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"...the collapse of the special legislative session of public school finance. According to a phone poll of 1,000 Texans..."

"...it seems with the Texas proponents of "virtual charter" schools -- Web-based, generally home-schooled substitutes for classroom education. When..."

"...11 largest districts in Texas (including Austin ISD) with vouchers directly from the districts' budgets and redeemable at private..."

"...of taxes for the maintenance and operations of public schools, the largest portion of the Texas property tax system..."

"...has waffled about parent choice, braying that charters and vouchers are the only way to save struggling public schools...."

"...wealthy people run for office? There's your answer. Community Schools, Community Lunch..."

"...and commissions and is a graduate of UT-Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs – pairs with her patient good..."

"...that the right wing is gunning hard for public schools...."

"...on the play as Republicans try to bring private schools into the University Inter­schol­astic League. The Texas High School..."

"...bruising Monday meeting at, of all places, Westlake High School. Council was there to receive comment over the possible..."

"...the citizens in September, while Superintendent Pat Forgione provided school kids with new fashion do's and don'ts. See "AISD..."

"...of Texas. As she worked her way through law school she took a job with the first Mexican American..."

"...permanent address in AISD was 2,642 for the 2014-15 school year. That's up 152 from 2013 - 14's figure..."

"...CAPITOL SCHOOL OF AUSTIN..."

"...this spring's session; past legislation on the issues of vouchers, sex education, stem cell research, and textbook adoptions; an..."

"...spent the whole first week cleaning the abandoned elementary school we were all living in, because it was so..."

"...on-site, in other parts of the city, or through vouchers. Hargrove urged attendees at this week's public hearings not..."

"...• The hot-button issues of gay marriage, gambling, and vouchers are still percolating at the state Capitol. See our..."

"...list of pro-voucher contributors to lawmakers who have filed school voucher legislation or taken a leadership position in favor..."

"...University-San Marcos says one top priority is encouraging high school students who might not see themselves as college-bound to..."

"...noticing it, but the House Select Committee on Public School Finance began holding interim hearings last week, in preparation..."

"...resolved the $10 billion deficit with "no new taxes." Schoolteachers and school districts will be docked for insurance and..."

"...one reason parents don't let their children walk to school anymore...."

"...one reason parents don't let their children walk to school anymore...."

"...Antonio millionaire provides tuition for students to attend parochial schools competing with Edgewood. There's no transfer of tax dollars..."

"...Democrats in last year’s legislative session to tank his school voucher proposal. To that end, Abbott contributed millions to..."

"...Go Big, Cowan: Former AISD school board trustee Julie Cowan was named co-chair of the..."

"...The big houses that sugarcane built were now government schools and museums. For a town far from the tourist..."

"...approve) and to return some funding to the public schools. Neither measure would have been possible without 1) a..."

"...Monday night, UT's Thompson Conference Center hosted Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig speaking on the politically corrosive effects..."