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Any school choice policy must win over rural Republicans, who have historically been against diverting public dollars to private schools.
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In big cities across the country, teachers are almost always in demand. And amid the so-called “Great Resignation,” that may be truer now than ever. Until school starts in August, it’s impossible to know exactly how many teachers Texas will be in need. But some Dallas instructors suspect a higher-than-typical number of their colleagues won’t return to class this fall.
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The switch to four-day school weeks is popular among smaller school districts that don’t always have the finances to attract or retain teachers with pay increases.
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Campuses won’t be warned ahead of time about the “random intruder detection audits.”
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Online racism tied to a Lubbock school might have greater implications for students and parents than imagined.
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The pandemic showed some Texas universities that they didn’t need the SAT. They might never go back.Many Texas public universities have committed to accepting students who do not submit SAT or ACT standardized test scores, signaling that test-optional policies could be here to stay.
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School board meetings nationwide became viral, politically-charged battlegrounds during the pandemic. Much of the tension has now moved from concerns about COVID to debates about what’s being taught in classrooms. And that’s made local school board elections — happening across much of the state and in Lubbock on May 7th — more contentious than ever.
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On Feb. 16, Midland Christian School Superintendent Jared Lee was arrested along with four other top officials for allegedly concealing the sexual assault of a student.In the weeks that followed, reports of abuse skyrocketed in Midland and alumni came forward to detail the culture at the private school.
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Payments on federal student loans have been paused for two years, and the Biden administration appears to be considering extending the pause beyond May.
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