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Joe Smith: “Hochberg Made a Statement. Did You Hear It?- Part 3 - January 27 , 2012
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The statements that Representative Hochberg made in the House Public Education Hearing on Monday were very powerful comments related not only to Premont ISD but the broken Texas school funding system. Yesterday, Hochberg put the icing on the cake with the following comments to Morgan Smith in her article South Texas District Suspends Sports to Keep Afloat |
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Congratulations to the following New Supers: |
Brian Nichols, Laneville ISD Elementary Principal, has been named New Super of Laneville ISD.
Rick Teran, Hale Center ISD Superintendent, has been named New Super of Childress ISD.
David Belding, Weatherford ISD High School Principal, has been named New Super of Millsap ISD.
Jan 27, 2012, 09:00
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:44
New From TEA
NEW! Special Charter School Report of Students Enrolled and Students with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Services through Public Law
A new STAAR media toolkit
Duty of Superintendents and Directors to Report Educator Misconduct Purpose
Report examines cost savings achieved by service centers
2011-2012 Performance Based Monitoring-Data Validation Monitoring – Leavers
TEA Grant Opportunities
Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Incentive Program and Texas College Preparation Program
Financial Exigency Rules - public comment period began December 9 ends January 9.
STAAR Q and A
TEA launches new GED ordering system
Jan 27, 2012, 08:43
Premont: Silencing Cheers, to Save Troubled School District
PREMONT — A plan to save a school district has come down to rows of yellow Post-it notes. Dozens of the pieces of paper dot a wall in Superintendent Ernest Singleton’s office, covering white poster boards labeled with the 11 state benchmarks that the Premont Independent School District must meet to remain open next year. Each note points to a step taken toward the corresponding goal
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:40
Slideshow: Texas School Cancels Sports
Premont ISD is terminating its athletics programs to save money and focus on academics as it tries to meet drastic improvements required by the state. Photography by Eddie Seal for The Texas Tribune.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:40
Dallas ISD Votes to Close 11 Schools
Video! DALLAS - Dallas school board trustees voted Thursday night in favor of a plan to close 11 schools to save money. Discussion about the issue got heated as a packed house of angry parents and teachers showed up to protest the plan.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:39
Dallas ISD to close 11 schools, layoff 177, extend teacher hours
DALLAS - After a raucous meeting lasting more than four hours with police intervention, Dallas ISD trustees voted to close 11 elementary schools, which will result in 177 layoffs of full-time employees.
In a separate vote, the board voted to extend teachers' work days by 45 minutes, without compensating them for it.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:38
Over-tested? Education officials say Texas schools too focused on exams
State Board of Education members pressed the Texas education commissioner on Thursday about whether an abundance of high-stakes standardized testing is warping teaching to ensure students spend more time preparing for exams than actual le ...
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:36
Red Oak ISD Addresses TB Concerns For Parents, Community
For the second night more than 200 concerned Red Oak ISD parents and employees gathered in the Red Oak High School gym Thursday night to find out about tuberculosis.
A staff member at Wooden Elementary may have the disease, and may have exposed students and co-workers
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:36
Texas cities are low on annual literacy list
Texas has routinely topped the national growth charts, but the Lone Star State's biggest cities are behind the curve in an annual ranking of literacy rates. Austin (tied with New York City at No. 22) was the only Texas city to crack the top third of the 75 cities ranked in the study of literacy resources by John Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University. The annual survey of cities of at least 250,000 people focuses on six indicators of literacy: library reso...
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:36
Keller ISD Superintendent's view on STAAR
At his monthly Brown Bag Lunch today at Liberty Elementary, Keller Superintendent James Veitenheimer weighed in on the new State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). "I've been in education for about 30 years and we've never been as uncertain about anything as we are about STAARs and End of Course exams and how they will impact your kids."
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:35
Texas needs school finance reforms
Bluff Dale school district, southwest of Fort Worth, is a rural, nearly all-white district with an enrollment of 94 students.
The Houston school district is a multi-ethnic urban district with more than 200,000 students.
They have something in common: They have joined with several other districts, including Austin and Round Rock, in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas school finance system. There are four such lawsuits, collectively representing about half of the state's school districts and 60 percent of its student population.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:35
Decatur: School Bus Stuck in Bridge Collapse
RHOME, Texas - A bridge collapsed under the weight of a school bus Thursday afternoon, leaving the bus stuck with its rear in the air.
The Decatur Independent School District bus was on Heritage Creek Drive in Rhome when the accident happened.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:33
ETX school district buckles down on bus safety
There have been an increasing number of school bus wrecks in East Texas lately, particularly in Kilgore.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:33
Houston: School Apologizes to Punished Student
An update now to a story we brought you on Tuesday about a student facing harsh punishment at a Klein ISD elementary school.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:33
Texas approves coach Mack Brown's 4-year extension
University of Texas regents agreed Thursday to extend football coach Mack Brown's contract by four years to 2020, a move school officials hope will assure long-term stability for a program eager to get back in the chase for national...
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:33
Waco ISD closer to voting on school consolidation plans
Parents had another opportunity to voice their concerns about possible school closures in Waco ISD during a school board meeting on Thursday.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:32
New study: Texas spends 23 percent more on prisons
Texas taxpayers pay an average 23 percent more for state prisons than the state’s annual corrections budget reflects, a first-of-a-kind national study shows.
The new report by the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based research organization that tracks criminal justice trends, calculates the state’s total costs for its adult corrections and prison programs at $3.3 billion — almost $783 million higher than the $2.5 billion annual budget for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:31
Thomas Ratliff: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CASTS HISTORIC VOTE
I am proud to announce a historic shift in the way Texas implements new standards in our
public school classrooms.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:31
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:30
Burnet: Jerry Burger named lone finalist for BCISD superintendent position
Jerry Burger, currently the superintendent of schools in Normangee, has been selected as the lone finalist for the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District superintendent position.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:29
Keller trustees extend superintendent's contract
Keller ISD trustees voted 5-1 in a special meeting Thursday night to extend Superintendent James Veitenheimer's contract through the 2014-15 school year and agreed to give him the same percentage raise next year that they give other employees.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:29
Survey: New district head should live in area
Having a superintendent that lives in the Marshall school
district is more important to community members than one that works
well with the school board, according to results from the
superintendent c
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:29
Mauldin named assistant superintendent
The Marble Falls Independent School District has chosen Janice Mauldin as the new assistant superintendent of academic programs.
Mauldin currently serves as the "grant shepherd” assigned to help Marble Falls High School achieve its goals within the Texas Title I Priority School grant it received this year.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:27
VIDEO: Dallas ISD board meeting turns chaotic before vote to close schools
The Dallas school board voted Thursday night to close 11 schools -- but not before the audience taunted and yelled at trustees, police escorted community activist Joyce Foreman from the auditorium and board members moved to another room.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:26
Lubbock: LISD trustee Melissa Collier is seeking re-election
Melissa Collier announced Thursday morning she is seeking re-election May 12 to her at-large Lubbock Independent School District trustee seat. Collier, 37, was first elected to the board in May 2010. She is a self-employed certified public accountant who serves on the board’s finance committee and is the chairwoman of the ad hoc technology committee.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:25
Klein ISD rescinds punishment in potty break case
Klein ISD school officials have rescinded the punishment they gave to a 12-year-old student for relieving himself in a water bottle during class, the boy's attorney said Thursday.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:17
Utah Teens Arrested Over Plot to Blow Up School
Two Utah teenagers were arrested after allegedly plotting to blow up their fellow students during school assembly and escape in a stolen plane, in a bid to seek "revenge on the world."
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:17
Tyler ISD Education Foundation Close to Surpassing Campaign Goal of $250,000
This is Great! The results of donations to the Tyler ISD Foundation for its annual community campaign keep surprising even those closest to the campaign. With about a month remaining in the campaign, the development board of 28 directors has raised $215,324 as of last week. Announced Gay Smith, Austin Bank location President and 2011-2012 Campaign Chair for the Foundation. The final amount will be unveiled Wednesday, February 29th at Owens Elementary with Linda Payne, principal, hosting. The board directors will also be drawing names for at least two Ipad2’s for employees who donated at least $10 to the campaign. Over 150 employees have donated about $7,500 to the campaign goal.
Jan 27, 2012, 08:13
Novice High Teachers Losing Jobs At End Of Year
All of the Novice High School teachers will be out of jobs at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:10
Top Ten Elementary Schools - Student Excellence (LYS Performance Score)
The following list presents the ten elementary schools that had the greatest percentage of their fragile learners score at the Commended level on all sections of the TAKS test (2010/2011). 10. Dyess ES* (Abilene ISD) 9. Aloe ES# (Victoria ISD) 8. Gonzalez ES* (Edinburg CISD) 7. Homer Drive ES* (Beaumont ISD) 6. Devers ES# (Devers ISD) 5. Rising Star ES# (Rising Star ISD) 4. Country Place ES* (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD) 3. Hobby ES* (Houston ISD) 2. Lyons ES* (Houston ISD) 1. Canterbury ES...
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:10
Hallsville: School board recognized
The members of the Hallsville School Board were recognized
recently at the regular School Board Meeting in January.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:05
Longview: Former LISD employee files discrimination lawsuit
A former Longview ISD employee has filed a lawsuit against the school district, claiming she was fired after speaking out about discrimination directed toward her by Principal John York.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:05
Police want to know who circulated nude photos of Arlington Heights student
Police are investigating how nude photographs of an Arlington Heights High School student ended up being sent to Fort Worth school district administrators. The female student told a school resource officer that she had sent explicit pictures of herself via text message to an older man and that she was concerned they would be sent to others, police spokeswoman Sharron Neal said.
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:05
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Jan 27, 2012, 08:00
Victoria: V.I.S.D. Educating Students And Parents About The New STAAR Test
Tonight, parents at Cade Middle School learned their children will not graduate without taking the controversial STAAR Test. Earlier this evening, V.I.S.D. hosted a training session clarifying the new state exam. The new test tracks student performance in English, Math and Science for students in third through eighth grade, but will also serve as final exams for students in high school.
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Jan 27, 2012, 07:48
Yearlong study shows Central Texas achievement gap begins with children as early as 3
Three-year-old Kaitlyn Lindsey cocks her head to the side, examining the sleek, black digital tablet. She's never touched one before.
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Jan 27, 2012, 07:48
Do Texas schools test too much?
State Board of Education members pressed the Texas education commissioner on Thursday about whether an abundance of high-stakes standardized testing is warping classroom teaching to ensure students spend more time preparing for the exams than actual learning.
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Jan 27, 2012, 07:47
Keller school district expects to tap into savings
Most years, Keller school district officials can put money back into savings at the end of the fiscal year. But as they plan for the 2012-13 school year and beyond, they expect to start pulling substantial amounts out of the coffers.
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Jan 27, 2012, 07:47
Texas education officials decry 'over-testing' in public schools
State Board of Education members pressed the Texas education commissioner on Thursday about whether an abundance of high-stakes standardized testing is warping classroom teaching to ensure students spend more time preparing for the exams then actual learning.
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Jan 27, 2012, 07:47
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