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Texas High Schoolers See Relief From High-Stakes Testing Rule

Posted 11.30.2012 | Home
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For a second year, Texas high schools will not be required to count new end-of-course exams as part of a student's grade, Texas Education Commissioner...

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Study: Dual Enrollment Students More Likely To Attend, Graduate College

Posted 10.17.2012 | Home
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A report by Boston-based education nonprofit Jobs for the Future urges policymakers to expand dual enrollment after determining that high school stude...

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Judge Slams Critics Of Ban Against Prayer At Texas High School Graduation

AP | By PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 02.10.2012 | Home
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SAN ANTONIO -- A federal judge who was vilified by Republican presidential hopefuls for banning prayer at a Texas high school graduation delivered a s...

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Ex-Teacher Faces Felony For Giving Student Emergency Contraceptive

Posted 04.10.2012 | Home
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A former Texas High School teacher faces felony charges for delivery of a dangerous drug after admitting to police that she gave a student an emergenc...

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Hundreds Of Students Caught Cheating At 'Exemplary' School

Posted 03.06.2012 | Home
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Hundreds of high school seniors in Texas were caught cheating on their final exams last month. Now, officials at the southeast Houston Clear Creek Ind...

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For-Profit Teacher Certification Booming

| Nick Pandolfo and Morgan Smith | Posted 08.13.2012 | Home
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This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. DENTON, Texas — One afternoon in mid-November, Jeff Arrington scattered 80 paper gingerb...

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This Star High School Basketball Player Isn't Who He Says He Is

AP | By BETSY BLANEY | Posted 09.27.2011 | Home
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- A former star athlete who posed as a teenager to play high school basketball in West Texas was sentenced Wednesday to three years in...

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