Category: Current News

Time for the Friday News Roundup. UT-Austin Considering Offer to Adopt Trump Priorities for Funding Advantages (The Texas Tribune) The Texas Tribune reported late last week that The University of Texas at Austin was considering an offer by the Trump administration that would grant the university access to substantial and meaningful federal dollars in exchange…

It’s Friday. Here’s your News Roundup. Texas Tech’s Limits on Gender Identity Discussion Deepen Fears of Politics Breaching Academic Freedom (The Texas Tribune) Last week ABPTL reported that Angelo State University, an institute of higher education within the Texas Tech University System, decided to ban classroom discussions of transgender identities. Now it seems the entire…

It’s the end of the week. Time for the Friday News Roundup. Teachers Across the U.S. Get Suspended or Fired Over Posts Linked to Charlie Kirk (EducationWeek) When I worked in a large urban school district in Texas, school district employees were allowed to use their own personal social media accounts to post almost anything.…

Time for the Friday News Roundup. From “Bring It On” to “This Policy Is Crazy,” NYC Parents React to Cellphone Ban (The 74) It seems NYC parents are changing their tune regarding their district’s across-the-board cellphone ban. Alina Adams from The 74 reported earlier this week that, “One year after I reported on New York…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. Confusion as Kids Head Back to School and RFK Jr. Calls the Shots on Vaccines (The 74) Last week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Not surprisingly, Democratic members of the committee were especially critical…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. 1 in 4 Texas School Districts Sign Up for New Bible-Infused Curriculum (The Texas Tribune) Last week, The Texas Tribune reported that: “More than 300 Texas school districts and charter schools have signaled plans to use a state-developed reading and language arts curriculum that attracted national attention last…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. A Fight to Save An Austin Middle School Puts Families at Odds with Texas Over How to Rate Schools (The Texas Tribune) What happens when a neighborhood loves their school, but that public school is judged to be “under-performing” by their state’s evaluation system? That question is on…

It’s Friday. Time for the Roundup. Team Teaching Reduces Turnover Compared to Going Solo, New Research Finds (EducationWeek) If you’re old enough, like I am, you’ll start to see the same news stories reappearing, trying to convince readers that the story is “new.” Witness a recent post in EducationWeek pointing to new research suggesting that…

It’s Friday. Time for the Roundup. Pre-K Teachers Are Stressed and Say They Want to Quit (The 74) Nothing is more important to building a strong reading, writing, problem-solving, and character development foundation than early childhood learning, and nothing is more important to early childhood learning than the adult learning leader attached to those little…

It’s Friday! Time for the News Roundup. No More Fresh Fruits and Veggies: Schools Grapple With Loss of Federal Funding (EducationWeek) EducationWeek reported last week that, “Vickie Dunaway, the school nutrition director for the Milan Special school district in rural West Tennessee, can rattle off an impressive list of fresh fruits and vegetables that were…