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Figuring Out How to Give Teachers Useful Feedback
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 23 days ago
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May 2, 2013 When Texas lawmakers rolled out a framework for evaluating public schoolteachers more than 15 years ago, they intended to identify ways to strengthen the state's teaching corps. Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune Senator Dan
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Gov. Perry: Texas wants its gold back from the Federal Reserve
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry told Glenn Beck on his radio show last week that he wants the state's $1 billion in gold reserves back from the Federal Reserve . State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione is sponsoring a bill that would establish the Texas Bullion
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State Government Of Texas Moves To Hoard Its Gold
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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Call it the Rick Perry gold rush: The governor wants to bring the state's gold reserves back from a New York vault to Texas. A bill from Rep. Giovanni Capriglione would establish the Texas Bullion Depository, a secure state-based bank to house $1
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The Texas Tribune: Concerns That Texas Regents Are Micromanaging Colleges
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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March 1, 2013 Dan Branch, the Dallas Republican who is the chairman of the House Higher Education Committee, worries that the 2013 legislative session could become a repeat of 2011, when his agenda was overshadowed by tensions between university
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The Texas Tribune: Public Schools Weigh Options on School Choice
Houston :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
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The Texas Tribune Weighing Options for Expanding School Choice Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Christina Yelton teaches reading at the west campus of YES Prep, a public charter system that serves 7,000 students in Houston. Published: December
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The Texas Tribune: Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rules Win Cautious Praise
New York City :: NY :: USA | 6 months ago
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December 8, 2012 Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial process of shooting water, sand and chemicals underground to retrieve oil or natural gas trapped in shale rock, has made plenty of headlines in recent years. But the drilling
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Texas can't keep up with natural gas boom
Houston :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Natural gas companies in Texas are employing flaring because of the lack of transport pipelines, officials said. The Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency regulating the oil and natural gas industry, increased the number of flaring permits from
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The Texas Tribune: Texas Senate Race Is About Crunching the Numbers
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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The Texas Tribune A Race That's About Crunching the Numbers Published: May 3, 2012 Ross Ramsey, the managing editor of The Texas Tribune, writes a regular column for the Tribune. Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune Senator Wendy Davis is in a
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In Fight Over Redistricting Maps, Sometimes It's Where They Play the Game
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The New York Times Ross Ramsey, the executive editor of The Texas Tribune, writes a column for The Tribune. Political redistricting is for real nerds, for those sometimes overly serious people who have spent a great deal of time learning and thinking
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Mexico Seizes 15 Tons of Methamphetamine
Piedras Negras :: Mexico | over 1 year ago
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But while the authorities proudly showed off the seizure to local reporters, the sheer size of the find set off alarm among experts and officials from the United States and the United Nations. It was a sign, they said, of just how organized,
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