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Expect More!

Jonah Edelman | Posted 05.18.2013 | Impact
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Jonah Edelman

Imagine a crowd of 1,000 14-year-olds. Now pick 10 of them. That's how many will get a decent education and a shot at a brighter future. There's a lot that needs to change to improve those unacceptable outcomes. But the first thing? Expectations.

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Fixing Texas School Finances May Bring Big Price Tag

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Before declaring Texas' public school finance system unconstitutional, state District Judge John Dietz offered a hypothetical. He sa...

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Judge Rules Texas Public School Funding System Unconstitutional

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
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AUSTIN, Texas — The system Texas uses to fund public schools violates the state's constitution by not providing enough money to school districts...

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Expert: $8 Billion Needed For Texas Students To Meet New Academic Standards, Says School Finance Expert

Posted 10.31.2012 | Home
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Texas will need to spend an additional $8 billion annually in order for its students to meet the state's new college and career-readiness standards, s...

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Study Examines Impact Principals Have On Student Achievement

Posted 10.24.2012 | Home
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It's indisputable that great teachers lead to successful students, as the presidential candidates have touted, but what about students' connection to ...

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WATCH: Colbert Mocks Texas Public Education

Posted 07.21.2012 | Comedy
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It's almost like the Texas GOP waited until Stephen Colbert was safely on vacation when they adopted their new platform. But "The Colbert Report" is b...

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My Decision to Send My Kids to Private School Has Never Been Easier to Defend

Christina Pesoli | Posted 09.08.2012 | Home
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Christina Pesoli

By enumerating so many offensive ideas in the "Educating our Children" section of its platform, Texas Republican delegates have provided me with a blueprint to defend my decision to send my kids to private school.

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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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Districts File Third Suit Against State Over School Funding

Posted 12.14.2011 | Home
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A third group of Texas schools filed suit against the state Tuesday over education funding, alleging that the system of financing public education is ...

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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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National Anthems: Do They Have A Place In Public Schools?

Posted 11.22.2011 | Home
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15-year-old Brenda Brinsdon, a sophomore at a high school in Rio Grande Valley, Texas, refused to participate when her Spanish 3 teacher assigned stud...

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'Exemplary' School Only Taught 2 Subjects, Faked Other Grades

Posted 01.22.2012 | Home
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A Dallas elementary school that was given "exemplary" status for academic achievement only taught its third graders reading and math last year, and fa...

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Texas History Education Standards Slammed In New Report

Posted 01.11.2012 | Home
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A recent report says Texas K-12 standards in history are inadequate, ineffective and "fail to meet the state's college readiness standards," and the r...

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School Uses Sharpie To Fill In Lines Shaved Into Student's Hair

Posted 12.13.2011 | Home
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A Texas student is upset with school officials, saying administrators went too far when they used a permanent marker to fill in lines shaved into his ...

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How Private Companies Are Profiting From Texas Public Schools

Texas Observer | Abby Rapoport | Posted 12.12.2011 | Home
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It's not hard to imagine Pearson's vision of utopia. Pearson is a London-based mega-corporation that owns everything from the Financial Times to Pe...

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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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Texas Oil Refineries May Get Tax Refund Out Of Public School, Community Money

Posted 11.26.2011 | Politics
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By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) PASADENA, Texas -- Three commissioners appointed by Gov. Rick Perry may grant some of the nation's ...

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District Cuts Ties With Superintendent For Ties To Atlanta Cheating Scandal

AP | Posted 10.09.2011 | Home
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DeSOTO, Texas -- A Dallas-area school board voted Monday to sever ties with its new superintendent, who was caught in the fallout of a test-cheating s...

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Is Suspension The First Step To Juvie?

Posted 09.18.2011 | Home
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A study released today shows results that one of its authors told Education Week should raise the question among state education leaders: "Is our stat...

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