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How Rick Perry Solved the Dropout Problem by Making Galveston Disappear

Jason Stanford | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Read More: Julian Heilig, Texas Education Agency, Texas Education, High School Dropouts, Rick Perry, Home Schooling, Politics News
Jason Stanford

Increasing the percentage of kids you move through high school from 75.4 percent to 86 percent is big news, no matter what the ranking. How did he accomplish this marvelous feat?

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Texas Education Chief Considers Rating Schools On Minority Progress

Posted 11.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Texas Education, Texas Education Board, Texas School Board of Education, Standardized Test Scores, Texas School Board, Texas Education Agency, Minority Achievement Gap, Texas Schools, Minority Achievement Gaps, Michael Williams, Home News

Texas’ new education commissioner Michael Williams is considering a new system for rating school success that would take into account how well distr...

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Texas Education Agency Seeks $1 Million For Exam Security

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home
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The Texas Education Agency is asking the state Legislature for $1 million for investigations into irregularities in student tests. Education Commis...

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Ex-Schools Chief Faces 3.5 Years For Texas Testing Scandal

AP | JUAN CARLOS LLORCA | Posted 12.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, School Cheating Scandal, Video, Minority Students, Texas Education Agency, Low Performing Students, Lorenzo Garcia, El Paso Independent School District, Texas Cheating Scandal, Standardized Testing, Taks, Texas Schools, Cheating Scandal, Home News

EL PASO, Texas -- A federal judge sentenced the former superintendent of El Paso Independent School District to more than three years in prison Friday...

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Rick Perry Names Tea Party Activist To State's Top Education Post

Posted 08.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Private School Vouchers, Texas Education, Video, School Vouchers, Michael Williams Texas Senate, School Voucher Program, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Texas Education Agency, No Child Left Behind Waivers, Texas Standardized Tests, Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Schools, Lizzette Reynolds, Rick Perry, Michael Williams, Home News

Tea party activist Michael Williams, former chair of the Texas Railroad Commission, has been named the new commissioner of the Texas Education Agency ...

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Quiz! Would You Be Able To Pass This 8th Grade Exam?

Posted 03.28.2012 | Teen
Read More: Standardized Tests, Texas Education Agency, Standardized Testing, Starr Exam, Texas Public Schools, Middle School Standardized Testing, Teen News

State assessment exams are always a drag, but imagine being told that they were going to be made even more challenging! In Texas, a new and much more ...

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Citing Politics, Some States Forego Waivers And Stay With No Child Left Behind

AP | By KEVIN BEGOS | Posted 02.10.2012 | Home
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PITTSBURGH -- Some of the nation's largest states are questioning whether the Obama administration's offer to let them escape certain mandates of the ...

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Texas Schools Sue State Over Billions In Funding

AP | By APRIL CASTRO and PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 12.11.2011 | Home
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AUSTIN, Texas -- A coalition of more than 150 Texas school districts said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against the state over a school funding syste...

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New Bill Would Relax Standards For Texas Recovery Charters

Posted 07.09.2011 | Home
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When Mansoor Kapasi first began taking his students to chess tournaments, the other parents wondered if they were part of a gang. He said his stude...

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The Not-So-Simple Debate on Home Computers and Achievement

Elisabeth Stock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Elisabeth Stock

A spate of recent news stories with attention-grabbing headlines like "Home Computers Hurt Students' Test Scores" may have readers reaching the conclusion that a home computer is about as useful an educational aid as a PlayStation.

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How Three Letters Can Get You Fired in Texas

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Evolution/Creation Controversy, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Barbara Forrest, Intelligent Design, Texas Education Agency, Chris Comer, Evolution, Texas Education Agency Chris Comer, Chris Comer Fired, Chris Comer Texas Education Agency, Education, Religion Science, Tea Chris Comer, Chris Comer Tea, Religion News
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

So what did Chris Comer, Director of Science for the Texas Education Agency, do to get fired? The TEA claims she violated their "neutrality" policy by taking a position in favor of teaching evolution over creationism.

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