Texas
If they’re allowed to do whatever they want, then they didn’t break the law
More on the Texas SBOE’s rejection of a third grade math book. Now the majority has voted to strike the minority reports from the official record of the board’s minutes. It seems that while our San Antonio representative couldn’t bring himself to vote on the original matter, he has joined the majority in censoring the [...]
Start checking your kindergartner’s credit report
A new database will be collecting kindergartner’s social security numbers. Company gets kindergartners’ Social Security numbers, data | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News The new database for kindergarten test scores also includes sections for children’s names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, gender, school identification numbers and parents’ names [...]
If it’s good enough for George Bush…
Star-Telegram.com: | 01/10/2008 | Report gives an average grade to Texas education Texas gets a C for public education, according to Education Week’s 12th annual Quality Counts report. Because Texas is interested in producing future presidents. Technorati Tags: Texas Education, Education Week’s Quality Counts, Education rankings
Vouchers are about choice, not quality
MySA.com: Metro | State In recent weeks, community members have rallied and pleaded with trustees, begging them to spare West Campus, which has about 600 students. But faced with a heart versus head dilemma, trustees voted to close the campus, which has had chronic low enrollment for years, operates at a deficit and has an [...]
McLeroy accepting the standard for teaching evolution?
Education board opposes intelligent design in curricula | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest Interviews with 11 of the 15 members of the board – including seven Republicans and four Democrats – found little support for requiring that intelligent design be taught in biology and other science classes. Only one [...]
No more dropping college courses
I don’t get it. Legislation limits college courses that may be dropped The 80th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1231 limiting the number of courses an institution of higher learning may allow an undergraduate student to drop. SB 1231 will affect any student enrolled as a first-time freshman at Lamar University and all other Texas [...]
Reprisals for Perry’s Community College Veto
I’m not sure what they think they will accomplish. MyWestTexas.com – Texas Democrats threaten retaliation for Perry’s veto Meeting today in Washington, the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation is so perturbed about Gov. Rick Perry’s veto of $154 million in community college funding that it may consider reprisals, spokesmen said. The 12-member group sent an angry [...]
Language immersion is only for Spanish speakers
There is going to be a pilot program that teaches classes in both English and Spanish to those who only speak one or the other language. Never mind that MySA.com: Metro | State Research shows children who learn two languages at an early age outscore students in traditional monolingual classrooms, she said. Representative Debbie Riddle [...]
Who knew board members were so sensitive?
The Daily Times Public school teachers and employees concerned about operations at their school districts now have added protection to voice those issues with elected members of their school boards. But this isn’t “good business practice” according to the Ingram School Board president. Excuse me? If your boss is cooking the books you should first [...]
Wasteful spending in San Antonio, political investments in Midland
Perry’s reasoning for vetoing the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) makes even less sense after reading the Express-News editorial. MySA.com: Editorials The governor said he doesn’t want to create more top research institutions before a new commission on higher education and global competitiveness comes up with a plan for the most effective use of [...]