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‘Intimidation tactic’ — special ed parents see school attorneys in routine meetings

Dominic Anthony Walsh

Posted on April 26, 2023 · School districts across Texas bring attorneys to meetings with parents of special education students, despite federal guidance opposing the practice. 

Tags ARD meetings Austin ISD katy isd Katy ISD special education Special Education Advisory Committee special education advocacy special education in Texas Spring Branch ISD special education

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Austin ISD’s interim superintendent is leaving for a school district in the Houston area

Becky Fogel, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on November 10, 2022 · The Austin ISD board of trustees hired Anthony Mays to be the interim superintendent in June following the departure of Stephanie Elizalde. He plans to begin his new role with Alief ISD in January.

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‘They are not naive about the reality’: New Texas teachers enter a field in crisis

Becky Fogel, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on August 25, 2022 · "I have to do what’s best for me. And if I cannot live reasonably with being a teacher, I will have to leave this profession as others are right now.”

Tags Austin ISD education schools teacher shortage Texas Education Agency

Alma Guerra works with her kindergarten students at Bruce Elementary School.

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Texas Students Of Color Returned To In-Person Learning At Below-Average Rates. Experts Say The Reasons Are Nuanced

ALLYSON WALLER, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 6, 2021 · The Texas Education Agency cited COVID-19’s disproportionate effect on communities of color as reason for lower engagement and attendance rates among students of color.

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UPDATE: Texas Education Board Approves Mexican-American Studies Course For High School Students

Claire Mcinerny, KUT

Posted on April 13, 2018 · Schools around the state have been able to create their own Mexican-American studies classes, but there haven't been established curriculum standards.

Tags Austin ISD Houston ISD mexican american Mexican American studies State Board of Education

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Austin ISD’s Broken School Finance System Spawns Wild Solutions

Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 14, 2017 · In Austin — the poster child for property tax recapture in Texas right now — the school district is telling taxpayers they’ll be sending $2.6 billion to the state over the next five years. That's inspiring some crazy ideas.

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Upcoming program will help Katy ISD students obtain commercial driver’s licenses

James Gutierrez

Posted on March 8, 2023 · The new program for older high school students, expected to launch in August, will be taught by an Edinburg-based training school for truck drivers.

Tags commercial truckers katy isd trucking industry vocational education vocational training

Houston Matters

Sheriff Gonzalez on jail deaths (Jan. 19, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 19, 2023 · On Thursday's show: Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez discusses overcrowding issues at the jail and a record number of in-custody deaths. And we meet the Houston Symphony's new conductor.

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Talk to us about special education in Texas

HPM Staff

Posted on January 11, 2023 · Houston Public Media and the Texas Newsroom — a collaboration between NPR and public radio stations across the state — are looking into the shortfalls of the special education system in Texas. 

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Katy school students come together as censorship of LGBTQ+ voices ramps up

Dominic Anthony Walsh

Posted on December 13, 2022 · In October, students at Katy ISD pushed school officials to lift filters blocking websites with LGBTQ+ resources in some of its high schools. We’re keeping up with those students as they navigate a school year fraught with book bans and other censorship. 

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