer workday for schoolteachers

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Texas ISD's continue big spending on non-core items

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Venable: Education Dollars Should Follow the Child

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More than 8,000 classrooms in Texas now above class size cap

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Arlington teachers express discontent in union survey - then quit.

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Deja vu? Houston ISD procurement audit findings echo problems in grounds-keeping contract

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Girl Injured In Truck-Academy ISD Bus Crash Moved From Hospital To Rehab

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Gentlemen, start your guessing: UIL's realignment announcement Thursday never predictable

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Breckenridge ISD Board Prepared to Battle Over FieldTurf, more - spend, spend, spend

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School Finance Back in Dietz's Court

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Round Rock ISD 10-year-old carried loaded gun in backpack

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Mesquite High coach accused of improper relationship once led Dallas Academy team that lost 100-0

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Lubbock ISD's superintendent discusses funding lawsuit with Democratic women's group

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School Choice Week begs the question - just how ARE our education dollars being spent?

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Texas' new math standards dependent on new books

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Novice High School Set to Close Doors Permanently

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Klein ISD rescinds punishment in potty break case

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Groveton coach arrested on improper relationship charge

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Cheating: 60 Clear Lake H.S. students disciplined

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South San ISD latest to allow ads on buses

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China Spring ISD Wins National Competition For $50,000 Grant

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Waco ISD Considers New Budget Plan With New Campus Closures

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Burglars Cause $15,000 Worth Of Damage To Colorado City School Building

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Lots of Einsteins or too low a bar? Houston ISD bursting at the seams with 'gifted' students, shelves plan to tighten standards

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Houston ISD proposes to increase vocational training

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Killeen ISD deputy superintendent resigns

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Premont ISD shutters athletic programs in deal with TEA

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Dallas ISD school orchestra to play Carnegie Hall

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Gilmer ISD extends superintendent’s contract

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Northside ISD investigates employee for alleged gun sales

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Lubbock ISD administrator on leave after spanking returns to work Thursday

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Update: Teen Injured In Bus Crash To Be Moved Out Of ICU; Driver's Condition Still Critical, Academy ISD Bus Driver, Student Remain In Critical Condition; 3 Others Released

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Update: 2 critical after bus wreck, 32 Injured When Truck Strikes, Knocks Over Loaded Temple School Bus

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Bomb threat prompts Allen ISD building closures

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La Marque ISD investigating brawl that broke out after basketball game

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Melee after La Marque boys basketball game

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Fort Worth teacher, Jennifer Riojas, pleads guilty to sex with student

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Socorro ISD approves artificial turf for football fields - another "broke" ISD spending money on the unnecessary

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San Antonio ISD board ends Spurs' soccer plans at Alamo Stadium - media pressure pays off

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Fort Worth ISD Names Interim Superintendent Sole Finalist

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Gilmer ISD considers stadium renovations, saves $1.2 million in bond reissue

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About 90 apply for head football coach position at Nacogdoches ISD

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Amarillo ISD board OKs end-of-course exam procedures

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Edinburg ISD to Build Safety Wall of Dirt Around Middle School

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Second Abilene ISD early departure notification program could save $650,000

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Abilene ISD Makes Changes To Meet State Requirements For Special Education Students

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High schoolers return to PSJA campus after 51 years

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Fort Worth ISD needs better budget monitoring to avoid costly blunders

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Pine Tree ISD shakes up leadership

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Beeville H.S. students shave heads to support teacher's battle

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La Joya ISD Police Tracking Down Laptop Thieves

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Brownwood ISD Bus Driver Caught on Camera Cursing at Students

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Levelland ISD superintendent stepping down

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Rules allowing Texas school districts to declare financial emergencies come under fire

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Ousted Del Rio principal continues appeal process

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Thieves steal laptops, candy from La Joya schools

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Review is on tap for big-spending San Antonio ISD chief Durón

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Midway ISD bus has head-on collision with SUV, children not hurt

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Diboll ISD apologizes for not contacting parent after false suicide scare

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ACLU warns Dallas ISD against plan to allow graduations at churches

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Irving ISD makes history with single-member districts, the fight isn't over

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Canyon ISD finds new way to save thousands of dollars

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Texas PTA sponsors webinar about divorce

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Security beefed up at Round Rock high school

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Former El Paso Teacher Gets 50 Years For Child Porn, Videotaping Kids

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San Antonio mayor no fan of rezoned San Antonio ISD Alamo Stadium

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Lubbock ISD administrator investigated for use of corporal punishment

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Enrollment decreases in Taylor County high schools

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Editorial: San Antonio ISD fails again on transparency

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Ex-Northside ISD official's actions probed

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Texas AG Greg Abbott meets with Houston ISD about Apollo 20 program

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Fort Worth trustees choose lone finalist for superintendent

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Sanger superintendent gets raise, extension

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White Oak ISD chief gets raise, contract extension

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Edinburg CISD chief receives contract extension, favorable review

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Petrolia school board hires lawyer for consolidation issue

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Dallas ISD could loosen restrictions on graduations at religious facilities

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Concerned parents and students attend Waco ISD public forum

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Teen Stabbed in San Marcos Middle School Restroom

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Premont ISD to remain open for at least another year under amended agreement - you just can't hardly kill off a bad bureaucracy

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Replica grenade in car prompts school evacuation in Manor - stupid

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Austin ISD School Tax Hike Likely for November Ballot

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Tom Bean ISD awarded $1 million energy grant

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VFW names Abilene High teacher state's best

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Hallsville ISD prepares for move to new high school campus

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Gladewater ISD superintendent gets 5-year contract

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Enrollment grows, Midland ISD adding teachers

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Hudson ISD superintendent talks school funding woes

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San Antonio school bus driver accused of texting behind the wheel

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Houston ISD police officer beaten at convenience store

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Prosecutors: El Paso Irvin teacher filmed pupils undressing

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Angleton High School students arrested on campus in undercover drug sting

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Southside ISD wants discrimination lawsuit moved to federal court

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Public chimes in on New Braunfels ISD plan to replace books with computers

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Was San Antonio ISD's Alamo Stadium vote decided in advance?

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Field of Waste: San Antonio ISD's Pro-Soccer Stadium

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Teachers can go 3 years without a formal evaluation in some districts

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Dallas ISD board president Lew Blackburn candidate for Louisiana superintendent job; conflict-of-interest concerns emerge

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Copperas Cove ISD board OKs layoffs for next year

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Brownwood High School Students in Trouble After 'Sexting' Scandal

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2 10-year-old boys accused of sex assault on Houston school bus

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Port Arthur sex scandal shocks schools, Port Arthur ISD employee charged with improper relationship after arrest in car with teen

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TCTA honors Midland teacher as Leader of the Year

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Woodsboro's State-of-the-Art Dome Built with FEMA Funds

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Dallas ISD officials researching year-round school schedule

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The answer for Premont ISD should be clear

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Troup ISD Employees Could See Pay Increase - but schools are broke

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Tatum ISD committee recommends $29.9 million bond package

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Officials: Freshman shot by senior at North Forest High School

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Pro soccer field wins San Antonio ISD's approval - perfect example of how misguided our ISDs are. Send this story to legislator and ask them to justify sending more money to San Antonio ISD and most other districts given this type of spending & focus on all but education.

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San Antonio ISD administrator investigated for promoting son

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Parents to Northeast ISD: Stop arresting our autistic children

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El Paso ISD dials up fix for phone system: spend $3 million

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City, Brownsville ISD lock down investigation info in Cummings shooting

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Copperas Cove School Superintendent Announces Retirement

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Abilene ISD switches to Suddenlink for computer network management

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Abilene ISD averaged more than $11,000 monthly in donations in 2011

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Former Odessa High principal reprimanded, now working from closet

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Keller teacher accused of improper relationship with student

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Students dismissed early after bomb threat called into Vidor Junior High

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School bus accident reported in Arlington

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Weatherford ISD's Bring Your Own Technology initiative getting positive results

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Ector Co. ISD on high alert after state intervention

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Highland ISD hires new superintendent

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Pay raises, stable tax rate possible for Austin schools

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Valley district offers a different type of high school: Texas Academy of Medical Technology

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Alamo Stadium, San Antonio ISD vote may be delayed

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Audit says Houston ISD isn’t cost sensitive enough

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10-year-old boys charged with sexual assault on Houston school bus

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Tyler ISD Parking Attendant Allowed Sex Offender Onto Campus Without Checking Man's ID

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Former Canutillo ISD Teacher Caught With Hundreds Of Child Porn Images

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Trophies found in the trash rile up Bridgeport parents

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Waco ISD holds public forums over possible school closings

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Beaumont ISD bus carrying 23 kids catches fire

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Dallas ISD school near Fair Park evacuated after carbon monoxide leak

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Marksman charged in shooting behind Edinburg school - not much of a "marksman"

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Alamo Stadium decision looms at San Antonio ISD

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Houston school cancels classes due to case of viral meningitis

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Audit criticizes Houston ISD's buying practices

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Consolidation proposed for Petrolia & Byers ISDs

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Hale Center ISD appoints interim chief

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Six Finalists Remain for FWISD Superintendent

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New Texas City High School campus opens

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Merit Pay for Teachers a Winner in D.C.

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Alamo Stadium plan is rejected

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911 tape released in Cummings Middle School shooting

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Cummings shooting 911 call: 'Put the gun down', Parents Question Use Of Lethal Force In Officers' Killing Of Student, Chief: Officers receive death threats after school shooting, Crime-scene probe keeps downtown campus closed

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Brownsville 8th-grader police shot had only a pellet gun - hard for a copy to know. The kid new he was doing wrong and never should have pointed the weapon at police.

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Police shoot, kill armed student at Cummings Middle School, Brownsville ISD's official statement on shooting

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Border schools beat state dropout rate

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El Paso Independent School District wants to upgrade image - by spending money for a PR person instead of improving schools. Oh, and a new phone system!

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Socorro ISD Teacher, Coach Arrested On Marijuana Charges

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Texas superintended proposes school finance based upon performance outcomes - hear 'em howl over this!

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Update: Authorities Identify Teens Arrested After Rosebud-Lott School Vandalized, 10 Students Arrested After Rosebud-Lott High School Vandalized

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San Antonio ISD financial chief resigns for Northside ISD job

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Northside ISD will interview firms to land next leader

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TEA Keeps Close Eye on West Texas ESL/Bilingual Education

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Lubbock teacher, Gail Douglas, named TCTA 2011-2012 Innovator of the Year

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National School Choice Week

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Standardized testing opponents call for National Opt Out Day

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San Elizario ISD names superintendent

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Some schools asking to bust student/teacher ratio caps - but is it necessary?

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Cuts bring DFW school administrators back to the classroom - good, let's see more cuts to get more of it.

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Eanes ISD leader says layoffs, budget cuts could be on the way

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Harmony charter schools causing discord

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Longview ISD Puts Up More Land, Buildings for Sale

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Fort Worth ISD Principal Accused Of Pinching Gets Reassigned

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Richardson ISD welcomes Burmese refugees

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Forney school board cites responsibility and a $13.6 million lesson learned

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Emails show IDEA Public Schools approached Austin school district about charter school proposal

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2011:

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Humble ISD votes to keep elections in May

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Texas Educrat Scoffs At College Readiness

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Ex-San Angelo Lake View H.S. coach, Chuck Smith, died Monday

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Tuloso-Midway ISD trustees plan to discuss next steps in $36M bond program

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Comptroller's office recommends school district not approve tax incentives for Petronila wind farm project

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Lubbock ISD marching band heading for Rose Parade

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Composting program at Georgetown schools is expanding

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Katy elementary teacher charged with drug possession appears in court

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Lufkin Coach John Outlaw dead of suspected heart attack

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School finance lawsuit, or coal in taxpayers’ stockings?

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Fourth suit filed on school funding

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Round Rock ISD superintendent discusses school-funding suit

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Amarillo ISD teacher charged in sexual assault resigns

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Superintendent looks back and ahead at Canyon ISD

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Plano Christian Candy Cane Dispute Reaches High Court

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Doctors: Boy shot outside Edinburg school lost kidney

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City of Longview: No penalty for LISD stadium violations - Typical. Governments not held to the same standards as everyone else. Rather disgusting.

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Decatur ISD: A Tale Of Inefficiency

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Ector Co. ISD Under Scrutiny From TEA

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Frenship ISD has to Change Tiger Logo

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School boundary disputes an inevitable growing pain for Frisco, other booming districts

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"Poor planning" may cost Longview ISD taxpayers more than $1 million

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Residents blame racism for changes to Bastrop ISD diversity committee

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Hale Center school chief accepts post in Childress

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Former Ector Co. ISD teacher pleads to sexual assault of student

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Ex-Lorena Coach Sentenced For Improper Relationship With Student

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Austin school board approves charter schools for 2 East Austin schools

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Gunshots hit near Edinburg school days before students wounded

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Bastrop ISD board meeting to bring protests

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Dallas ISD to expand computer-based math program

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Texas Watchdog examines how politics and cronyism seep into big-dollar Houston schools contracts

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Forney ISD approves plan to repay nearly $13.7 million owed to the state over five years

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Details emerge on accusations against Dunbar High School principal (Fort Worth ISD)

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Superintendents for Comal and New Braunfels ISDs pay above average

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Third option weighed for Alamo Stadium

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Plano ISD’s candy cane lawsuit has turned from case to cause

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Sinton ISD plans wind turbine project for high school

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Runaway cart barrels through celebration after Steele-Dekaney game

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Plano ISD Clears Teacher in Elementary School Student Having Clothes Taken Off, Photographs Taken Allegations

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Census: Texas State Govt. Spending on Public Education Ranks among Top in the Nation

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Virtual Education Potential for K-12, Higher Ed

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Kilgore ISD teacher placed on administrative leave for slapping a child

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Alto ISD superintendent resigns

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Robstown ISD superintendent announces plans to resign in June

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Tyler ISD Bus Driver Hospitalized After Being Hit By School Bus

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Teachers association concerned with Dallas ISD recruiting deal

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Amarillo ISD purchases iPods for students - oh so broke public schools!

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Round Rock ISD board takes no action on superintendent’s contract

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Waco School Board To Present Two School Closure Plans To Public

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Texas high school player of the year named

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Texas APSE Class 5A all-state football team

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Northside ISD boss stepping down

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Weslaco superintendent resigns amid controversy

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Pickup driver, 5 students injured wreck with Linden-Kildare CISD school bus

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Discrepancy between levels of public education visible in Dallas

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Ex-Boswell High School teacher indicted over texts

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San Antonio ISD's Alamo Stadium decision on hold

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Marshall ISD superintendent named lone finalist for Dripping Springs job

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Henderson ISD to offer early resignation stipend to employees

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Update: Brownwood ISD proposal to purchase new scoreboard, video screen on ‘indefinite hold’, Brownwood ISD: Praying For A State-Funded Jumbotron

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Irving ISD considering two options for shift to single-member voting districts

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Edinburg school may build safety wall after shooting

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Houston schools in conservation, recycling effort - how about a focus on education?

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Wylie ISD moving ahead with $7.5 million building project for renovations, new campus - don't forget these schools are supposedly broke!

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Dallas ISD plans UIL protest over referee's call

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TEA list of lowest-performing public schools for 2011

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43 Dallas ISD campuses make list of state's worst-performing schools

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Low-wealth schools file 3rd lawsuit against state

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Documents: Plano Elementary Teacher ‘Undressed’ and ‘Took Pictures’ of Special Needs Boy, Who Then ‘Acted Out Sexually’

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River Road ISD board appoints new member, raises staff salaries

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Sulphur Springs ISD superintendent retires

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Texas High School State Championships at Cowboys Stadium this Week

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2 students shot, wounded at middle school in Edinburg

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3 hunters questioned in shootings at Edinburg school

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Longview ISD superintendent to announce retirement tonight

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Ex-teacher's aide at C.E. King High School accused of sexually assaulting student

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New STAAR Test More Challenging Than TAKS - and the whining begins. Don't forget, the new STAAR tests are what the big education lobbied for.

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Southside ISD trustee sues district she represents - notice that you don't get this type of headline on the district lawsuits. Those should read "District sues taxpayers using taxpayer money."

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Austin parents protest charter school move possibility

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Border schools narrow graduation gap, beat state dropout rate

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Get a look at Texas City's new $54 million high school

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Houston's Sterling High School was placed on 2 years of probation over steroid test warning

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D.A.'s investigator outlines Walker's alleged overbilling to Beaumont ISD

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Robert Lee ISD Cancels Classes Due To City Water Leaks

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Nederland ISD surveying residents about possible bond

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Special Needs Student Dies After Medical Emergency At Waco School

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Texas was Right to Bypass the Common Core State Standards for Public Education

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Wealthy districts sue over school finance, use taxpayer money to sue taxpayers

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Allen ISD Throws Taxpayers Under Bus

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American Democracy and Liberal Education

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Beaumont ISD's business officer testifies about invoice payments in Walker trial

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Houston ISD magnet school to teach core subjects in Mandarin Chinese - how does that fit into the role of public school forming into one cohesive culture?

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Copper Thieves Targeting Dallas ISD Campuses

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Former Iowa Park teacher indicted on sexual relationship charge

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Hudson High officials say threatening message is not a threat

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Angry Parent Protests Against Bullying In Front of Ector Co. ISD Building

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Fire: Seminole Elementary students will resume classes after the New Year

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City police investigate shooting near Rise Academy

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No One Injured in Rise Academy Charter School Shooting in Lubbock

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Teacher outburst, alleged threats cause concern in San Benito

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Ex-El Paso ISD official pleads guilty to mail fraud charge

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SBOE RINO Bob Craig encourages districts to join lawsuits

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

   
 FOR CONSIDERATION
 
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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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