
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams expressed his hope that the feds will grant the state a permanent No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) waiver, a message buried within his weekend announcement about rolling out tougher criteria for the state’s annual standardized public and charter school testing.
by Merrill Hope7 Oct 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced Tuesday that the U.S. Education Department (USED) finally renewed the state’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver on a short-term 2015-16 basis.
by Merrill Hope1 Oct 2015, 7:21 AM PST0

Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Dallas-Fort Worth director Alia Salem said that is Ahmed Mohamed’s name was “Jimmy,” school district officials in Irving, Texas, would not have jumped to the conclusion that his clock project was a bomb hoax.
by Merrill Hope18 Sep 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

A law allowing the concealed carry of handguns on college and university campuses in Kansas takes effect on July 1, 2017.
by AWR Hawkins25 May 2015, 10:19 AM PST0

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
by Merrill Hope14 Feb 2015, 8:23 AM PST0

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?
by Merrill Hope29 Jan 2015, 6:10 AM PST0