Posted on · Attending a drag show at Hamburger Mary's, and later posting about it on social media, led to Kristi Maris losing her teaching job of nearly 20 years, she wrote on Facebook.
Posted on · The governor and top lawmakers have pointed to students in special education as prime beneficiaries of school vouchers. Some community members are worried the approach will drain funds from already shortchanged public schools while opening the door for discrimination against students with disabilities.
Posted on · Abbott said he supports giving parents the option to attend private school “with state funding following the student.” Such measures have failed in the Legislature in the past.
Posted on · The Texas Senate backed bills that would subsidize private school tuition and study the state's school finance system.
Posted on · Some Houston-area high school students are leaving public schools to attend "private schools," but on further inspection, those private schools are really non-accredited institutions, in which a student pays a fee, takes one test, and then "graduates," diploma in hand. School board members and education experts characterize schools offering such services as essentially diploma mills, […]