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SBOE chair and others confirmed by Senate committee
Texas Board of Education Chair Barbara Cargill talks during a Texas Board of Education meeting July 21, 2011, in Austin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) State Board of Education Chair Barbara Cargill, who’s...
View ArticleSenate unanimously confirms nominations
With no discussion, the Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed the nominations of State Board of Education Chair Barbara Cargill, Secretary of State John Thomas Steen and others as recommended...
View ArticleUPDATE: CSCOPE lesson plans to end;oversight bill still alive
Despite insistence by Rep. Steve Toth and Sen. Dan Patrick that they’d pull down from the House agenda Senate Bill 1406, a bill that establishes oversight on the CSCOPE lesson plans, the bill passed to...
View ArticleSearchable database of CY 2012 Texas officials’ financial statements
The state Senate doesn’t like the idea of giving Texans greater access to the personal financial statements of the Lone Star State’s elected officials. Over the weekend, the upper chamber snuffed out...
View ArticleGonzales newspaper editor seeks GOP nomination in SBOE race
AUSTIN — The editor and general manager of The Gonzales Cannon will vie for a seat on the State Board of Education that represents part of Bexar County. In a press release Friday, Dave Mundy said he’s...
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Education chairmen discourage SBOE plan requiring Algebra 2
Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston AUSTIN – The Texas Legislature’s two education chiefs have lambasted a State Board of Education plan to amend high school graduation plans passed by state lawmakers earlier...
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Texas education official on school finance suit: “I hope we lose”
Thomas Ratliff, R-Mt. Pleasant AUSTIN — If you’re a defendant in a lawsuit — especially one where the constitutionality of the state’s school finance system hangs in the balance — you might want to...
View ArticleState Board of Education will take up Algebra II, speech Friday
AUSTIN – A committee of the State Board of Education approved a slew of new graduation requirements Wednesday, but kicked major decisions — whether to require students to take speech and Algebra II to...
View ArticleState Board of Education strikes Algebra 2, OKs new math courses
AUSTIN – Texas students now have two more options to avoid taking Algebra 2 under a measure approved by the state’s top school board in a 14-1 voted Friday. The State Board of Education finalized a...
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Study claims Texas textbooks ‘distort’ climate change
McGraw-Hill World Cultures & Geography textbook AUSTIN – Yet another group is questioning the integrity of Texas’ proposed social studies textbooks, this time casting doubt on their treatment of...
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