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Ongoing Doctor Shortage In The Lone Star State, Call For TEA To Intervene In Houston Schools, And Heavy Rain Expected In Southeast Texas This Week
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Houston District Appeals School’s Failing Grade, Likely Delaying State Decision On Potential Takeover
Posted on · Despite concerns from administrators that there was nothing to "hang our hat on," HISD filed an appeal for Wheatley High School's failing grade Friday, the state's deadline, according to the Texas Education Agency.
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DA Kim Ogg Weighs In On Harris County Bail Reform, Texas Education Commissioner Puts HISD On Notice, Firefighters Union Calls For No-Confidence Vote In Chief Peña, And More
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New School Year Starts For HISD With State Takeover Risk, Sutherland Springs Pastor Will Run For Texas Senate, And Hurricane Harvey Health Study Looks At Chemical Exposure
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Two Houston School Board Incumbents Seek Reelection, Two Others Step Down
Posted on · Despite the threat of a state takeover, the Houston school board elections will move forward.
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Houston Schools Avoid State Sanctions, Education Commissioner Defends New Report Cards
Posted on · Worthing High was one of 10 Houston schools that had to improve -- or they’d be closed or trigger a state takeover of the whole district, because of the state law known as HB 1842.
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Texas Education Agency Sets Rules On How To Exempt Hurricane Harvey-Affected Districts From State Ratings
Posted on · Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday released criteria that schools affected by Hurricane Harvey will have to meet to be exempt from state ratings. School administrators have argued that all schools in the disaster area should automatically get waivers.
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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 33: Abbott Weighs In On Primaries And Congressman Gene Green Retires
Posted on · “He leaves with great affection from the voters and we wish him well” – Jay Aiyer, co-host of Party Politics, on U.S. Rep. Gene Green retiring from Congress.
Education News
Advocates, Attorneys Press Texas Education Agency For Special Ed Reform
Posted on · In November, after federal authorities started to examine special ed in Texas, state officials said they would try to change the guidelines to identify students for special ed in the spring of 2017.
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Testing Company Has to Pay $20.7 Million in Fines for Problems with STAAR Exams
Posted on · The fine is a fraction of the total business between Texas and the New Jersey-based testing vendor.
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More Texas Teachers Challenge New Educator Appraisal Plan
Posted on · Another group representing teachers has objected to the updated appraisal system planned by new Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath.
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Computer Glitch Affected Thousands Of STAAR Exams
Posted on · The state's top education official says a computer glitch erased answers on about 14,220 standardized tests taken by Texas high school students.
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Texas School Districts Report Widespread Testing Glitches With Online STAAR
Posted on · State officials announced Wednesday that students won’t be forced to complete the exam if they couldn't finish due to technical problems.
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Texas Behind In Preparing Kids For College, Panel Told
Posted on · Texas lags most other states in preparing high schoolers for college and needs to update its readiness standards, Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Raymund Paredes told state senators at a hearing on Tuesday.
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New Education Commissioner: Getting to Know Mike Morath
Posted on · Last month (Dec. 14, 2015), Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Mike Morath as the state’s next education commissioner. Morath, who’d served as a trustee for the Dallas Independent School District for the last five years, succeeds Michael Williams, who stepped down last week (Jan. 1, 2016). As head of the Texas Education Agency, Morath will oversee more than 1,200 school […]