HPISD Meeting Focuses on Reading Curriculum
Some in the Highland Park ISD community have raised concerns about how students are taught reading and phonics.
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2 Blue Ribbon Nominees for Dallas ISD
Two Dallas Independent School District schools were among 26 in the state to be nominated as 2022 National Blue Ribbon designees.
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HPISD Parent-Led, At-Home Learning Option To Be Discontinued
A temporary asynchronous at-home learning option offered by Highland Park ISD is set to end after the fall semester given the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11, district officials say.
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Stayin’ Alive: What Bills Are Still in Play As Clock Runs Out?
Sine die. Latin for “without a day,” it’s also Texan for “this once every two years simultaneous debacle and demonstration of democracy is almost over.”
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Texas Gets ESSA Waivers, But Not All States Were Lucky
The TEA announced in a weekly bulletin Friday that the state had received federal approval for accountability waivers it requested in relation to reporting requirements for the Every Student Succeeds Act — but not all states were so fortunate.
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COVID Protocols Again A Hot Topic Among HPISD Parents
The lifting of the statewide mask mandate and pandemic restrictions reignited debate over the appropriate level of safety precautions in the classroom.
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States Will Need to Administer Standardized Tests, Feds Say
If you were hoping for a reprieve from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (or STAAR) test this year, it likely won’t be coming.
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Texas Moves Toward Statewide Online Testing
Texas is once again shaking up its standardized testing contracts, signing four-year agreements totaling $388 million with two companies to develop and administer its controversial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams for public school students.
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What Does Pandemic Schooling Look Like in a Biden Administration?
There has been a lot of discussion around education policy and where that intersects with the pandemic – but will things change once President-elect Joe Biden takes office?
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TEA: No A-F Ratings for a Second Year
It’s not the canceling of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (or STAAR) that some have asked for, but the Texas Education Agency announced Thursday that it was pumping the breaks on the A-F ratings for a second year.
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Longfellow Among Three Dallas ISD Schools Tapped for National Blue Ribbon
Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy was one of three Dallas ISD schools that have earned National Blue Ribbon School
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