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As a deadline nears, struggle between George P. Bush and State Board of Education isn't letting up
Bush presides over the School Land Board, which has feuded with the State Board of Education over the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars from Texas' education endowment. Full Story
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![Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Dec. 5, 2017.]()
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Texas education board moves to reinsert Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller into curriculum
The day after backing the motions on Clinton and Keller, the State Board of Education voted to keep Moses in high school U.S. history standards. Full Story
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![Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and author and political activist Helen Keller (1880-1968).]()
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Texas education board set to approve curriculum some say is historically inaccurate
After a politically charged September meeting, the State Board of Education meets this week to approve "streamlined" social studies curriculum standards. Teachers' responses are mixed. Full Story
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![Hilda Mondragon teaches U.S. History to a class of juniors at United South High School in Laredo.]()
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A Texas Board of Education seat hasn’t flipped since 2010. Will that change in 2018?
While most education board races are decided in the primaries, the combination of a blue wave and a big chunk of fundraising could upset a historically Republican district in North Texas. Full Story
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![Republican Pam Little is facing Democrat Suzanne Smith for the open State Board of Education District 12 seat.]()
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State Board of Education votes to keep "heroic" in description of Alamo defenders
Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott rallied his supporters on social media against the removal of defining Alamo defenders as "heroic" from social studies curriculum standards. This week, the State Board of Education tentatively voted to keep the language intact. Full Story
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![State Board of Education member Barbara Cargill speaks with spectators during a break in the State Board of Education meeting on proposed changes to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies and Economics, on Sept. 11, 2018.]()
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Texas education board workgroup changes course on "heroic" Alamo defenders
After submitting a recommendation to remove the word "heroic" from seventh-grade history textbooks, a Texas State Board of Education workgroup backed off its proposal after outcry from officials and the public. Full Story
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![Dan Chandler of Plano waits to testify on social studies language before the State Board of Education during a Committee of the Whole hearing on Sept. 11, 2018.]()
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Texas considering cutting high school cosmetology courses
The Texas Education Agency says cosmetologists don’t make enough to justify continuing high school cosmetology programs. Teachers and students say reported salaries don’t tell the whole story. Full Story
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![Elizabeth Ruvalcaba and Rahslyn Stallings practice styling techniques in a cosmetology class at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda on Sept. 7, 2018.]()
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STAAR glitches affected more than 100,000 Texas students, education commissioner says
Education Commissioner Mike Morath said Wednesday that 41,702 students were affected by slow connectivity during testing in April, while another 58,743 experienced slowdowns or had trouble logging into computerized tests in May. Full Story
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Texas education board votes to call long-sought Texas course "Ethnic Studies: Mexican American Studies"
During a hearing on Tuesday, dozens of Mexican-American educators and activists implored the board to change the name of the course from “Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of Mexican Descent” to “Mexican-American Studies." Full Story
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![Devyn Gonzales and Gilberto Sanchez raise their arms in support of changing the name of a new course on Mexican-American history to "Mexican-American Studies" at a State Board of Education hearing on Tuesday.]()
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“Names are important”: Texas activists protest the renaming of “Mexican-American Studies” course to “Ethnic Studies”
Republican State Board of Education member David Bradley proposed the new course title in April, saying he found "hyphenated Americanism to be divisive.” On Tuesday, another board member, Democrat Ruben Cortez, called Bradley “the most mean-spirited” person on the board. Full Story
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![State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez, a Democrat, spoke at a rally outside the offices of the Texas Education Agency to call for a newly approved course to be named Mexican-American Studies. The State Board of Education heard public testimony on the matter later on Tuesday.]()
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Twice a week, these Texas students talk about their feelings. It’s lowering suspensions and preventing violence.
These days, more students and teachers report being happy at Spring ISD's Bammel Middle School, and the number of three-day out-of-school suspensions dropped from 94 last school year to 47. Full Story
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![A student at Bammel Middle School receives the talking piece and listens to her teacher give the prompt in the restorative circle on April 20, 2018.]()
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Texas education board approves course formerly known as Mexican-American studies
After years of debate, the State Board of Education voted preliminarily to create curriculum standards for a Mexican-American studies class. But thanks to the objections of one member, it'll now be called “Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of Mexican Descent.” Full Story
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![State Board of Education member Marisa Perez-Diaz speaks to a group of people rallying for the inclusion of Mexican-American studies in public school curriculum outside the Texas Education Agency on April 11, 2018.]()
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One Texas Board of Education primary result could spell a return to culture wars
Seven seats for the State Board of Education are up this year but the outcome of one primary in North Texas could have a big impact on how it handles some hot-button issues. The next board's to-do-list includes setting sex education standards for the state. Full Story
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![Left to right: State Board of Education District 11 incumbent Pat Hardy and her two Republican primary challengers, Feyi Obamehinti and Cheryl Surber.]()
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Texas board considers Mexican-American studies course, after two failed attempts at a textbook
The State Board of Education is considering creating standards for an official Mexican-American studies course after two failed attempts to approve a textbook for the subject. Full Story
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![Carolina Hernandez, a student in the Houston ISD, spoke during a news conference at the Texas Education Agency on Nov. 15, 2016, about a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook that educators and activists have criticized. As Hernandez spoke, she glanced at a box holding 15,000 petitions against the textbook.]()
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Officials consider another Mexican-American studies textbook
Nearly a year after the Texas State Board of Education rejected a Mexican-American studies textbook proposal opponents called racist, an advocate involved in that fight is now working to get his own book approved by the state. Full Story
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![Tony Diaz wrote the only Mexican-American studies textbook submitted to the Texas State Board of Education's request for ethnic studies materials last November.]()
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Texas education board tentatively votes to change high school biology standards
The State Board of Education has given preliminary approval to revised curriculum standards that would no longer require students to challenge scientific theories about evolution. Full Story
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![State Board of Education member Barbara Cargill attends a meeting of the board on Feb. 1, 2017, in Austin.]()
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Texas education board nears compromise on evolution standards
Texas education board members have reached some consensus on language that relates to challenging scientific theories about evolution. Full Story
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Texas education board to consider compromise on evolution standards
The State Board of Education will take a final vote this week on whether to modify language in high school biology curriculum standards that would require students to challenge evolutionary science. Full Story
![State Board of Education member Barbara Cargill attends a meeting of the board on Feb. 1, 2017, in Austin.]()
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We've updated our Texas Public Schools Explorer
We're pushing out our updated Texas Public Schools Explorer, which lets you easily find graduation rates, test scores and more for all of the 1,207 school districts and 8,673 public school campuses in Texas for the 2015-16 school year. Full Story
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![A student raises his hand during the class reading time at Union Hill Elementary School. Dec 7, 2015.]()
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