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- Early College High School receives National Blue Ribbon School honor
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Sep 20, 9:20 AM:
Early College High School at Midland College has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Majority of Texas voters favor school voucher programs, DMN/UT-Tyler poll finds
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Sep 19, 10:06 AM:
Most Texas voters want voucher-like programs that allow state funding to be used to send children to private schools, according to a new poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler.
- Public School Withdrawals to Homeschool Rise 40%
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Sep 14, 5:04 AM:
According to the most recent data released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in an open records request to the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC), withdrawals from public school to homeschool in the spring of 2021 were 40% up >
- Keeping kids safe: Las Cruces charter school implementing extra safety precautions
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Aug 12, 9:56 AM:
In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, children's safety while at school is on the mind of many parents across the country.
- El Paso Harmony Public Schools invest in educators to retain them
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Aug 8, 10:55 AM:
As the national teacher shortage continues, Harmony Public Schools plans to invest in their educators to combat this issue.
- Homeschooling High School: Strategies and Opportunities
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Aug 3, 8:06 AM:
With careful planning, it’s possible to graduate high school early
- Harmony Public Schools Offering Virtual Option For K-12
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Jul 27, 8:17 AM:
Harmony Public Schools will offer a full virtual learning option to DFW students in kindergarten through Grade 12 when the 2022-23 school year begins in August.
- Local charter to partner with LIT for early college opportunities
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Jun 7, 8:55 AM:
High school students at Evolution Academy in Beaumont will now have the opportunity to earn college credits before they receive their diplomas.
- State of Texas: Abbott pledge to push for school choice brings praise, concern
- May 16, 9:48 AM: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s renewed push for school vouchers is a piece of his “parental rights” platform, which itself could be a signal of future political aspirations, according to a political science and communication >
- Opinion: Pause HISD’s plan to centralize school funding
- Mar 31, 8:02 AM: Houston’s school board needs to take the time the city deserves to see if consolidating budget power back to the top is the right way to go. As such, we respectfully call for the board to stand up for the community and ensure a full >
- Austin ISD seeks partnership with charter operator to turn around Mendez Middle School
- Mar 30, 8:18 AM: District leaders have used a state law that gives districts a pause from state penalties if they partner with a charter school or another entity to turn around.
- Texas schools won’t lose funding for attendance drops during the pandemic
- Mar 30, 7:56 AM: In Texas, schools are funded based on the number of students enrolled and the daily attendance on campus.
- Texas governor race: Beto O'Rourke makes push for education reform at town hall in El Paso
- Mar 29, 6:21 AM: Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke discussed his vision for education reform Sunday at a town hall meeting at the El Paso Community Foundation as part of his ongoing “People of Texas” state tour.
- Charter school's partnership sends teachers back to college
- Mar 25, 8:23 AM: Special education teacher Lisa Hoyles-Taylor and pre-K teacher Tabatha Griffith had dreamed of earning their master’s degrees, but neither could take the time away from their work at a local charter school or their >
- Opinion: Hispanic Texans aren’t getting behind progressive policies
- Mar 23, 5:09 AM: On some issues, survey responses aligned overwhelmingly with Republican causes. For instance, 78% of Hispanics surveyed said they strongly or somewhat support school choice. And not just charter schools; the way that question was >
- Opinion: One silver lining in the cloud of pandemic schooling: support for school choice is soaring
- Mar 21, 5:38 AM: If you’ve paid any attention to the very public, very divisive debates over school administration, policy, curricula and academic outcomes — in Fort Worth, Southlake and several other parts of the country — you know that we have yet >
- Texas is studying its chronic teacher shortages, but some experts already have a fix: Pay them more
- Mar 15, 9:31 AM: As the Texas Education Agency studies chronic teacher shortages in Texas, experts say teachers need better pay, not just easier ways into the profession.
- Texas school using private room with massage chairs to prevent teacher burnout
- Mar 9, 9:53 AM: The new space features multiple massage chairs, yoga mats and a private restroom. It was funded through a $21,000 grant from the American Federation of Teachers.
- Beto O’Rourke pledges to increase school funding, fight vouchers during Dallas campaign stop
- Mar 8, 9:38 AM: O’Rourke pledged support for teacher pay increases and more money for public schools while pushing back on the renewal of voucher efforts in the state as he gave a sweeping overview of his policy ambitions.
- Gov. Greg Abbott wants task force to examine state teacher shortage
- Mar 8, 9:20 AM: Teaching demands during the pandemic have exacerbated the nation’s teacher shortage. Abbott wants a task force to investigate.
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