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Texas high school athletes could receive more credits for sports |
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Suspected pot farm found in vacant classroom at Wilmer-Hutchins High School |
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Native American beliefs clash with rural district's dress code |
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Free meals for all scrapped at San Antonio ISD |
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Katy ISD making budget cuts - about
time |
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Editorial: Nederland right to put education over athletics |
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Texas Spends The Most On Abstinence Education,
Texas abstinence funding causes debate |
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AG
approves standards for bible courses but no specific curricula
(pdf) |
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Wind turbines being seen as smart idea for schools |
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Lawyers not buying Houston ISD superintendent's contract claims |
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Dallas ISD administrator, vendor found guilty in corruption trial
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AG rules districts must pay teacher benefits |
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David Lee Hall of Plano: Preventing Dropouts |
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Editorial: New GPA rules could hurt some high school students |
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Waco leaders discuss naming school after Obama
- good grief! |
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Teachers: State oversight of training is as important as standards |
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Former Overton ISD superintendent pleads guilty to theft |
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Editorial: Who can trust TEA school rankings? |
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Southeast Texas football coaches suspect more
steriod use than results show -
suspect all you want, the numbers didn't show it. Plus coaches can make
their own investigations and take action, so they should do so if they have
"suspicions". |
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Arlington ISD superintendent returning honorarium |
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KIPP charter school opens 10th campus in Houston |
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Texas students are out of shape - so
are school administrators, they are fat with our money |
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San Antonio school districts staring at harsh financial futures |
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Big Spring ISD buys out contract of former superintendent |
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Editorial: Dallas ISD audit must spur action |
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TEA assigns conservator to Lancaster school district,
Damm named financial conservator for Lancaster ISD
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New law changing the way districts statewide calculate GPAs |
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Why do so many students give up on school? |
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District's critics, supporters view Dallas ISD audit's outcome differently |
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Poll: Half of Americans say U.S. schools aren't preparing kids |
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Study looks at test scores of limited English speakers |
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Former Friendswood principal who invited Muslims to school to speak about
their religion, named principal of school in Houston ISD |
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Vidor High School assistant principal indicted |
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Teachers are missing the mark in math |
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Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Suit Against Killeen ISD |
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TEA faulted for oversight of alternative certification program |
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After some infighting, HISD passes $1.6 billion budget |
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Audit report: Poor oversight at heart of Dallas ISD financial woes |
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DA Asked to Investigate Alvord School Superintendent |
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Are we denying school dropouts a second chance? |
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Vouchers were not part of high school bill, legislators say |
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Districts plan to add counselors, form learning
communities to improve dropout rates
- yeah, that's sure to fix it. |
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Editorial: Vidor taxpayers deserve answers, not stonewalling |
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West Texas ISD to take over Galveston island program |
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Group sues to keep teacher background checks private |
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Houston ISD considering $250 gas bonus for some employees |
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Texas weighing tougher standards to certify teachers |
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Texas schools get merit pay windfall |
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Raise Your Hand for a Hand Out: Bill Ratliff & Mike Moses are "brain dead" |
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‘Washington’ tape a La Marque ISD embarrassment |
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Lufkin: Ex-teachers accused of having sex with students |
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Houston ISD plans suit if it loses appeal on money issue |
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Charter Schools Fare Better Academically Than Peers, Report Says |
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Stadium land buy is on Beaumont ISD agenda
- poor, poor broke public schools |
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Dickinson school district sues architect for "useless" stadium plans |
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Mesquite school board to discuss investigation of coach |
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Panel sets timetable for new Dallas school district ethics policy |
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Terrell ISD teacher accused of 3 counts of assault of child |
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TEA decides north Forest ISD's fate |
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Editorial: As a subject, creationism doesn't belong in schools
- too bad they don't feel that way about other
"faith" based topics such as global warming and the socialism which pervades
social studies books |
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Editorial: TEA should close failed charter |
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Bastrop trustees dismiss complaints, say mural can stay |
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Teen charged in Harlingen teacher's death |
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Texas dropouts cost state $30.7 billion in lost economic potential |
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Amarillo ISD passes budget with pay raises for all
- poor, poor broke public schools |
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Abilene ISD plans budget cuts - don't
they "care for the children"? |
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Lancaster ISD trustees initiate investigation of superintendent,
Original stories:
State audit shows Lancaster ISD inflated attendance,
Lancaster ISD superintendent says district vindicated by state audit |
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Diploma worth the wait for 83-year-old Port Arthur graduate |
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2 large districts stalling on fingerprint discoveries |
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Federal trial to begin for ex-Dallas ISD official |
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Corpus Christi class answers 'here' - perfect attendance |
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Private schools could get public money for
helping dropouts - if the mission is
to help the dropout, why does it matter who we pay to accomplish the goal? |
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La Marque school trustee sues district, cop |
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Update:
Mesquite football coach suspected of pawning school property admits gambling
addiction,
Police say Mesquite football coach pawned school items
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Teen dropout and death rates fall sharply in Texas |
|
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Tiny Damon ISD tries to hold on |
|
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Call grows for review of Dallas ISD ethics policy |
|
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TEA official says commissioner has yet to decide Lancaster ISD's fate |
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Attorney: Carthage ISD board may have violated Open Meetings Act |
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Charter school shatters stereotypes |
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Editorial: More math, science will help students |
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Corpus Christi ISD May Need Extra $200,000 For Gas In 2008-09 |
|
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Vidor ISD super stepping down |
|
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Socorro superintendent says she's reached agreement to step down |
|
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Houston judge bars valedictorian from commencement |
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Update:
Fort Bend educator denies using excessive force on student,
Union: Fort Bend educator's arrest too hasty,
Principal Arrested After Fight With Student at Fort Bend ISD |
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Ninety-four-year-old to graduate from high school |
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Editorial: Schools must plan now to cut diesel costs |
|
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Police: 10th-grader hired hitman to kill classmate |
|
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State audit shows Lancaster ISD inflated attendance,
Lancaster ISD superintendent says district vindicated by state audit |
|
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State orders Sam Houston High School closed in Houston |
|
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State orders closure of Johnston High School in East Austin |
|
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Updates:
Friendswood principal leaves after 'Islam 101' scandal,
Two points lost in Muslim furor,
Breaking faith with parents won’t occur again,
Parents object to Muslim presentation at Friendswood school |
|
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School officials disagree over need for conflict resolvers
- if this doesn't demonstrate how wasteful and over grown public school
bureaucracies have become, nothing will. |
|
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Humble ISD Faces $23 Million Budget Deficit |
|
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Teacher Accused of Stealing Another Teacher's Credit Card |
|
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Update:
Was lesbian affair,
Nacogdoches High School coach arrested, charged with improper relationship |
|
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SBOE: Accuracy, not evolution, is top issue |
|
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Carroll ISD drops pay-to-play program |
|
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Voting lawsuit filed today against Irving school district |
|
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English Coalition Lobby Gets a Spanking
- what all the Liberal newspaper stories didn't say |
|
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Nine Students Arrested Following Pranks On Last Day Of School |
|
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Texas students improve slightly in passing TAKS,
See 2008 TAKS scores here |
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TAKS scores delayed; release expected today |
|
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One finalist named for superintendent in Harlingen |
|
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Apple IPods
for Texas Students Take a Bite Out of Taxpayers |
|
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Associate principal at Dallas' Skyline High School suspended |
|
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Dallas ISD expects better state rankings for schools |
|
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Editorial: Board of Education flunks reading
- bull,
see here |
|
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Official: Texas dropout plan not a voucher sneak attack |
|
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Grapevine student with top grades won't be valedictorian |
|
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Former Dallas ISD official pleads guilty in money laundering, bribery case |
|
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Update:
Several students accused of deflating school buses' tires,
Sixty school buses go flat overnight in Los Fresnos |
|
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Eustace student booked for threats |
|
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Clute school
custodian jailed after admitting sex with teen |
|
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Donna teacher faces more charges |
|
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Voting hiccup causes concern, Keene ISD bond timetable remains in place |
|
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Texas criticized for offering education grants to private schools |
|
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Russian math program catches on in Texas schools |
|
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More school districts using state health care plan |
|
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What Newsweek’s School Rankings Won’t Tell You |
|
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Texas education board passes new standard with 'no opportunity to review it',
David Bradley Responds: 'Nothing hasty about the process' |
|
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Gatesville HS bans Marine from wearing uniform at graduation |
|
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Killeen ISD Named In Excessive Force Suit |
|
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New Braunfels principal won't be charged for "threat" over test scores |
|
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Dallas ISD uses GPS technology to reduce truancy |
|
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As May drags on, teachers alter lesson plans to keep students engaged |
|
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8-vote margin blocks bond for Lewisville ISD special-events center |
|
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State curriculum on legalities of parenting coming to Texas high schools
this fall |
|
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Plano ISD expects to raise tax rate, run a deficit |
|
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State board to make final decision on English and reading curriculum |
|
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TAKS scores improve, El Paso ISD to be 'acceptable' |
|
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Socorro ISD trustee-elect not sworn-in; status unclear |
|
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Cleburne ISD has new policies and procedures in place to curb financial
misspending, report to TEA |
|
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Criticism sends Jarrell superintendent back for
second doctorate - wow! Lubbock ISD's
chief doesn't have a Ph.D. and no one seems to care, he's even on a special
waiver to be a superintendent. |
|
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Santa Fe ISD seizes phones after girls' nude photos forwarded |
|
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Argyle ISD reinstates Jason Ceyanes as superintendent, he then resigns |
|
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Edgewood ISD elementary school coach accused of attacking child |
|
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Editorial: Rural
schools must adapt to budget hits |
|
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Getting to the Game, Costing Some ISD's Big Time |
|
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8 Valley high schools listed among nation's top 5 percent |
|
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How not to be a school volunteer |
|
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Dallas-area schools pinching pennies as gas, food costs rise |
|
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No costume jewelry for Southlake Carroll's prom queen |
|
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Man says New Caney ISD board silenced him, didn't let him speak at a public
meeting |
|
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Aldine ISD teacher
out after allegedly cutting Pentecostal girl's hair |
|
|
Update:
Company to Reprint High School Yearbooks After Head Switching,
Students' photos altered in McKinney yearbook |
|
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Rep. Patrick Rose and Wimberley residents press for school finance reform |
|
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Travis H.S. (Austin) teacher accused of sex with student |
|
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Troubled Waco ISD elementary losing a third of its teachers |
|
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Photo Label in McAllen Yearbook Causing Controversy |
|
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Overseas ballot puts Ysleta ISD spot in runoff |
|
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Fredericksburg ISD Tax Exemption Rejected But Bond Issue Okayed |
|
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GPS system tracks students to curb dropouts |
|
|
Sheriff: School Employee Threatened By Old Date |
|
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Elementary principal accuses Marshall ISD of mistreatment |
|
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Teacher Accused Of Exposing Self While Looking At Child Porn |
|
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Wimberley students, residents rally for school finance reform |
|
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Substitute teacher came to class drunk, police say |
|
|
Rio Hondo restructuring several school campuses |
|
|
New English curriculum still on track |
|
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North Texas students find naked images in textbook |
|
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Office Of Civil Rights Finds Corpus Christi ISD In Violation Of Equal Sports
Funding |
|
|
Educators want TAKS to count progress
- gains don't matter so much in the real world,
people are judge upon results in their jobs |
|
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Ex-teacher (Early ISD) arrested for sexual contact with student |
|
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Texas School for the Deaf worker arrested on sex charge |
|
|
Editorial: Dallas ISD must rebuild confidence |
|
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Demand for teachers sparks hiring war in Dallas-Fort Worth |
|
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Longview ISD passes $267 million bond package by 14 vote margin |
|
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Schools say inflation puts them at risk
- how about this: cut expense like everyone else |
|
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Voters approve all 3 Austin ISD bonds totalling $344 million |
|
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Abilene ISD bond election fails by wide margin |
|
|
Eanes ISD requires teachers to get their master's |
|
|
Propane buses worth study by school districts |
|
|
Klein narrowly passes school bond package |
|
|
Comal schools: Huge bond issue wins approval |
|
|
Dallas ISD's $1.3B bond issue headed for approval |
|
|
Judge dismisses sex abuse suit against Austin ISD school |
|
|
Teacher tapes child's mouth shut |
|
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HISD chief academic officer's resignation a 'huge loss' |
|
|
School Consolidation: How To Do It, and Save Money |
|
|
Flashy attendance rewards might not help education |
|
|
Carroll grade-school scandal lands on DA's desk |
|
|
Allegations of tampering at Carroll ISD school forwarded to DA's office |
|
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Ex-Austin Bowie High student says instructor manipulated him into having sex |
|
|
Dallas County to test middle school student for tuberculosis |
|
|
Weslaco superintendent denies TAKS cheating |
|
|
More Panhandle youth logging on for class |
|
|
Former Austin ISD Bowie High student alleges sex abuse |
|
|
Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest $262M in Miss. REIT |
|
|
Multiple choices for bypassing TAKS |
|
|
Pearland students 3rd overall in U.S. academic contest |
|
|
Hackers change grades at Fort Bend ISD high school |
|
|
Jewish students in Plano report pressure to pick up New Testaments |
|
|
Son's crash has father in hot water |
|
|
Fort Bend County teacher charged with sexual assault |
|
|
Laredo UISD Audit woes; Coordinator's son gets $2,500 scholarship |
|
|
Fewer fifth-graders pass math TAKS on first try |
|
|
Fort Bend investigating teacher's relationship with teen |
|
|
Texas Federation of Teachers says Texas math standards clear but English &
social studies need work (pdf) |
|
|
Angry father stabs student at Spring ISD school |
|
|
Forest Brook allegedly broke rules during TAKS testing |
|
|
Update:
Swastikas bring stiff penalties for Dickinson cheerleaders,
Dickinson cheerleaders punished over swastikas |
|
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Texas high school students still lack dollar sense, study says |
|
|
Scott, Cornyn Address Texas Education Summit |
|
|
Shekinah Charter School Learning Institute Wins TEA Dropout Prevention Award |
|
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Santa Maria ISD fires transport director for viewing porn on computer |
|
|
Camera at Raymondville school didn't record daughter's beating, district
looks to upgrade system |
|
|
Federal court sides with Burleson district in Confederate purse case |
|
|
Audit firm blasts Dallas ISD accounting policies |
|
|
Texas higher education board rejects 'creation science' degree proposal |
|
|
Laura Bush sees SMU presidential library as base for education, literacy
efforts |
|
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Katy ISD abuzz on teens' silent protest of bullying of gays |
|
|
Educators offer TAKS plan |
|
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Former Manor booster accused of stealing from club |
|
|
Lead levels in artificial turf trouble Houston-area schools |
|
|
Gilmer ISD approves high school Bible class |
|
|
Superintendent defends charge, father claims Raymondville ISD minimized
video beating to protect itself |
|
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Texas educators split over teaching English basics |
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