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Pflugerville ISD in the Austin area is looking at shuttering one elementary school to save money, but it’s not the only district considering closures. Declining enrollment and stagnant state funding are leaving many districts with tight budgets and in some cases budget deficits.
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Thousands of Texas students take early college high school classes that can get them halfway to a bachelor's degree while still in high school, and for free. But too many fail to finish.
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The Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate has said several times he will end the annual standardized tests. State and federal law make it impossible.
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Tens of thousands of teachers in Texas have left the profession in the last year. The UT College of Education is trying to prepare and retain teachers as they face a range of challenges from low pay to a lack of support in the classroom.
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School districts in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are letting students, teachers and staff decide for themselves on whether to wear face coverings.
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Abbott promises a “parental bill of rights” amendment to the Texas Constitution. Current education code already provides an array of parent protections when it comes to schools.
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Despite rising cases and renewed concern over the virus and a new variant, hundreds of millions in dollars has not yet been used.
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The district appears to be the first one to be investigated since Republicans started raising questions in October about content in public school libraries.
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What started with strap-on dildos at school board meetings has turned into gubernatorial letters to state agencies.
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Until now, the State Board of Education has left library selections up to local schools.
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The Texas Institute of Letters, a nonprofit literary honor society founded 85 years ago, says “parents should get involved and read some of these books, not just base their ideas or fears on some list.”
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Children at Risk released its annual rankings of top performing public schools in Texas, with a special focus on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on learning.