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During the June 17th School Board meeting, the following appointments and reassignments were made: Lanier Principal, Miguel Elizondo, assigned to Travis Rhodes Principal, Ed Garcia, assigned to Lanier Dr. Carol Velazquez assigned to Harris MS (Principal) Julio Garcia assigned to … Continue reading →

The San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel has launched Books Build Character, whose goal is to provide all 54,000 SAISD students with brand-new books of their very own. Book distribution began April 10 with all 2nd-and 7th-graders – … Continue reading →

Under House Bill 5 (HB 5), passed by the 83rd Texas Legislature and signed by the governor, high school students are now required to pass five State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) end-of-course exams to meet the new … Continue reading →

Gov. Rick Perry yesterday expanded the agenda of the current special legislative session on redistricting to include highway funding, and today he added two more unrelated topics:  abortion regulation and mandatory life imprisonment for 17-year-olds convicted of capital crimes. Legislation … Continue reading →

As Gov. Rick Perry yesterday signed legislation to reduce the number of state tests required for graduation from high school, the Texas Education Agency was reporting that statewide passing rates on the state’s battery of achievement tests were “largely stable.” … Continue reading →

Gov. Rick Perry today formally signed HB 5 by Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock (R-Killeen), the bill to reduce the number of required end-of-course STAAR tests to five from 15. The bill also creates new options for meeting graduation requirements, with … Continue reading →

Five bills promoting school privatization and private-school vouchers are among those filed by legislators so far in the current special session.  These topics do not fall within the agenda defined by Gov. Rick Perry when he called lawmakers back to … Continue reading →

In February State District Judge John Dietz found the Texas system of school finance unconstitutional on multiple grounds in a lawsuit filed by hundreds of school districts. They argued, and Judge Dietz agreed, that the state has failed to fund … Continue reading →

A thorough rewrite by Congress of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act is more than five years overdue, in spite of widespread discontent with the law. NCLB has fostered over-reliance on state test scores as the measure … Continue reading →