Latest effort to block school ratings cracks Texas districts’ once-united front
A legal effort to block Texas from releasing school performance ratings has created a divide between district leaders who worry the scores are an inaccurate representation of their work and others who say parents need that information to make choices about their kids’ schooling.
Judge blocks Texas Education Agency from releasing school ratings
The Texas Education Agency can't release A-F grades while a lawsuit brought be a handful of school districts moves forward.
Judge blocks Texas Education Agency from releasing disputed school ratings
The court granted a coalition of school districts a temporary injunction preventing the Texas Education Agency from making the scores public.
Judge extends order blocking TEA from releasing the latest A-F school ratings
A lawsuit brought by school districts contends TEA's use of computer scoring on the most recent STAAR tests renders those results “not valid."
Here's where Texas school district lawsuit to delay release of A-F school ratings stands
A Travis County judge issued an order Wednesday prohibiting the Texas education commissioner from releasing A-F school performance ratings.
No A-F grades for Texas schools as judge temporarily blocks release
Texas schools won’t receive A-F accountability grades after a judge granted a new order temporarily blocking them on Wednesday. A coalition of school districts sued over the system alleging that the grades are invalid because they’re based on flawed STAAR tests.
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TEA commissioner calls for phones to be banned from Texas classrooms
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is calling for phones to be banned from the classroom. Several school ...
All AISD schools named 2024 Texas Education Agency Purple Star campuses
An El Paso County school district earned a district-wide honor granted by the state for its commitment to military-connected ...
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The Case for Texas’s New Curriculum — Why Bible Stories Matter for Literacy
The Texas Board of Education’s recent public hearing on the state’s proposed new curriculum sparked intense debate. Critics ...
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Texas Education Chief Advocates for Statewide Cellphone Ban in Schools Amidst Academic Concerns
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath proposed a statewide school cellphone ban, citing harm to students' academic and ...
Texas education commissioner calls for student cellphone ban in schools
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday said next year lawmakers should ban the use of cellphones in ...
Texas education commissioner wants ban on student cellphones
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath said this week that lawmakers should ban cellphone use in public schools ...
Texas education commissioner talks public education needs at Tuloso-Midway ISD event
Tuloso-Midway ISD held its State of the District event Thursday, including remarks from Texas Education Agency head Mike ...
Fort Worth ISD’s self-reported A-F scores may be wrong, Texas Education Agency says
Some of the self-calculated A-F scores released last week by the Fort Worth Independent School District may be wrong. The ...
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Texas education board hears public comment on Bible-infused curriculum
Last week, the Texas State Board of Education held a public hearing where it heard nearly ten hours of comments on a new ...
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Dozens of Texas school districts press state to suspend new student data reporting system
The superintendents said they haven’t received enough support from the state or time to fix errors the system generated.