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One of the great champions of public education is retiring

Publish Date: September 13, 2019 6:38 pm

Texas state Sen. Jose Rodriguez, an El Paso Democrat, announced today he is retiring from the post in 2021 after 10 years in the Legislature. Rodriguez is a staunch supporter of public education, school employees and...

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Democratic hopefuls address charter schools in debate, and now is a good time to push for more discussion on education issues

Publish Date: September 13, 2019 6:32 pm

Democratic challengers for president took the debate stage yesterday in Houston and addressed a question about charter schools and other education issues like school discipline and teacher diversity. You can see comments from the candidates on...

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Members of the Houston Educational Support Personnel, an affiliate of Texas AFT, are celebrating a hard-won victory against privatization in how their school district's food service program is managed.

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