South Texas education revolution: Column

USA Today - Richard Whitmire "Some describe this slice of [...]

May 25th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Charter School, Childhood Education, Children, College-prep, Current Events, Education, Hispanic, Learning, News, School, School District, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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UTA program draws youths to science and engineering with help from robots

The Sta Telegram - Robert Cadwallader "Julisa Chavez, 11, of [...]

May 24th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School District, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Commentary: It’s time for business to be heard on early childhood education

The Dallas Business Journal - Alice Murray "As the public [...]

May 18th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Preschool, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Opinion: New school money kills old excuses

The Sacramento Bee - Dan Walters "Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised [...]

May 17th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, School, School District, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Students in dual-language programs, such as Dallas ISD’s Rosemont, struggle at first

The Dallas Morning News - DIANNA HUNT and MATTHEW HAAG [...]

May 11th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Texas Instruments Foundation donates $2.2M for STEM district

E-School News - Staff Writer "The Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation [...]

May 9th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, School, School District, STEM, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Major Texas School District Halts Controversial Truancy Courts

The Huffington Post - Christina Wilkie "A decision this week [...]

April 29th, 2015|Categories: Attendance, Discipline, School, School District, Texas|Tags: Education, School|

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Bullying proves a vexing problem for Texas schools

The Dallas Morning News - JULIETA CHIQUILLO "The words on [...]

April 27th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bullying, Child Development, Childhood Education, Current Events, Learning, School, School Safety, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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In Texas, Questions About Prosecuting Truancy

NPR - Claudio Sanchez "As long as there have been [...]

April 27th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Current Events, Learning, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why this Texas teacher is the 2015 National Teacher of the Year

The Christian Science Monitor - Betsy Blaney "A high school [...]

April 27th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Current Events, Learning, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Training, Teaching, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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