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State Board of Education member Thomas Ratliff returns fire after my pointed...
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State education board urges rejection of private school tax credit bill
The State Board of Education on Friday added its objections to legislation now pending in the Senate that would allow students in low-performing public schools to switch to private or religious...
View ArticleGov. Perry vetoes a couple of interesting education bills: HB 2836 and HB 2824
The news tweeted a couple of minutes ago by the sponsor of the bills, Rep. Bennett Ratliff: @GovernorPerry vetoes #HB2824 and #HB2836. Sad day for Texas public school children. Will try again in 2015!...
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State education board urged to avoid student “tracking”
House Public Education Committee Chairman Jimmie Don Aycock urged the State Board of Education Friday to avoid any changes that might lead to tracking of students under the new graduation requirements...
View ArticleOfficial TEA analysis of Texas HB 5 is now available — but there’s a catch
The Texas State Board of Education is meeting this week. And members got what’s called a “Briefing Book on Public Education.” Which is also available to the public. The link is here. Be warned: It’s...
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High school biology books targeted by social conservatives
Religious conservatives on state textbook review panels have criticized several proposed high school biology textbooks for not including arguments against Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The...
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Textbook hearing expected to focus on evolution, global warming
Update at 4:30 p.m.: State Board of Education member David Bradley challenged opponents of social conservatives to show a “single instance” where an effort is being made to insert creationism into any...
View ArticleHB5′s provision for local creation of courses allows for no state oversight...
You may recall that the massive education law passed earlier this year, HB5, did a lot of things. Killed a bunch of STAAR tests, notably. But it also changed a lot of graduation requirements and...
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Texas House education chief urges state board to drop proposed Algebra II...
Update at 1:15 p.m.: Senate Education Committee Chairman Dan Patrick joined in his counterpart in the House and urged the State Board of Education to not require Algebra II for most high school …...
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State education board tentatively agrees on new math requirement
Update at 7:00 p.m.: State board members approved the new math requirement on a 14-1 vote. Only students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) sequence will be required to take...
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Great Hearts could add to North Texas’ repertoire of strong charter schools
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams already has approved a North Texas application for Great Hearts The State Board of Education meets tomorrow, when … [visit site to read more]
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State board approves biology books; orders factual checks on two
AUSTIN – State Board of Education members late Thursday tentatively approved new high school science books that include full coverage of evolution without the disclaimers that had been sought by...
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State education board passes new graduation requirements
AUSTIN – State Board of Education members on Friday approved sweeping changes in high school graduation requirements, giving students more flexibility in their studies and laying out the coursework...
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Texas charter school superintendents overpaid compared with public school...
Charter school superintendents in Texas are being paid much more for the small number of students they supervise than superintendents in public schools, according to the vice chairman of the State...
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Commissioner under fire for approving new Dallas charter school
State Education Commissioner Michael Williams came under fire Wednesday for his recent decision to approve a new charter school in the Dallas area over the objections of a majority of the State Board...
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Critics question accuracy of new social studies textbooks
Four years after State Board of Education members clashed over U.S. history standards for Texas schools, publishers are facing criticism from multiple groups over new textbooks and e-books based on …...
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State board to hear testimony on new social studies books
Scores of witnesses are scheduled to testify at a public hearing Tuesday on new social studies textbooks and e-books that have already come under attack from some critics. The hearing before the State...
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New social studies textbooks draw fire from all sides during public hearing
Too much negative about former President George W. Bush, too much positive about Hillary Clinton and way too much coverage about Moses. Those were among a long list of problems cited by critics – from...
View ArticleTexas Common Core solution in search of a problem
Late yesterday afternoon, the Texas Education Agency sent out a curious alert to district superintendents and others on the e-mailing list. “To the Administrator Addressed” items are usually matters...
View Article‘Valid test data’ means teachers and students must push faster in math...
I’ve got a story up today about the struggles that some school districts are reporting concerning the new state math standards. It begins: Parents, teachers and local school officials across Texas are...
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