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Low Scores Pass on Texas High School Tests
Washington :: DC :: USA | 12 months ago
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On the easiest end, freshmen can pass the algebra I and biology exams by getting 20 of 54 questions37 percentcorrect. The passing standards, posted on the Texas Education Agency's website late last month, typically draw little public attention, but
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Texas high school final exams blasted as too easy
Houston :: AK :: USA | 12 months ago
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Texas high school students can pass most of the state's new end-of-course exams this year by answering fewer than half the questions correctly, prompting concerns that the initial standards are not tough enough...The passing standards, posted on the
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Dallas ISD alleges $500,000 in additional fraud by tutoring firms
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
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A Text Size Eve Edelheit/Staff Photographer A+ Learning Academy's owner, Wissam Khazem, denies doing anything wrong and says that if one of his tutors did, all you have to do is tell me and I'll fire the tutor, take it off the billing and fix it.
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Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
Austin :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
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08 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Houston Chronicle...Death penalty perils We have noted before, as have other observers, that the death penalty in Texas is all too often plagued by errors and failings, and defendants, whether guilty or innocent, have
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Texas schools short by 15,000 teachers this year, analysis shows
Dallas :: GA :: USA | 12 months ago
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Texas' public schools should have operated with 15,000 more teachers this year, the fallout from unprecedented legislative-imposed funding cuts. And many educators believe the situation will worsen in the coming school year. Official state figures
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Texas Education Commissioner Appointment Pending
Houston :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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A new education commissioner for Texas will be appointed this summer by Governor Rick Perry. The job is likely to be difficult from the outset , given that the unpopular new standardized testing regime has already been suspended this year and funding
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Next education commissioner facing big challenges
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Texas This summer Gov. Rick Perry will appoint a new education commissioner who will immediately face enormous problems and competing demands. The state's much-criticized new standardized testing regime was suspended this year, school districts are
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All but 42 school districts delay STAAR grade rule
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Six districts say they will implement the requirement this year. Another 36 failed to notify the Texas Education Agency of their plans. Spokeswoman Debbie Ratcliffe said the agency assumes districts that didn't formally request the delay will
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Texas education chief Scott stepping down
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Texas Texas' top education official is resigning his post effective this summer. The Texas Education Agency says Robert Scott will step down July 2, five years to the day after Gov. Rick Perry appointed him as the agency's commissioner. Scott's
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Official: fewer Texas kids in discipline schools
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Texas A top official says the number of Texas kids in schools for those previously expelled because of disciplinary problems has declined nearly 40 percent in recent years. Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs are special schools for
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