Can a $3 million marketing campaign to promote higher education change the culture of a country-sized state in which just 27 percent of the population has a college degree or certificate? It worked for cancer …
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Thevenot on bogus public school accountability rankings, Garcia-Ditta on what locals think of increased patrols on the border, Stiles and Ramsey on where Kay Bailey Hutchison’s donors have landed, Grissom on the pay gap between state and local police, Cervantes on how tweaks to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder will impact Texas, M. Smith on the sinking prospects for an East Texas wetlands project, Ergenbright on the challenge of educating autistic children, Aguilar on efforts to legalize medicinal marijuana, Ramshaw on former foster children having trouble getting records from the state and Burnson on public health officials battling imported infectious diseases: The best of our best from August 2 to 6, 2010.
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Public Education
The Brief: Aug. 6, 2010
With a friend like the federal government, who needs enemies?
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Public Education
TribBlog: Dewhurst: “We Will File Suit”
Texas will sue the federal government, yet again, if Texas-specific requirements are not removed from budget legislation that passed the U.S. Senate today, according to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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Public Education
Special Needs
After a decade in which Texas has seen a 400 percent increase in the number of children with autism, lawmakers are wrestling with how best to educate the afflicted — and how to pay for it.
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Public Education
The Brief: Aug. 2, 2010
Officials announcing controversy-laden public school ratings Friday could barely contain their upbeat unease.
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Public Education
Texas Schools Have a Math Problem
A new study suggests that while the state’s English curriculum is among the best in the nation, our math curriculum doesn’t measure up to a set of new national standards. Matt Largey of KUT News reports.
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Demographics
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 37
In this week’s TribCast, Ross, Elise, Ben and Brandi discuss the issues framing Texas politics this week — education, immigration and campaign finance numbers.
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Public Education
The Brief: July 14, 2010
Don’t look now, but things just got substantive in the governor’s race.