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Texas Education Agency Appoints 2 Conservators Over Special Ed In Houston
Posted on · Each of the two new conservators come with 40 years of experience in special education, and they'll have a broad scope of responsibilities.
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Houston Schools Can Require Students Struggling Online To Return In Person
Posted on · The option to deny virtual instruction is a measure that the Texas Education Agency gave school districts last fall.
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Texas Still Blocked From Taking Over Houston’s School District, Appeals Court Rules
Posted on · The appeals court upheld a temporary injunction that stops Texas from ousting Houston ISD's school board. But the legal battle is not over.
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Pandemic Has Child Care Providers in Texas ‘Hanging On By Their Fingernails’
Posted on · A recent survey found that over half of child care providers in Texas are putting supplies or other items on their personal credit cards or dipping into their own savings in order to stay open.
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2 Texas Universities That Serve Students Of Color Receive Multimillion-Dollar Donations From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Posted on · The gifts to Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M International University are the largest in history for each school.
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Texas A&M Investigating ‘Large Scale’ Cheating Case As Universities See More Academic Misconduct In Era Of Online Classes
Posted on · Universities across Texas and nationwide are seeing an increase in online cheating since the start of the pandemic, as students take more virtual courses and test remotely with less supervision.
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HISD Continues To Shift COVID-19 Policies, As Teacher Angst Grows
Posted on · HISD has told principals that unless contact tracing shows a staff member is exposed to COVID-19 on campus, educator and school staff have to quarantine at home on their personal leave.
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How H.I.S.D Plans To Move Forward From The Pandemic School Year
Posted on · Interim Superintendent, Dr. Grenita Lathan, addresses the concerns, rumors, and questions from listeners surrounding the future of the Houston Independent School District.
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Texas Students Will Still Take STAAR Tests In 2021, But Schools Won’t Be Rated On Them
Posted on · State lawmakers had previously asked the Texas Education Agency to seek a federal waiver to cancel the standardized tests.
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Report: Texas Schools Still Forcibly Restrain Students Too Often
Posted on · The advocacy group Disability Rights Texas examined statewide data and found that students with disabilities and Black students are physically restrained by educators at disproportionately high rates.
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Texas High School Students To Return To Campus For State’s End-Of-Course Exams
Posted on · The pandemic has upended school as most kids and teachers know it in Texas. But one part of the school year could proceed as normal: standardized testing, also known as STAAR.
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Child Advocacy Group Releases Houston School Rankings, Updated For COVID-19
Posted on · As the coronavirus impacts education in 2020, the nonprofit Children at Risk's new rankings focus on longterm consistency.
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Texas School Districts Risk State Funding If They Go Remote After Thanksgiving
Posted on · The latest guidance from the Texas Education Agency warns school leaders against proactively moving their entire district to remote learning.
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Texas Education Board Approves New Sex Ed Policy That Does Not Cover LGBTQ Students Or Consent
Posted on · Most Republicans voted against proposals to teach middle and high school students about consent, sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Abbott Announces $420 Million In CARES Act Funding For Public Schools
Posted on · The money will reimburse schools for purchases to facilitate remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.