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Martin Luby is an assistant professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

My 7 year old daughter (non-christian) felt the same way going to her public school in Texas where all she would see in December were christmas trees and veiled holy symbols, at the exclusion of any other belief (or non-belief).

Between Self and Soul: On Being Both More and Less than We Think We Are Wednesday, November 8 First Things presents a public lecture by poet, critic, and professor James Matthew Wilson, held at the Covenant School in Dallas, Texas.

Let me guess — the highest level of education you reached was public high school in Texas.

@MoneyTrail, Are kids in public schools in Texas forced, encouraged, or coerced into praying to a Christian God?

Now, on the other side, look up what the Texas board of education has been trying to do in Texas public schools for the past several years.

Ryan Valentine of the Texas Freedom Network takes a different view: «Academic study of the Bible in a history or literature course is perfectly acceptable,» he says, «but this curriculum represents a blatant attempt to turn a public school class into a Sunday school class.

She felt lucky to attend a public high school in Austin, Texas, that was highly supportive and had a gay student alliance.

Barton is also active in the national struggle over public school curricula, consulting with both Texas and California on educational standards.

To whomever said «creationism isn't taught in public schools,» I give you Tennesee, Indiana, Kansas and Texas.

San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy, in southern Texas, a public school whose student body is mostly Hispanic and low income

Last week this blog was devoted to discussing Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's first act in office — a declaration of «cupcake amnesty» — as well as his plan to bring deep fat fryers and sodas back to our public schools.

Last week this blog was devoted to discussing Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's first act in office - a declaration of «cupcake amnesty» - as well as his plan to bring deep fat fryers and sodas back to our public schools.

As for Texas, food blogger and school nutrition activist, Bettina Elias Siegel pointed out that the call for cupcake amnesty was unnecessary since the ban on junk food in Texas public schools was lifted more than a decade ago.

Texas school districts enjoy the broadest protections, which are waived only under specific circumstances, none of which apply to public use of school kitchens.8 In contrast, Massachusetts districts have immunity only if a school employee harms someone by performing an action that was not within the scope of the employee's employment.9

In other e.politics news, I'm doing a call - in show on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow morning about YouTube debates, chatting with academics from Princeton and Wake Forest (hope my Palestine (Texas) High School degree is up to the challengeIn other e.politics news, I'm doing a call - in show on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow morning about YouTube debates, chatting with academics from Princeton and Wake Forest (hope my Palestine (Texas) High School degree is up to the challengein show on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow morning about YouTube debates, chatting with academics from Princeton and Wake Forest (hope my Palestine (Texas) High School degree is up to the challenge).

Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Texas A & M University (College Station, USA) also participated in the research.

But rather than supplanting BMI as the best predictor of diabetes risk, waist circumference might be most useful if it's simply added to the mix, says Jane Bolin, Ph.D., an associate professor of health policy and management at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, in College Station.

Warwick School is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys aged 7 - 18, dating back to 914, making it the oldest boys» school The official website of Northwest Independent School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square School is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys aged 7 - 18, dating back to 914, making it the oldest boys» school The official website of Northwest Independent School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square school for boys aged 7 - 18, dating back to 914, making it the oldest boys» school The official website of Northwest Independent School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square school The official website of Northwest Independent School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square miles.

Teaching lower - achieving students — whether because teachers find it more difficult or less rewarding — is a strong factor in decisions to leave Texas public schools, and the magnitude of the effect holds across the full range of teachers» experience levels.

I am a principal in Texas of one of the first grade 3 - 6 TEA approved Public school Virtual Academy - I would like some pointers when discussing accountability with potential parents who are opposed to high stakes testing and love our school this year but would rather their child not participate in the STAAR testing required by TEA.

An amendment to the No Child Left Behind Act authorizing the creation of single - sex public schools was sponsored by Republican senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas, but the measure passed in large part due to the support of Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, a Wellesley College graduate grateful for her opportunity to attend one of the country's premier women's colleges.

At the center of these efforts is the statewide standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), administered to public school children in grades 3 to 10.

Currently, textbooks used in public schools in states like Texas and California must first be approved at the state level, a process in which various stakeholders get the chance to pressure publishers into addressing their concerns.

Having attended public schools in Texas during the 1950s, she is aware of how politicized these institutions can be and of the lengths to which textbook critics in that state have gone.

Data for the entire population of 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders in public schools in the state of Texas during the 1990s were used.

In Waco, Texas, the public schools are integrating Whyville into their eighth - grade career - exploration classes.

Carmyn Neely has been named the executive director of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women, an Addison, Texas - based philanthropy that supports single - sex public education for young women in urban schools in Texas.

In a televised address, Governor Rick Perry of Texas announced that his state's 7,000 public schools were open to the homeless students.

San Antonio parent Kerri Smith sent a two - page letter to every Texas official overseeing charters, explaining, «Had my children not been given the opportunity to attend a BASIS school, I truly fear that they would have continued to go through traditional public school in the middle of the pack, not reaching their full potential and not being fully prepared to go off to college one day.»

The study, which was financed in part by the College Board, the New York City - based nonprofit that sponsors the AP program, followed students who graduated from high school from 1998 to 2002 and enrolled at any public college or university in Texas.

In a new article for Education Next, Paul T. von Hippel of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and Laura Bellows of Duke University find that the answer is usually no.

Although the college - sending rates of the highest - performing high schools in the sample are low relative to Texas as a whole, our findings suggest that offering eligibility for automatic admission may not be effective at accomplishing even the narrow goal of increasing access to the top public universities for students in the most - disadvantaged settings.

To measure teacher's verbal ability, Ferguson used a literacy test that was administered in 1986 to all public school teachers in Texas.

This second comparison with non-APIP schools enables me to separate out the impact of any policy, such as the Texas Advanced Placement incentive program or the 10 percent rule (every student in Texas in the top 10 percent of her graduating high - school class is guaranteed a spot at the public university of her choice), that could have occurred at the same time as APIP implementation and could otherwise be confused with the effect of APIP.

[5] At the beginning of the study period in 2001, there was substantial variation in quality across charter schools and, on average, charter schools in Texas were less effective than traditional public schools.

At Annie Purl Elementary School, a public school in Georgetown, Texas, the outdoor classroom is a multipurpose space used for play, instruction, making, science experiments, and collaborative activSchool, a public school in Georgetown, Texas, the outdoor classroom is a multipurpose space used for play, instruction, making, science experiments, and collaborative activschool in Georgetown, Texas, the outdoor classroom is a multipurpose space used for play, instruction, making, science experiments, and collaborative activities.

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

And at Lady Bird Johnson Middle School in Irving, Texas, the biggest net - zero public school in the country — it generates more energy than it consumes — the building itself is a laboratory for leaSchool in Irving, Texas, the biggest net - zero public school in the country — it generates more energy than it consumes — the building itself is a laboratory for leaschool in the country — it generates more energy than it consumes — the building itself is a laboratory for learning.

Harmony Public Schools is a system of 48 K - 12 college - preparatory STEM schools inSchools is a system of 48 K - 12 college - preparatory STEM schools inschools in Texas.

«The analyses themselves are statistically complicated and take into account the millions of students in Texas public schools,» Beron said.

«Vouchers in any form divert tax money to private schools or homeschoolers and take it from under - funded public schools, where the vast majority of school children will continue to be educated,» said Clay Robison, a spokesman for the Texas State Teachers Association.

This suit attacking the Texas system of financing public education was initiated by Mexican - American parents whose children attend the elementary and secondary [p5] schools in the Edgewood Independent School District, an urban school district in San Antonio, School District, an urban school district in San Antonio, school district in San Antonio, Texas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. and LOS ANGELES - DSST Public Schools in Colorado, Harmony Public Schools in Texas, and Success Academy Charter Schools in New York are the finalists for the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, earning them the distinction of being among the best - performing large charter school systems in the country, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools announced today.

San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy, in southern Texas, a public school whose student body is mostly Hispanic and low income

The state of Texas has been making a concerted effort to raise the quality of its public charter schools through sound policy reform, effective implementation, and resources to help practitioners zero in on improvement.

It's the first free public charter high school in Texas that provides adults ages 17 - 50 the opportunity to earn their high school diploma, complete an in - demand professional certification, and begin post-secondary education.

Some 11 years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutional.

In one Texas town, alert hospital staff members were able to halt a MRSA outbreak in the schools and trigger an investigation and a comprehensive public education campaign that has significantly slowed infection rateIn one Texas town, alert hospital staff members were able to halt a MRSA outbreak in the schools and trigger an investigation and a comprehensive public education campaign that has significantly slowed infection ratein the schools and trigger an investigation and a comprehensive public education campaign that has significantly slowed infection rates.