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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on · The fine is a fraction of the total business between Texas and the New Jersey-based testing vendor.
Posted on · Another group representing teachers has objected to the updated appraisal system planned by new Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
Posted on · It’s common during a presidential campaign, in the weeks leading up to primaries and caucuses, for voters to, in essence, audition certain candidates. Those mired near the bottom of public opinion polls can bubble up to the surface while others can slide into the background. In recent weeks, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has […]
Posted on · Gov. Greg Abbott picked Mike Morath, a Dallas school board member and investment manager, to lead the state's public schools.