by Beth Holmes | Nov 10, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Test scores are one way to curb the effects of bias in schools, and Texas is using that to get more kids into advanced classes like math. In most schools, advance courses are opt-in, with some hoops to jump through. A family has to know they’re available and...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 11, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Closing libraries in schools is the latest terrible education decision to come out of Texas. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is a massive school district, the largest in Texas and eighth largest in the country. It has 274 schools serving around 200,000...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The Stay Safe book, sent home with very young children in Dallas, Texas, is using Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to teach kids how to stay safe in a mass shooting. Stay Safe was produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston to present the FBI-advised tactics...
by Beth Holmes | May 29, 2023 | News, Other, Parent Issues
The Ten Commandments won’t be required to be displayed in public school classrooms, with the failure of a GOP-backed bill in Texas. Senate Bill 1515, written by Republican state senator Phil King, would have required that the Ten Commandments, a set of rules of...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 20, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Texas takeover of Houston schools has many enraged, in a state that makes much of regional rights over widespread authority. On Wednesday, Texas education commissioner Mike Morath announced that the state would be taking over Houston’s public school...
