Americans United for Education, a non-partisan coalition of parents and teachers, is holding a nationwide Twitter Rally on Wednesday, February 25, to protest proposed US House Resolution 5 (HR 5). This legislation is also known as the Student Success Act of
It was shocking news — a 1o-year-old North Texas boy was arrested over an alleged neighborhood kid scuffle, something that parents April and Tom Johnson knew nothing about until they sat face-t0-face with local law enforcement on late Friday afternoon, February 20.
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) recently released statistics detailing state-by-state graduation rates in 2012-13. This is the primary federal entity that collects, analyzes, and reports data related to education nationwide. In their findings, the Texas Class of 2013 graduated at a rate of 88 percent, outpacing the national average of 81 percent.
The Texas school district where controversial “White” and “Power” signs were captured by a student’s cell phone camera at a recent high school basketball game has completed its internal investigation to determine any if wrongdoing occurred. The investigation resulted in a
On Thursday, February 19, the Texas Supreme Court granted an emergency motion requested by Attorney General Ken Paxton to stay two Travis County court ruling declaring the state’s law banning gay marriage unconstitutional. This action followed a Travis County clerk issuing the first “legal” gay marriage license, although Texas voters banned same-sex marriage a decade ago.
It started as an image that captured two words — “White” and “Power” — on signs held up by two fans at a Dallas suburban high school basketball game. Now it has sparked a social media firestorm complete with accusations of
Mike Miles, the Superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District (ISD), had to apologize to the Board of Trustees over a Human Resources (HR) scandal that led to the investigation of two top administrators and another fracas where an independent report cleared the name of a board trustee who was falsely accused of harassment.
The Texas Tribune downplayed the deception in reporting only a small slice of the findings of a report commissioned by the University of Texas (UT) System Board of Regents that was just released on February 12. The much anticipated independent report by Kroll Associates detailed an elaborate “coding” scheme through which University President William Powers misled an earlier internal inquiry into the UT-Austin admissions process.
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams has always said that “Texans know what’s best for Texas schools.” He said it when he originally applied for the No Child Left Behind Waiver in 2013. He said it when he applied for a
PolitiFact weighed in on the recent FOX News Sunday Common Core debate between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Bill Bennett, Secretary of Education under President George HW Bush. Interestingly, the famed Truth-O-Meter only zapped Abbott. Bennett, who claimed to make
Challenges against certain school books have been dropped and new policies have been put in place in a Dallas area school district. The new polices come into place following months of warring between concerned parents of the Dallas metro area Highland Park High School and the Highland Park Independent School District (ISD).
The nationwide measles outbreak has swept 14 states, most predominantly in California, but the Lone Star state has been lucky so far, spared from the virulent virus. Yet amid this eruption, more Texas parents are saying “no” to inoculating their children from many childhood diseases including the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Remember the poptart gun? The Nerf gun? The Lego gun? The pointed finger gun? In another time, these typical boy toys would have gotten as little notice as the old fashioned cap gun but in a world where the list of childhood offenses also includes possession of a novelty pen or a Hello Kitty bubble gun, it comes as little surprise that a Lord of the Rings “magic ring” got nine-year-old Aiden Steward suspended from his elementary school in Kermit, Texas.
Collin County District Court Judge Jill Willis ruled that the members of a small Orthodox Jewish community, the Far North Dallas Congregation of Toras Chaim, have the right to continue meeting in a Plano home for private worship. She made the decision on Wednesday, February 4, 2014.
The former dean of the South Methodist Law School (SMU), John Attanasio, 60, was arrested early Sunday morning, February 1, on prostitution charges. Currently, he serves as Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law and he is a Professor of Law.
On Friday, January 30, supporters of school choice gathered at the Texas Capitol steps in Austin to send a message — they want education reform and they want it now. That was the very sentiment voiced by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) when he participated in the 2014 Houston-held National School Choice Week rally.
US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1) teamed up on a strong letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry on January 29. It demanded a thorough investigation into the details behind news reports that US taxpayer dollars are being used to oust Prime Minister Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli election.
A substitute teacher is not necessarily someone who most people think of as a full-time employee but school districts are grappling with the reality that the federal government considers anyone who works an average of 30 week hours as one. As a full-time employee, they are eligible for employer provided health insurance coverage in a company of 50 full-time employees or more, as mandated through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.
Education Commissioner Michael Williams is bracing for the possibility that Texas may lose its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver. State and federal education officials are not seeing eye-to-eye on educator evaluations but is that a bad or good thing?
An estimated 1,000 Texans will march in the Texas Rally for School Choice that will be held on the south steps of the State Capitol building in Austin on Friday, January 30 at 10 a.m. This is one of the many events being held during the fifth annual National School Choice Week that kicked off on Sunday, January 25, and will run through Saturday, January 31.
State Senator Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) was appointed by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick as the new Chairman of the Senate Public Education Committee in Austin on January 23, 2015.
As his first piece of legislation, state Senator Van Taylor (R-Plano), introduced Senate Bill 296 or the “School Calendar Choice Act,” which would toss out the state’s requirement that school districts begin their school year following the fourth Monday in
Plano was not exactly living in the Dark Ages before December 8, 2014 when the City Council passed a contentious “Equal Rights Policy” ordinance that prohibited “discrimination in places of public accommodation, employment practices, housing transactions and city contracting practices.” It only passed by a vote of 5-to-4. Critics claim it infringes on First Amendment rights. Legal experts say it would stymie free speech.
In Dallas County, the Highland Park Independent School District (ISD) has been engaged in a battle over the high school English literature books that began back in September, ironically during National Banned Books Week. At issue were seven novels that parents had objections to their content which, by December, seemed to have been sorted out and things simmered down. However, at the January 20 school board meeting, tempers flared right back up in a big way over one re-approved novel and a previously suspended nonfiction title.
Breitbart Texas spoke with Geller and asked why she decided to come out to Texas. She cited the Charlie Hebdo butchery as that impetus.
