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Analysis: Schools Are Changing, and Not the Way You Might Think
Whatever you might say about the state of public education in Texas today, this is not the same school system Texas was operating in the mid-1990s.Public schools here are changing rapidly. They don’t...
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New Truancy Law Poised to Put More Pressure on Schools, Parents
Throughout August, The Texas Tribune will feature 31 ways Texans' lives will change because of new laws that take effect Sept. 1. Check out our story calendar for more.When the state's new truancy law...
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Analysis: Public Education Funding With a Judicial Assist
A new season of school finance lies immediately ahead — a new opportunity for the courts to tell the Legislature to do its job or to congratulate it for getting things just right.Bet on the...
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2011 Budget Cuts Still Hampering Schools
In a packed Austin courtroom in 2012, the state's lawyers sought to convince a judge that if Texas schools spent their money wisely, they needn't suffer greatly from a $5.4-billion cut to public...
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State Urges Texas Supreme Court to Drop School Finance Lawsuit
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. “Money isn’t pixie dust” when it comes to improving public schools, lawyers for the state of Texas told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday,...
View ArticleVideo: Adler and Taylor on Pre-K
At our 9/4 conversation, Austin Mayor Steve Adler and San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor talked about the importance of early childhood education — and who should fund it.
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Texans Push for Dyslexia Research, Funding in Capitol Hill Hearing
WASHINGTON — Texas is a leader in early dyslexia identification in schools and a pioneer in teacher training and public awareness, but the state’s schools still have a long way to go, lawmakers and...
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God & Governing: Education
Tune in to "God & Education" — the final part of our "God & Governing" documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers' personal religious beliefs played into abstinence education and school...
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God & Governing: Revisit the Project
In the 2015 Texas legislative session, state lawmakers frequently used their religious beliefs to defend their policymaking. Take a look back at "God & Governing," our documentary-style series on...
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Education Commissioner Leaving at Year's End
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.Citing a years-long long-distance relationship with his wife, Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams informed Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday...
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UIL Punts to Superintendents on Student-Athlete Gender Policy
The governing body for Texas high school sports decided Monday to ask superintendents to determine whether to formalize a policy that uses student-athletes' birth certificates to determine their...
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2015 Tribune Festival: Audio From the Public Ed Track
The Public Education track at the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on turning around struggling schools, pre-K, public education and the Legislature, and charter schools. There...
View ArticleVideo: Hecht on the School Finance Case
At our 10/29 conversation, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court talked about the timing of a possible ruling on the state's appeal in the school finance lawsuit.
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Audit Finds Fire Safety Concerns at Texas School for the Deaf
At the historic Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, strobe lights are supposed to flash in case of fire. But in some places on campus, those visual alarms do not work, according to a state audit...
View ArticleVideo: The Future of Public Education Policy
On 11/13, I talked about the future of public education policy in Texas with state. Rep. Mary González, D-Clint; Lizzette González Reynolds of the Texas Education Agency; El Paso ISD Superintendent...
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Study: Many Texas Students Graduated Without Passing Exams
*Clarification appendedIn Texas’ biggest school districts, most students who applied for an alternate path to graduation after not passing all their exit-level tests were granted a diploma because of a...
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Agency Urged to Include Variety of Schools in Pre-K Program
Early education advocates on Tuesday urged the Texas Education Agency to ensure that a diverse group of school districts will be able to apply for funding through a new state grant program designed to...
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T-Squared: Our Public Schools Explorer Gets an Upgrade
Since 2012, our popular public schools explorer has been the leading source for anyone seeking graduation rates, test scores, teacher salaries, demographic breakdowns, enrollment numbers and more for...
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Rewrite of No Child Left Behind Poised to Pass
The end of the widely reviled No Child Left Behind Act — and Texas’ standoff with the federal government over that 2002 law — is in sight, to the elation of the state education commissioner,...
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UT-Austin Task Force: Ban Guns in Dorms, But Not Classrooms
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.A task force at the University of Texas at Austin has recommended guns be prohibited in residence halls, at sporting events and in certain...
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