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Texas to expand how schools discipline students
“Disruptions are impeding both the ability of teachers to teach and the ability of students to learn,” said state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock.
 
Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges
Christopher Taylor, an on-duty officer, shot and killed DeSilva that night.
 
Five ways a funding overhaul has transformed Texas community colleges
That year, state legislators reimagined how community colleges are financed with House Bill 8.
 
Expanding college financial aid will help Texas meet workforce needs, new higher ed chief says
Rosser said he is focused on getting more low-income Texans to college because a postsecondary degree is a pathway to a stable job and can transform future generations of families. And the state can get there by expanding financial aid programs, investing in research and emphasizing associate degree
 
Inside the only class in Texas to help prepare inmates for life after prison
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Calvin Green paced around the table again and again.

Green was reenacting his response to getting his first smartphone after nearly 26 years in prison for a group of inmates at the John M.
 
Latest effort to block school ratings cracks Texas districts’ once-united front
A coalition of about 30 school districts recently sued the Texas Education Agency over the introduction of a computer system to grade the state’s standardized tests, which are used to calculate part of Texas schools’ performance rating. The year before, school districts filed a similar lawsuit argui