Education News
Houston School Board Adopts New Recommendations, Dissolves Special Ed Panel
Posted on · In other business at its meeting Thursday night, the Houston school board moved to settle two lawsuits with former employees.
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Education News
Houston School Board to Consider Special Ed Recommendations, Disbanding Committee
Posted on · The Houston school board formed the group after a statewide crisis in special education
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Alief, Houston School Districts Top List of Clients for Alternative Special Ed Schools
Posted on · News 88.7 obtained public records and analyzed spending on annual contracts, summer school and other fees.
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Texas Education Agency Refuses to Monitor County’s Alternative Special Ed Schools Directly
Posted on · What happened to Evan Johnson triggered a state investigation, exposing what some call a loophole in how state administrators keep an eye on some special needs students in Harris County.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Manafort Verdict, And Lessons From Hurricane Ike (Aug. 22, 2018)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Our experts break down the latest political stories. We examine the lessons learned from Hurricane Ike. And we hear from Ron Stallworth, the real-life detective who inspired Spike Lee’s film Blackkklansman.
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Texas Education Agency Starts Contracting Process For Special Education Overhaul
Posted on · The Texas Education Agency is now soliciting applications for more than $20 million in grants to help school districts overhaul special education after a federal investigation found it had effectively denied students with disabilities needed services.
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Special Education Advocates Worry Abbott’s School Safety Plan Will Accelerate School-To-Prison Pipeline
Posted on · As a recent spate of school shootings has provoked nationwide panic, some advocates and parents are worried school and state officials' response to the May massacre at Santa Fe High School could harm some students more than it protects them.
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Texas Has A Plan To Fix Special Education. Now What?
Posted on · Our Facebook community, This Is Your Texas, spent the month of April discussing Texas education policy. With the state education agency expected to announce a plan to overhaul special education programs in public schools, we asked members of our community what questions they have about such services — and turned to a disability rights advocate for help answering them.
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How To Put Ethics Into Texas’ Draft Special Education Plan
Posted on · "We don’t go home at the end of the day and say, 'Yes! I didn’t break the law today,'" law professor Susan Bon said
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Advocates, Administrators Ask Lawmakers To Consider More Funding In Special Ed Reform
Posted on · At the same time, Texas is under a federal mandate to improve access to special education, a state commission is reviewing the school finance system, which could include changes to special ed funding
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Texas Official Calls Special Education Students ‘Slow Learners’
Posted on · Special education advocates have called the comments uninformed and offensive
Podcast
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 49: Texas Education Agency Vows New Plan For Special Education
Posted on · Brandon and Jay talk about Austin bombings, Paxton versus ISDs on electioneering, and SB4.
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Texas Denied Thousands Of Students Special Ed Services. Does The Policy Go Back To George W. Bush’s Presidency?
Posted on · The Texas Education Agency created a policy in 2004 that led school districts to deny special education services to thousands of students. Some educators and officials say that cap started years earlier, with the federal government.
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Texas Trying To Fix ‘Illegal’ Special Education System
Posted on · Department of Education regulators say Texas illegally capped its special education services at 8.5 percent of students statewide in 2004
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Texas Illegally Denied Education To Students With Disabilities, Feds Report
Posted on · The Texas Education Agency was monitored after reports revealed a big decline in the number of Texas children with disabilities eligible for special education services