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Texas Education Agency Appoints 2 Conservators Over Special Ed In Houston

Laura Isensee

Posted on January 11, 2021 · Each of the two new conservators come with 40 years of experience in special education, and they'll have a broad scope of responsibilities.

Tags hisd special ed Texas Education Agency

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Houston Schools Can Require Students Struggling Online To Return In Person

Laura Isensee

Posted on January 6, 2021 · The option to deny virtual instruction is a measure that the Texas Education Agency gave school districts last fall.

Tags COVID-19 face to face instruction greg abbott hisd houston independent school district online learning Texas Education Agency

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Texas Still Blocked From Taking Over Houston’s School District, Appeals Court Rules

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on December 30, 2020 · The appeals court upheld a temporary injunction that stops Texas from ousting Houston ISD's school board. But the legal battle is not over.

Tags hisd houston independent school district Texas Education Agency third court of appeals Wheatley High School

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Pandemic Has Child Care Providers in Texas ‘Hanging On By Their Fingernails’

Laura Isensee

Posted on December 20, 2020 · 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.

Tags child care coronavirus relief COVID early childhood education early education texas

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2 Texas Universities That Serve Students Of Color Receive Multimillion-Dollar Donations From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

Kate McGee, Texas Tribune

Posted on December 16, 2020 · The gifts to Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M International University are the largest in history for each school.

Tags colleges HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities Prairie View texas a&m university

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Texas A&M Investigating ‘Large Scale’ Cheating Case As Universities See More Academic Misconduct In Era Of Online Classes

Kate McGee, Texas Tribune

Posted on December 16, 2020 · 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.

Tags Aggies cheating COVID-19 Texas A&M University of North Texas

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HISD Continues To Shift COVID-19 Policies, As Teacher Angst Grows

Laura Isensee

Posted on December 16, 2020 · 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

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on December 15, 2020 · 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

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on December 10, 2020 · 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

Laura Isensee

Posted on December 8, 2020 · 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.

Tags Disability Rights Texas restraints special education tea Texas Education Agency

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Texas High School Students To Return To Campus For State’s End-Of-Course Exams

Laura Isensee

Posted on December 7, 2020 · 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.

Tags COVID COVID-19 education Mike Morath STAAR exam STAAR Test Texas Education Agency

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Child Advocacy Group Releases Houston School Rankings, Updated For COVID-19

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 30, 2020 · As the coronavirus impacts education in 2020, the nonprofit Children at Risk's new rankings focus on longterm consistency.

Tags children at risk COVID-19 hisd houston independent school district schools

Education News

Texas School Districts Risk State Funding If They Go Remote After Thanksgiving

Camille Phillips, TPR

Posted on November 25, 2020 · The latest guidance from the Texas Education Agency warns school leaders against proactively moving their entire district to remote learning.

Tags independent school district Texas Education Agency

Education News

Texas Education Board Approves New Sex Ed Policy That Does Not Cover LGBTQ Students Or Consent

Aliyya Swaby, Texas Tribune

Posted on November 20, 2020 · Most Republicans voted against proposals to teach middle and high school students about consent, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Education News

Abbott Announces $420 Million In CARES Act Funding For Public Schools

Andrew Schneider

Posted on November 19, 2020 · The money will reimburse schools for purchases to facilitate remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags CARES Act COVID-19 distance learning Governor Abbott state budget

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