http://www.yourstreet.com/news/texas-education-agency YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Call it one small step back for the TEA, one giant step back for the people of Texas. The Texas Education Agency has been in the news lately due to efforts to become a completely mockery of itself during revisions to state-approved textbooks. First, there [...] http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6726021/burnt-orange-report-cesar-chavez,-thurgood-marshall-neil-armstrong- Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:47:08 -0700 By SHIRLEY JINKINS Cleburne school officials are looking forward to a milestone that will signal the end of the district’s financial accountability sanctions — the departure of state-appointed monitor Monte Geren. A firm date hasn’t been set by the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6689462/cleburne-school-district-s-state-sanctions-may-be-over-soon Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:01:08 -0700 By SAM SPURLOCK Millions of Texas schoolchildren returned to classrooms last month, and many of them will continue to receive grades that they might not have earned despite a new law meant to curb the practice of giving out minimum grades. Senate Bill 2033, by state... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682693/teachers,-not-school-districts,-should-determine-grades Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:58:08 -0700 LINDA P. CAMPBELL The day my husband took our son and daughter to the middle school around the corner to inquire about transferring them there for eighth grade, the principal was very direct. She asked each of the children why they wanted to go to that school. My... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6667786/fort-worth-school-officials-learn-expensive-lesson Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:30:08 -0700 It’s the idea of public schools spending thousands of tax dollars at fancy hotels and places with "resort" in their names that has folks slapping their foreheads. Especially when school districts are scouring budgets, eliminating programs and cutting positions.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6638331/federal-grants-with-strict-limitations-paid-for-teacher-retreats Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:37:08 -0700 More take AP exams and post higher scores AUSTIN — More Texas students took Advanced Placement exams this year than in 2008 and posted higher scores, the Texas Education Agency said Thursday. This year, 158,993 students in public and private schools took AP... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6629918/area-briefs-more-students-take-advanced-placement-exams-and-score-higher Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:08:08 -0700 The Texas Education Agency is about to buy new reading and English books -- and once again, we've uncovered how they are filled with errors. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6619535/it-s-a-textbook-case-of-looking-for-mistakes Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:08 -0700 By TRACI SHURLEY Texas students scored slightly higher than last year on the math portion of the SAT, but the state’s average scores in math, critical reading and writing still fell below the national numbers, according to the Texas Education Agency.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6610313/texas-math-sat-scores-improve,-but-overall-results-lag-national-average Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:10:08 -0700 BY TRACI SHURLEY Texas students scored slightly higher than last year on the math portion of the SAT, but the state?s average scores in math, critical reading and writing fell below the national numbers, according to numbers released by the Texas Education Agency... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6603487/texas-sat-test-takers-score-below-national-average Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:56:08 -0700 Teachers in the Northside and North East school districts are among the six finalists for Texas Teacher of the Year, the Texas Education Agency announced today. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6603409/two-locals-among-teacher-of-the-year-finalists Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:08:08 -0700 ? The Dallas Independent School District's Adult Basic Education Program is available to all "adult learners and educationally disadvantaged adults in Dallas and Rockwall counties" who want to learn about, well, you name it -- everything from English to math,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6602623/trustee-points-to-serious-violations-found-in-audit-of-disd-s-adult-basic Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:07:08 -0700 By TRACI SHURLEY Texas public and private school seniors taking the ACT increased their composite score to 20.8 out of a possible 36 in 2009, up from 20.2 in 2005, according to figures the state released Wednesday. The Texas Education Agency said 82,640 members of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6573713/act-scores-rise-slightly-in-texas,-still-under-national-average Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:04:08 -0700 By TRACI SHURLEY Texas public and private school seniors taking the ACT increased their composite score to 20.8 out of a possible 36 in 2009, up from 20.2 in 2005, according to figures the state released Wednesday. The Texas Education Agency said 82,640 members of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6573567/act-scores-rise-slightly-in-texas,-still-under-national-average Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:04:08 -0700 While the number of San Antonio charter schools receiving top state ratings doubled this year, the number of failing schools tripled, according to Texas Education Agency results released last week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6558139/charter-school-ratings-mixed Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:04:08 -0700 They went from failure to an A+. It was just two years ago when Bowie Junior High in Odessa was rated ''unacceptable'' by the Texas Education Agency. But this past school year they earned a "recognized" status with the highest scores ever for a junior high in Ector... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6535484/new-method-takes-bowie-from-failure-to-an-ace Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:45:08 -0700 AUSTIN, Texas — Eighty percent of Texas schools and districts have met federal improvement standards required by the No Child Left Behind Law, the Texas Education Agency announced Thursday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6498467/more-texas-schools-meet-improvement-standard Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:55:08 -0700 Because of a new policy the Texas Education Agency is using to count certain students as “passers” of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS, a student who has not passed the test can be counted as having passed if he or she showed improvement over... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6487902/speak-up-have-the-tea-school-ratings-become-worthless- Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:29:08 -0700 The Texas Education Agency Tuesday approved Austin ISD's plan to repurpose Pearce Middle School, but the state will continue to oversee the process. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6487262/tea-approves-plan-to-repurpose-pearce-ms Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:00:08 -0700 My alma mater was ranked (ridiculously) academically unacceptable, and as a result (rightly so), the Midlothian ISD will appeal this designation. Like I preached and campaigned during my 2003 run for MISD school board (and in ‘04 and in ‘06), the fixation... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6477810/the-ellis-county-observer-midlothian-hs-rated-academically-unacceptable- Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:13:08 -0700 By EVA-MARIE AYALA Two significant changes in the state’s accountability rating system resulted in three area school districts improving their academic rankings, while one dropped down a notch. The Aledo, Kennedale and Azle districts improved to the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6465110/three-tarrant-county-area-school-districts-see-higher-accountability-rating Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:01:08 -0700