The latest education news from The Texas Tribune.
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: It's not just English language learners who benefit from dual-language instruction, Obama makes a polarizing pick for education secretary and an interview with Keisha Bentley-Edwards of the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: The challenge of finding a principal who can stay for the long haul, Texas gets a conditional No Child Left Behind waiver and an interview with Fredrick Nafukho of Texas A&M University. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: New questions are raised on zero-tolerance discipline policies, a $50 million contest is launched to revamp high schools and an interview with Kay Wijekumar of Texas A&M University. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: A study suggests taking band class improves students' cognitive skills, comparing student achievement data across states remains difficult and an interview with Melissa Wetzel of the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: A study finds amount of homework assigned doesn't fit students' grade level, school gardens teach students about healthy habits and an interview with Dennis Davis of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: Public playgrounds experiment with giving kids free range, Head Start benefits proving difficult to demonstrate and an interview with Daniel R. Taber of the University of Texas. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: The NSA holds a free summer camp on cyber warfare, requests for flexibility on counting English language learners are getting different responses and an interview with Jacqueline R. Stillisano of Texas A&M's Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture. Full Story
You can peek at the state’s near future in the latest numbers from the Texas Education Agency: 51.8 percent Hispanic, 29.4 percent Anglo, 12.7 percent African-American, 3.7 percent Asian. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: A new map shows graduation rates nationally at the district level, 28 Texas schools are named for Confederate leaders and an interview with Bradley Davis of the University of Texas at Arlington. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: Questions are being raised about part-time graders hired to evaluate standardized tests, the enduring success of Sesame Street and an interview with Andrea Brauer of Texans Care for Children. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: States are spending less on schools and with less equity among districts, a legislative leader on K-12 education calls it a day and an interview with North Cooc of the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: Disparities persist decades after Brown v. Board of Education, it's crunch time at the Legislature and an interview with Paul Carrola of the University of Texas at El Paso. Full Story
For the first time in three decades, a new company will develop and administer the state-required exams Texas students begin taking in the third grade. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: Gap emerges among states on pre-K services offered, lawmakers eye ending Top 10 Percent scholarships and an interview with Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year. Full Story
The bill that helped spark last week's blowup between the state's top officials is suddenly moving in the Senate, despite fierce opposition from Tea Party conservatives. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: No change in passing rates since introduction of STAAR test, Obama stresses education as a response to Baltimore unrest and an interview with Colleen Reutebuch of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
A plan to give public schools A through F grades cleared a Texas House panel Tuesday night — but not without other changes in accountability standards reducing the role student assessments play in measuring public school performance. Full Story
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Thousands of high school seniors who haven't passed the required state exams are close to getting a chance at a diploma anyway under a measure advancing in the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: A key early education bill passes the Texas House, rethinking the role of school librarian and an interview with Christopher McCarthy, an educational psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
If a public school isn't getting the job done, parents would have greater power to demand changes under legislation passed by the Texas Senate on Wednesday. Full Story
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