Kindergarten students line up on social distancing markers on the first day of in-person classes at Highland Village Elementary last year. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
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When Texas schools returned to in-person education last fall, the spread of the coronavirus “gradually but substantially accelerated,” leading to at least 43,000 additional cases and 800 additional deaths statewide, according to a study released Monday.
The study was done by University of Kentucky researchers for the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and tracked weekly average COVID-19 cases in the eight weeks before and eight weeks after the state’s school districts sent students back to school in the fall.
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Longview ISD related to charter campuses
The Texas State Teachers Association filed the lawsuit, citing a law that prohibits more than 15% of a district’s population from attending SB 1882 charter campuses.
Credit: Michael Cavazos
Texas Education Agency Executive Advisor Paul Pastorek speaks during a public meeting in September 2019 held by Longview ISD about district-wide charter campuses. A judge has dismissed a Texas State Teachers Association lawsuit against the school district over its expansion of Senate Bill 1882 charter schools. Author: Kristen Barton Updated: 8:23 AM CDT May 7, 2021
LONGVIEW, Texas A judge has dismissed a Texas State Teachers Association lawsuit against Longview ISD over its expansion of Senate Bill 1882 charter schools.
Texas Could Ban Critical Race Theory Next As Several States Look to Follow Idaho
On 5/7/21 at 7:42 AM EDT
Texas Republicans look set to follow in the footsteps of other states that are banning the teaching of critical race theory, which examines the ways race and racism intersect with politics, culture and the law.
Two bills moving through the state s legislature would prohibit schools from teaching the theory, which maps the nature and workings of institutional racism in America, according to Kendall Thomas, co-editor of
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement.
On April 28, the state Senate passed SB 2202, tabled by Brandon Creighton, a Republican state senator. It bans teaching that one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex [or that] an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
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Originally published on May 5, 2021 1:00 pm
Mirroring moves by other red-state legislatures across the country, Texas Republicans are attempting to reach into classrooms and limit what public school students are taught about the nation s historical subjugation of people of color.
Two bills moving through the Texas Legislature would bar the teaching of critical race theory, an academic discipline that views race as a social construct and examines how racism has shaped legal and social systems.
Decrying critical race theory has emerged as a common refrain among conservative Republicans nationwide, but the Texas legislation would go further by discouraging Texas students from discussing current events or controversial public policy issues.