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From Texas Standard: As Texas lawmakers begin tackling one of this session's top legislative priorities – school finance reform – a state Senate measure...
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Four years ago, Gates Elementary on San Antonio’s east side was on the state’s list of failing schools. Only 15 percent of its students were reading at...
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From Marfa Public Radio:In the tiny West Texas town of Valentine, population 130, there’s no gas station, and it’s a 30-mile drive to the nearest grocery…
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From Texas Standard: Texas ranks 28th in teacher salaries, according to the most recent data . Teachers here make about $7,000 less than the national...
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Following a deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School in May that left 10 dead and 13 others wounded, Gov. Greg Abbott released a 43-page school safety plan…
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From Texas Standard : Monday, about 34,000 teachers will walk off the job in Los Angeles – a move described as "historic." It echoes what happened...
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The number of Texas school districts with policies allowing teachers and other staff to carry guns has increased almost 50 percent since the shooting at...
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A group of state leaders with huge influence over what public services receive funding said Friday they were prepared to make a significant withdrawal…
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When Lotus Hoey started teaching English as a second language a few years ago, she felt right at home. Her own parents immigrated from China, so she had…
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From Texas Standard : " What My Students Taught Me" is produced in partnership with the Teacher Project at Columbia Journalism School. For her first...
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Across the state, about 10 percent of teachers don’t return to their jobs each year, according to the Texas Education Agency. School districts and others…
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Federal education officials are considering letting school districts use federal money to buy guns for educators — and the idea may have come from Texas,…