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Vouchers, patriotism and prayer: The Trump administration’s plan to remake public education
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (282+ words) Linda McMahon, the nation's secretary of education, says public schools are failing." In November, she promised a "hard reset" of the system in which more than 80% of U.S. children learn. But rather than invest in public education, she has been working…...
Trinity and CIA students collaborate in the kitchen via new entrepreneurial boot camp
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (455+ words) From the classroom to the griddle, students at Trinity University and the Culinary Institute of America's San Antonio campus are putting their entrepreneurial skills to the test by creating and serving up grilled cheese sandwiches at the Pearl this Sunday....
After fallout, Texas A&M prof replaces Plato on syllabus with lecture on free speech
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (225+ words) The Texas A&M professor ordered to remove some of Plato's teachings from a philosophy course informed the school he'll replace the censured readings with one dealing with free speech and academic freedom, a screenshot of an email circulating online…...
About 200 Texas A&M courses could change due to new restrictions on teaching gender, race
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (881+ words) Faculty at Texas A&M University were told this week that roughly 200 courses in the College of Arts and Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of race and gender, the implementation of which has…...
UT-San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures to reopen at Frost Bank Tower this month
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (228+ words) The temporarily shuttered Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) will return to downtown San Antonio on Jan. 29, according to officials with UT-San Antonio, which operates the museum. Frost Bank Tower, 111 W. Houston St., will house the ITC until it's relocated into a…...
Texas teachers union sues state education agency for investigating social media posts about Charlie Kirk
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (884+ words) One of Texas" largest teacher unions wants a federal court to block Education Commissioner Mike Morath and the state education agency from investigating teachers accused of making inappropriate remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk"s assassination on social media, saying…...
Study: Three San Antonio High School’s rank among top 150 in nation
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (262+ words) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took to social media Sunday to boast that Texas placed more public high schools in the nation's top 150 than any other state. He based the claim on a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report of the…...
Texas comptroller questions whether some Islamic schools can be excluded from voucher program
2+ week, 5+ day ago (412+ words) Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock is asking the Texas Attorney General's Office whether certain schools can be excluded from Texas' new school voucher program based on connections to a U.S. Muslim advocacy group or alleged ties to the Chinese government. CAIR…...
Monkey sounds, 'white power' and the N-word: Racial harassment against Black students ignored under Trump
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1726+ words) In Colorado, students taunted their Black classmates by playing whipping sounds on their cellphones and saying they should be shot "to make us a better race." The only two Black students in a small district in Ohio were called the…...
Donation will allow low-income San Antonio students to see Congo Falls exhibit
3+ week, 2+ day ago (210+ words) Thousands of low-income students at San Antonio Independent School District campuses will be able to visit the San Antonio Zoo's new Congo Falls exhibit thanks to a local family's donation. The family of the late Carlos Alvarez " the beer magnates…...