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Tyler Morning Telegraph
April 29, 2018
The Austin American-Statesman reports that now, as an assistant superintendent in the Pflugerville school district, Jones is hoping a new pilot ... Both the Pflugerville and Austin school districts are forming partnerships with Teach For America — a national program that has sent thousands of collegeÃâà...
WFAA.com
April 29, 2018
Inside Texas Politics began with the upcoming National Rifle Association convention to be held May 4-6 in Dallas. ... Former Texas Governor Rick Perry originally wanted to lead the Veterans Administration in the Trump administration. Instead ... Dallas ISD is the third largest school district in Texas.
Waco Tribune-Herald
April 29, 2018
Two rural school districts in the area are preparing to join 172 other districts in Texas in allowing certain employees to conceal carry firearms on campus, ... Mart Independent School District trustees are considering a policy that would allow the superintendent to appoint specific district employees and boardÃâà...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
April 28, 2018
School administrators placed a school resource officer on leave after a video of the officer pushing a student into a wall was shared on Facebook. A 30-second video capturing a portion of the incident was posted on Facebook on Thursday, the same day the incident occurred inside a classroom atÃâà...
BuzzFeed News
April 27, 2018
Texas art teacher Stacy Bailey, who was suspended last September after she showed students a photo of her "future wife," had her teaching contract renewed Tuesday night by the Mansfield Independent School District (MISD). But it's still unknown when Bailey will return to teaching, and if she'll beÃâà...
The 74
April 27, 2018
That includes funding for districts that accepted students displaced by wildfires in California, as well as hurricanes in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Texas. Last week the U.S. Department of Education announced the application process for federal grants to assist affected schools. The money isÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
April 26, 2018
MARION — Quintin Shepherd, the superintendent of Linn-Mar school district, is leaving for a superintendent position in Victoria, Texas. The Linn-Mar district announced Shepherd's departure Wednesday. “Linn-Mar is sad to learn and share the news of Dr. Shepherd's departure yet grateful to him for hisÃâà...
Texas Standard
April 26, 2018
Webb says the Texas Education Agency, or TEA, has two options now. “They can either come in and close these schools, or they can take over the entire school district by appointing a board of managers that will essentially replace the elected school board,” Webb says. “They also have another option ofÃâà...
Dallas News
April 19, 2018
Michael Fripp of Carrollton asks: “How are school districts decided? How can you live in the city of Dallas, the county of Denton, but be in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district?” His question was submitted as part of our Curious Texas project, which invites readers of The Dallas Morning News toÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
Hispanic superintendents are underrepresented in Texas public schools, despite Hispanic students representing the majority of students in the state. ... Martha Salazar-Zamora is the sole Hispanic superintendent among 55 school district leaders in the Greater Houston area, where 51 percent of studentsÃâà...
MyStatesman.com
March 30, 2018
Six families from across the state sued the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner, Mike Morath, two years ago to have the results of the 2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness destroyed and to bar them from being used to penalize students and school districts for failing scores.
KMBZ
March 30, 2018
Preschoolers among students required to carry clear backpacks in Texas school district. March 29, 2018 - 3:09 ... The announcement was made in a three-page safety and security letter dated March 26, from the Ennis Independent School District in Texas, addressed to parents and guardians. The letter wasÃâà...
Newsweek
March 29, 2018
GettyImages-633821144 People hold signs and flags at a rally in front of the Stonewall Inn in solidarity with immigrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and the LGBT community on February 4, 2017 in New York. Mansfield Independent School District in Texas said art teacher Stacy Bailey spoke to elementaryÃâà...
Texas Tribune
March 29, 2018
Texas A&M University professor Lori Taylor has a reputation for being fiscally conservative when it comes to school finance. When Texas school districts sued the state for underfunding public schools last decade, Taylor took the stand as an expert witness for Texas and said schools didn't need much moreÃâà...
MyStatesman.com
March 28, 2018
Butler County, Ohio, is also considering arming its teachers, as Harrold Independent School District does in Texas. (Hamilton Journal-News). Updated: ... So, at the Harrold Independent School District near the Texas-Oklahoma border, we decided to something about it. We allowed certain faculty and staff toÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas' largest school district on Wednesday backed off a plan to have a charter school operator take over 10 low-performing campuses following a contentious school board meeting during which two people were arrested, including one woman who was dragged away by officers.
Texas State University
December 31, 1999
The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a program to benefit graduate students seeking real-world ... of 14 teacher fellows a year, Duhon said the program has seen approximately 432 graduates in its 24-year operation in other independent school districts.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
December 31, 1999
Weatherford school district leaders are studying ways to keep campuses safer, including whether to allow staffers to carry concealed handguns. "Providing a safe environment for our students and staff is our first priority," Superintendent Jeffrey Hanks said. At a March 20 town hall at Weatherford High SchoolÃâà...
