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Education: Texas vs. California vs. New York vs. Nation
Today we are pleased to release the report Is Texas leading its peers and the nation?: A Decadal Analysis of Educational Data. The Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis at the University of...
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Lurking in the Bushes: Peeking at Florida Education Miracle
There is another education presidential candidate lurking in the Bushes with an education “miracle” being discussed extensively in the media and elsewhere. Critics have pointed out that the miracle in...
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Guess which state is 3rd “Dumbest in the Nation”?!
“Dumbest state in the nation” is a list where a state doesn’t want to be highly ranked. How does Texas perform relative to other states? Warning: This ranking is contrary to the reams of...
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“Time to invest in Latino children”
Had an interview/conversation yesterday with Sandra Lilley (She’s featured in my Twitter background photo) from NBCLatino. Her article Census shows it’s time to invest in Latino children, says experts...
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The High-Stakes Testing Playbook: False Bill of Goods?
In the summer of 2012, a Houston Chronicle editorial argued that the state was faced with “widespread panic” at the low levels of students passing the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness...
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“Merit” Apartheid: Forces Determined to Segregate Higher Education?
It appears more and more that there are forces that are determined to re-segregate higher education in Texas and elsewhere. The desegregation of higher education is currently inevitable in places like...
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