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In an op-ed published in several Texas newspapers, two education professors say the Texas Education Agency’s latest school ratings data points out how the education funding system means that failing schools are located almost exclusively in low-income communities.
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Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the The Texas Education Agency Monday, directing it to set up a task force of experts and stakeholders to work on solutions to ending an ongoing shortage of public school teachers.
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The new requirement applies to charter schools set to open in August. The agency did not elaborate why this one law needed a separate assurance.
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Many schools are pushing through with plans for in-person classes despite a surge in COVID-19 cases as they try to reassure parents and students they are prepared to open safely this week.
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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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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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A coming-of-age memoir by a California writer has been seized upon by politicians who want greater control over the kinds of books available in Texas schools.
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This is a reversal of the Texas Education Agency’s previous guidance, which didn’t explicitly require school districts to notify parents of a close contact with the virus.
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The new guidance will allow for remote learning for up to 20 days for students that are sick with COVID-19 or have been exposed to it.
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The drop was more significant in districts that had most of their instruction online, compared to districts with more in-person classes.
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In an academic year scrambled by the pandemic and a deadly winter storm, Texas school students face makeup work and rounds of standardized testing. Many parents and teachers say it's unnecessary.
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With Gov. Greg Abbott's statewide mask mandate ending next week, some school districts are likely to face contentious discussions about whether to continue requiring masks in schools.