Kate McGee
Kate is the education reporter at KUT, covering the Austin Independent School District, public, and higher education in Texas. She got her public radio start at Fordham University's WFUV. Her voice has been heard on the East and West coasts as a reporter and producer for WNYC and KUNR in Reno, Nevada. She has also appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, The Takeaway and more. In her spare time, Kate enjoys discovering new music, traveling and trying local beers.
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The empty lot at the corner of Red River and Seventh streets turned into a village of services for people experiencing homelessness Saturday. Around 350...
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The State Board of Education starts to review a months-long process this week to simplify its science curriculum standards, including recommendations to...
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This legislative session, Texas lawmakers have some tough discussions ahead of them about how Texas funds its public schools, but some are asking how...
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More than 100 of parents and teachers from across the state came to Austin Thursday night to share their struggles getting services for their special...
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Gov. Greg Abbott and members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus dedicated a monument at the Capitol Saturday morning honoring the contributions of...
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After months of protests from historians, teachers and lawmakers, the Texas State Board of Education this morning unanimously rejected a controversial...
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State education leaders want 60 percent of Texans 25 to 34 years old to have some kind of post-secondary certificate or degree by the year 2030. But to...
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There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.
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Ever since Alberto Perez was a kid growing up in Dove Springs, he knew he wanted to go to UT Austin. “I remember telling my mom, pointing at the tower, ...
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When Gene and Shirene McIntyre met with an attendance officer in the El Paso Independent School District in November 2006, their nine grandchildren had...
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This year, Texas public schools won’t measure instructional time by days, but they’ll do it by minutes. In the past, Texas public schools years were...
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The future of monuments to Civil War figures on the University of Texas at Austin campus was discussed at a public forum today. The University held the...