#txedu — Public Fediverse posts
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Who could have guessed? (Anyone) #IDEA #CharterSchool #txedu
"IDEA officials used public dollars to purchase luxury driver services as well as $15 million to lease a private jet...."
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/06/idea-schools-conservatorship-texas/
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From the magazine, McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee interviews two of Greg Abbott's key opponents about their ongoing plan to fight against #vouchers at public #schools: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-school-vouchers-special-session/
#news #politics #USpol #Texas #education #TXlege #TXedu #PublicSchools #GregAbbott #privatization
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Earlier: "If Abbott calls a special session to get a voucher program, we've been told by a lot of House members that the opposition to a voucher program will increase."
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-school-vouchers-special-session/#vouchers #education #schools #Texas #TXlege #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #TXedu
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Our featured story this week:
Former students of am allegedly abusive #Austin public school theater teacher speak out after filing a lawsuit under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act. Diane “Betsy” Cornwell was so beloved school administrators wanted to name a building for her, but some of her former pupils say the truth is far darker...
https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-theater-school-lawsuit/
(CW: Sexual #abuse of minors)#news #education #schools #Texas #MentalHealth #TXedu #HumanRights
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A massive coalition came together to oppose Greg Abbott's school voucher plan during the last legislative session. Can they beat him again?
From our magazine, McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee interviews two of the governor's key opponents, organizer Charles Luke and the Rev. Charles Johnson, who leads the member organization Pastors for #Texas Children:
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-school-vouchers-special-session/#news #politics #USpol #TXlege #vouchers #education #schools #TXedu
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Happy #Newstodon Friday, the day we celebrate the publications and journalists of the #Fediverse!
Today let's highlight @josephinelee's story of the fight to control the #Texas State Historical Society and why it matters to the future of #education ... https://www.texasobserver.org/those-who-dont-know-the-past/
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Earlier: In what seemed like a 16-hour indoctrination session, TEA’s “Lone Star Governance” program trainers had the 230 applicants who attended repeat self-flagellating mantras about their lack of integrity and lack of concern for student success to get them ready for what they called the “Lone Star Governance mindset."
https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-morath-houston-texas-education-agency/
(Edit: typo)
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“It seems like we’ll be too busy staring at student ... test scores to wonder why can’t we teach our kids about the real history of America, or why we are not allowed to vote for our own leaders here, or run our own elections?”
After the takeover of #Houston ISD, #Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is limiting school board control in the region and setting his own conservative agenda, reports @josephinelee:
https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-morath-houston-texas-education-agency/ -
McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee reports on the battle to control the #Texas State Historical Society and the effects it could have on teaching #history in our state:
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More from today's top story: Many school districts violate #Texas’ school #safety law, @josephinelee found. Among many others, #Uvalde Consolidated ISD expelled 33 students and did not conduct required threat assessments or provide mental health interventions for any of those students. https://www.texasobserver.org/students-pay-as-texas-school-districts-violate-threat-assessment-law/
#MentalHealth #education #news #Texas #politics #TXedu #TXlege #CriminalJustice #schools
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“We need to ensure that there are some appropriate interventions in place to get that student off a pathway to violence and have them be successful in an educational environment.”
Instead, at-risk students suffer under the uneven enforcement of a law that is meant to keep schools safer, reveals McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee in this disturbing new report:
https://www.texasobserver.org/students-pay-as-texas-school-districts-violate-threat-assessment-law/#Texas #education #TXedu #CriminalJustice #news #politics #USpol #schools
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From the archives: Wondering why #education in the Lone Star State is such a mess? For a clue, just look back to last November's election, when all 15 seats on the State Board of Education were up for reelection—and got taken over by wingnuts. Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher had the rundown.
https://www.texasobserver.org/voters-reinforce-republican-stronghold-on-state-board-of-education/#TXlege #politics #news #USpol #TXedu #extremism #elections #Texas
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The little Christofascists grow up so fast ... Our latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent, from the March/April issue of Texas Observer magazine.
Get more political #cartoons: https://www.texasobserver.org/topics/loon-star-state/
Some recent #education stories:
🤠 The New Children's Crusade, youth radicalization investigation by @josephinelee https://www.texasobserver.org/christian-youth-radicalization-nationalism-texas/🤠 'School Choice' Is Just A Plot to Defund Public Ed, from @drdrbrockman https://www.texasobserver.org/school-choice-is-just-a-ploy-to-defund-public-ed/
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From the archives: Texas is profoundly failing its #LGBTQIA+ students, as dozens of laws attempt to restrict the rights of #queer and #trans young folks, writes a former Teacher of the Year ... https://www.texasobserver.org/transgender-students-queer-lgbtqia-education-schools/
#education #Texas #TXedu #politics #TXlege #USpol #HumanRights #transphobia #Schools
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”In #Texas, Christian nationalists’ battle to undermine church-state separations has been waged on two fronts: one involving shaping what is taught in public schools, the other involving spending taxpayer dollars to pay for religious instruction in religious #schools.” via @drdrbrockman
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-choice-is-just-a-ploy-to-defund-public-ed/#education #TXEdu #TXlege #Christianity #religion #news #USpol #politics #PublicSchools #censorship
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School choice? #Vouchers? In his newest article for the Texas Observer, Correspondent @drdrbrockman explains how the #Republicans' attack on public #schools is also an attack on the separation of church and state:
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-choice-is-just-a-ploy-to-defund-public-ed/#education #politics #news #religion #Christianity #USpol #TXedu #Texas #TXlege
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“The politicians are worried about what content is being taught or not being taught versus truly fixing the problems in #schools.”
McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee reveals how proposed property tax cuts and school #vouchers would strain a system already on the brink of collapse: https://www.texasobserver.org/propery-tax-public-schools-teacher-pay-wages/
(📸 #Photography by Josephine Lee)
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CW: Wrongfully convicted, fighting for justice: Highlights of this week
Clarence Brandley: Convicted of murder by an all-white jury, his family till wants justice https://www.texasobserver.org/clarence-lee-brandley-death-penalty-wrongfully-convicted/
(CW: Rape, murder)#Abortion Laws in #Texas are putting lives at risk: https://www.texasobserver.org/abortion-laws-pregnancy-loss-healthcare/
The state takeover of #Houston ISD is a Trojan horse for privatization: https://www.texasobserver.org/wheatley-houston-isd-takeover-privatization-texas/
#DeathPenalty #Healthcare #HumanRights #news #USpol #TXlege #RoeVWade #TXedu #schools #education
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“I left a profession where I was getting way under-compensated now to take a different role that is not compensated at all. I cannot give you a rational reason I would do that, other than that I just really love this district.”
The #Texas school system almost broke Andrew Gonzales. Then he unseated the school board president:
https://www.texasobserver.org/andrew-gonzales-aisd-austin-school/From Michelle Pitcher in March/April issue of our magazine.
(📸 Photo by Cindy Elizabeth)
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“Charter #schools have a right to turn their backs on kids and a part of the community. And if we start on that train ... these kids will be left behind in society.”
As the state takeover of #Houston ISD proceeds, advocates worry for the future of vulnerable schools in low-income neighborhoods. McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee uncovers the risks this poses to students:
https://www.texasobserver.org/wheatley-houston-isd-takeover-privatization-texas/#education #TXedu #TXlege #privatization #vouchers #news #USpol #politics
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“When kids can’t feel safe, seen, or valued, they don’t come to school. And when they don’t come to school, negative consequences compound and our society suffers. We lose the special talents and gifts each child learns to nurture throughout their schooling.“
Former National Teacher of the Year @ShannaPeeples on the crisis facing #trans and #LGBTQIA+ kids in #Texas under the attacks of the 88th Legislature:
https://www.texasobserver.org/transgender-students-queer-lgbtqia-education-schools/
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Texas is about to force #Houston ISD, a major public school district, under its direct control, despite improvements to local #education and protests from students, teachers and parents ...
New from Ruth Kravetz of Community Voices for Public Education:
https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-isd-takeover-racism-education/
(📸 Courtesy of Community Voices for Public Education)
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A new bill would prohibit the children of parents here without authorization from attending public school.
From McHam Investigative Fellow @josephinelee, an investigation into this fresh human rights violation:
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-wants-to-deny-undocumented-kids-a-public-education/#education #undocumented #Immigration #schools #news #politics #racism #border #TXlege #USPol #TXedu