The Texas State Board of Education will conduct public hearings this week to take up consideration of a proposal to strip the words “all the heroic defenders who gave their lives there” from Texas history textbooks. The proposal is drawing
The nation’s largest educational endowment, the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF), hit a record high value, topping $41 billion, according to the State Board of Education (SBOE).
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected the adoption of a textbook submitted for a Mexican American Studies (MAS) high school elective because of editorial flaws and factual errors identified by an expert panel of reviewers.
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) meets this week in Austin to vote on a textbook for a Mexican American Studies (MAS) high school elective.
The Texas State Board of Education ended a months-long debate and voted unanimously to reject a textbook intended for use in a Mexican American studies elective.
Although their races were not nearly as dramatic as was the U.S. presidential election that won the White House for Republican candidate Donald J. Trump, Texas conservatives, many of them incumbents, won big in their bids for State Board of Education (SBOE) on Tuesday.
If one Texas lawmaker has his say on police-community relationships, it could become a high school graduation requirement that ninth grade students learn how to properly interact with law enforcement.
Absolutely everything under the sun that could go wrong with this year’s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) did. Failures ranged from online testing glitches and vanishing answers, to missing test score results. It added to the growing frustration many feel about standardized testing in Texas public education.
The “fuzzy facts” offered by a Texas State Board of Education candidate have been raising the eyebrows of many in this Texas primary run-off race.
Texas State Board of Education candidate Mary Lou Bruner acted out in retaliation against a Breitbart Texas reporter, apparently unhappy with a recent post-primary candidate roundup article.
On Super Tuesday, a grab bag of candidates faced off in primary races across Texas to clinch their party’s nominations for State Board of Education (SBOE) slots. Some ran unopposed while others won outright. A few races will go onto the May 24 run-off election.
Three Republican candidates vie for their party’s nomination for State Board of Education (SBOE) District 9, the East Texas seat long held by Thomas Ratliff (R-Mt. Pleasant). Ratliff currently serves as vice chair and is oft times, the reputedly outspoken voice on the Texas SBOE. He was first elected in 2010 and is not seeking re-election.
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) voted 14-0 on Wednesday to look at alternatives to the redesigned high school equivalency exam, the General Education Development (GED). Education advocates, test-takers and teachers testified before the board this week to discuss the many problems associated with the latest version of the nearly 70-year-old test.
