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How can a video about school testing go viral? When it’s performed to Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.”Kelli Hauser aka “Lady Hauza” is a sixth-grade reading…
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A group of educators meeting in Dallas says there’s got to be a better way to evaluate kids than the state’s new STAAR test.Dr. Dawson Orr is Highland…
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Only a railroad separated West’s intermediate school from the fertilizer plant that exploded last week. The blast destroyed that school -- and left three…
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Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams says he’s heard the complaints and agrees: Schools and student learning need to be evaluated differently.“My…
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State lawmakers are preparing to file a slew of bills that could change the way students are tested and the way school districts are graded. The…
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Even before the bang of a gavel opens Texas’ 83rd legislative session around noon, lawmakers will have filed nearly 600 bills that would create or change…
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The FBI and the North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force are now in charge of the investigation of a possible bombing attempt in Plano.A man was critically…
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Some nasty weather is rolling across north Texas, bringing potentially damaging hail and high winds. Meteorologist Jesse Moore, with the National Weather…
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Students across Texas are beginning STAAR standardized tests this week. Exams start Monday for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness in…
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Third through ninth grade public school students take the new STAAR test today, for the first time. KERA’s Bill Zeeble has more on the “end of course”…
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An attorney defending Republican-drawn voting maps in Texas has told a federal court there are "insurmountable" differences preventing a compromise with…