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Three Republican incumbents on Texas' State Board of Education are being challenged by candidates who are more focused on conservative ideologies.
The state's education board approved Bluebonnet for Texas schools by an 8-7 vote with only Republican members voting for it. All Democratic members and three Republicans voted against introducing ...
A former member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, he was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on December 14, 2015. [22] The commissioner's role is to lead and manage the Texas Education Agency. The commissioner also co-ordinates efforts between state and federal agencies. [21] [23]
Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.. A slim ...
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
The Colored Teachers State Association of Texas (CTSAT) was created in 1884 [1] to unite black educators across the state of Texas. The main goals were to create equality in the public school system under Jim Crow laws and to establish a black institution of higher education as outlined in the Texas Constitution of 1876 . [ 2 ]
Some longtime State Board of Education members either were ousted from their positions or will face runoffs after Tuesday's GOP primary races. Texas State Board of Education GOP incumbents ousted ...
Board of Education in 1954. The decision in Brown v. Board of Education led to the desegregation of schools by federal law, but decades of inferior education, segregation of household salaries between whites and people of color, and racial wealth gaps have left people of color at a disadvantage. According to the EdBuild report from 2019, non ...