Charter schools make up outsized portion of top-ranked Central Texas campuses

In newly released rankings from education nonprofit Children at Risk, charters make up an outsized proportion of top-ranked ...

Austin ISD can't delay hard decisions any longer | Editorial

With a superintendent ready to confront the tough math, trustees must proceed with campus consolidations that invest in ...

Smaller share of Central Texas schools get passing grades than Texas, per Children at Risk

Central Texas schools are improving but a smaller share are passing, when compared to regions statewide, according to ...
Click2Houston

A fight to save an Austin middle school puts families at odds with Texas over how to rate schools

Summer camp volunteer Carmen Mendoza hands out gift bags to students as they head home. Austin Voices for Education and Youth hosts a summer camp at Dobie Middle School to help students improve their ...
WFAA8

Some of Texas’ highest-paid charter superintendents run some of its lowest-performing districts

TEXAS, USA — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Three charter school superintendents who are among the highest paid in ...
World Socialist Web Site

Austin school district latest target in wave of Texas school closures and cutbacks

The prospect of extensive school closures looms over the Austin Independent School District (AISD) after 12 of its schools received failing marks from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). As a result, ...
ProPublica

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a ...

$14M awarded to Texas public schools for career, technical training

The state is awarding 52 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants, totaling over $14 million, to schools across Texas.  The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) issues JET grants to help public ...