Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Oct. 9, 2015
Happy Friday! Here’s what is making news this week in the Texas education world. Commissioner asks feds to reconsider “high-risk” label given to Texas The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has requested...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: May 27, 2016
The week was dominated by big election news. Read the latest from ATPE and Teach the Vote: ELECTION UPDATE: Educators mobilized to shape the outcome of one high-profile SBOE runoff, while some other...
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House speaker directs committees to keep school finance on the front burner
In May, the Texas Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling in litigation over the way Texas funds our public schools. Finding the school finance system to be (barely) constitutional, the court...
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An eventful week for STAAR
In a statement released yesterday, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced just short of $21 million in penalties against the state’s new testing vendor, ETS. The company will have to fork over...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Aug. 26, 2016
Here’s a look at some stories that made news this week in the world of Texas education: STAAR testing in the media spotlight Appropriations subcommittee begins looking at education funding ATPE members...
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From The Texas Tribune: Analysis: A Game of Chicken Between Texas, Its...
by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune September 26, 2016 Houston, Texas Voters in Texas’ biggest school district in Texas might do what the nine Republicans on the state’s Supreme Court wouldn’t do: Force...
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Houston throws down gauntlet on school finance reform
I lived in Houston for ten years. It’s where I finished high school, graduated from college, and began my first career as a fuzzy-cheeked radio broadcaster. It’s where I gleefully watched my alma...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: March 24, 2017
It’s time for our weekly wrap-up of education news from ATPE’s Governmental Relations team: Senate committee advances sweeping voucher bill House committee ponders testing and accountability, school...
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ATPE settles lawsuit over state’s teacher evaluation system
ATPE and other parties to a lawsuit over the state’s new recommended teacher appraisal system known as T-TESS have reached a settlement agreement. ATPE and three other teacher associations sued the...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: May 5, 2017
Here are education news stories you might have missed this week from ATPE Governmental Relations: ATPE and other teacher groups settle T-TESS lawsuits Legislative countdown continues A settlement...
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