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Tuesday, June 22

• What is critical race theory? Explaining the discipline that Texas' governor wants to "abolish" (Texas Tribune)
• Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes criminal justice bills, legislation to protect dogs, teach kids about domestic violence (Texas Tribune)
• Austin School District Returns To In-Person Classes Next Fall With No Virtual Learning Options (KUT)
• Kilgore College, Gladewater ISD launch technical education partnership (Kilgore News Herald)
• Round Rock ISD adopts FY 2021-22 budget with $17.2M deficit, says gap will be covered by staff turnover (Community Impact)
• Trustees rename BHS baseball field after longtime coach; board also approves compensation plan (Killeen Daily Herald)
• Pop-up clinics set up at four Dallas ISD high schools to vaccinate students (KDFW)
• High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case (AP | PBS NewsHour)

Monday, June 21

• Early STAAR Results Show Math Learning Loss Across Texas (Texas Standard)
• How Texas 'critical race theory' bill could impact teachers (ABC 13)
• Corpus Christi ISD board approves pay raise for all employees (KIII)
• Dallas ISD Prepares to Start Summer Learning Programs (NBC DFW)
• Making learning fun: Port Isabel math, computer teacher named District Teacher of Year (My RGV)
• Comal ISD engineering team wins awards in national competition (KSAT)
• Summer Program Designed to Make Kids ‘Fall in Love With Learning Again' (NBC DFW)
• Millions Of Teens Experience Abusive Relationships. Here's How Adults Can Help (NPR)

Friday, June 18

• Kingsville ISD teachers already preparing for fall semester (KIII)
• Local summer school enrollment increases as districts work to address pandemic-induced gaps (The Eagle)
• Ector County ISD summer school enrollment up by 4000 (CBS 7)
• Meet Jamaica, Houston ISD Police Department's first-ever comfort dog (Houston Chronicle)
• Round Rock School Board Will Repeat Superintendent Vote After Procedural Error (KUT)
• Judson ISD recovering from ransomware attack, alert to district staff reveals (KENS)
• Tesla teams up with Austin Community College for manufacturing training and hiring program (Community Impact)
• Fewer than half of high schools teach computer science. These educators want to change that (PBS NewsHour | The Hechinger Report)
• Texas Southern University Confirms 13th President After Year-Long Search (Houston Public Media)

Thursday, June 17

• Gov. Greg Abbott wants lawmakers to target critical race theory in a special session, but is so far mum on details (Texas Tribune)
• Lewisville ISD approves raise, retention payment for employees (Cross Timbers Gazette)
• Premont ISD’s success creates pay increase for teaching staff (KRIS)
• Spring ISD nixes virtual academy for the 2021-22 school year (Community Impact)
• Temple ISD: In-person instruction only option for next school year (KCEN)
• San Angelo ISD sees high rate of summer school sign up (Concho Valley Homepage)
• UT Tyler and Overton ISD join together for summer learning camp (KLTV)
• Biden admin extends Title IX protections to transgender students (PBS NewsHour | AP)
• Virtual learning is the new fault line in education: It’s either on the way out or on the rise (Washington Post)
• This School District Erased All Holiday Names After Dropping Columbus Day (NPR)

Wednesday, June 16

• Texas “critical race theory” bill limiting teaching of current events signed into law (Texas Tribune)
• Teachers Are More Likely to Experience Depression Symptoms Than Other Adults (Education Week)
• Richardson ISD board approves minimum 2% employee raises as part of 2021-22 budget (Community Impact)
• Longview ISD board raises pay for teachers, other district staff (Longview News-Journal)
• 7,400 Dallas ISD Non-Teaching Employees Calling For $15 Per Hour Wage (CBS DFW)
• MacKenzie Scott Donates $40 Million To UT-San Antonio To Boost Enrollment, Retention And Graduation Rates (Texas Public Radio)
• After Months Of Special Education Turmoil, Families Say Schools Owe Them (NPR)
• Loan relief granted to defrauded for-profit college students (PBS NewsHour)

Tuesday, June 15

• Texas teachers and students, tell us how race and racism are taught in school (Texas Tribune)
• Lewisville ISD employees to get raises, retention payments for their work (Community Impact)
• Austin ISD To Alter Policies After Finding Black Students Are Far More Likely To Be Disciplined (KUT)
• High school students lead door-to-door effort to promote COVID-19 vaccines in southern Oak Cliff (Dallas Morning News)
• McKinney ISD seeks feedback on return-to-school plan (McKinney Courier Gazette)
• Ball High School's robotics team is taking on the world (ABC 13)
• Why this former U.S. education secretary believes community college should be free (PBS NewsHour)
• Spring Numbers Show 'Dramatic' Drop In College Enrollment (NPR)

Monday, June 14

• 'Our hearts are full': Worn-out students, staff say goodbye at last to 2020-21 school year (Houston Chronicle)
• Dallas ISD’s proposed $1.8B budget includes money to increase minimum wage, address COVID-19 slide (Dallas Morning News)
• Hundreds continue summer learning in Copperas Cove ISD (Copperas Cove Herald)
• ‘Finish Strong' Initiative Helps Dallas ISD Boost Class of 2021 Graduation Rate (NBC DFW)
• Internal audit of Canutillo ISD police released by district, chief retires (CBS 4)
• Donna ISD issues pay raises to recruit teachers, prevent staffing shortages (ValleyCentral)
• Canutillo ISD approves stipend for employees (El Paso Herald)

Wednesday, June 9

• Waco ISD board passes anti-racism resolution in response to Texas critical race theory bill (Waco Tribune-Herald)
• Ysleta ISD educator honored by STTE, CREEED (El Paso Herald-Post)
• Killeen ISD looking to fill job positions for 2021-2022 school year (Fox 44)
• Carroll ISD to seek community's input on plans for relief funds (Community Impact)
• U.S. education secretary praises SAISD's 'amazing' vaccination work (LMTOnline)
• Dallas ISD Forging Ahead With Virtual Learning Option For Fall Semester (CBS DFW)
• Local school districts taking extra steps to address learning delays due to COVID-19 (KXXV)
• WF Public Library teaching digital literacy through workshop (KAUZ)
• Conroe ISD puts virtual school on hold after state bill fails (Community Impact)
• PSJA ISD launches COVID-19 vaccine clinic for all 12 years and older (ValleyCentral)
• Denton ISD quietly stops livestreaming board meetings (Denton Record-Chronicle)
• Georgia-Pacific to Invest $200k in Sweetwater ISD Career Technology Program (PR NewsWire)
• An argument against free community college tuition (PBS NewsHour)
• A Student Punished For Wearing A Mexican Flag At Graduation Finally Gets His Diploma (NPR)

Tuesday, June 8

• Pandemic shifts balance in long-running debate over the best way to teach children to read (The 74 Million | Texas Tribune)
• Spring ISD board approves one-time supplemental staff payment (Community Impact)
• Parents in El Paso have mixed feelings as masks are no longer required in Texas schools (KFOX14)
• Killeen ISD is offering COVID-19 vaccines for students (KCEN)

Monday, June 7

• A Bill That Could Have Funded Virtual Learning Died In The Texas Legislature. Now, School Districts Are Weighing Their Options. (KUT)
• Equity, Attendance Fuel Push To End Low-Level Suspensions Across Dallas ISD (KERA)
• New Texas law helps struggling high school seniors if they failed STAAR tests this year (KENS)
• Summer school helps Longview students address learning gaps from COVID slide, more (Longview News-Journal)
• Marble Falls ISD seeks full-time truancy officer, asks city for funding (Daily Trib)

Thursday, June 3

• Canutillo ISD employees to receive 2% general pay increase (KTSM)
• San Benito honors district Teachers of the Year (MyRGV)
• El Paso districts see increase in failing rates over a year after pandemic began (KFOX 14)
• McAllen ISD Summer Feeding Program begins, tackles food insecurity (ValleyCentral)
• High School Valedictorian Swaps Speech To Speak Out Against Texas' New Abortion Law (NPR)
• Waco ISD Community Committee suggest replacing four schools (KXXV)

Wednesday, June 2

• Bryan, College Station ISD educators look back on unique school year (KBTX)
• Lee County school district prepared for increased summer school enrollment (WINK)
• Dallas ISD’s free summer learning experience will meet the needs of the whole child (Dallas ISD)
• Ector County ISD undergoing ‘equity audit’ (Odessa American)
• Comal ISD holding 3 job fairs this week for teachers, office staff, maintenance employees (KSAT)
• El Paso ISD to administer second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to students (KFOX 14)
• Austin Regional Clinic To Start COVID-19 Vaccine Trials For Kids Under 12 (KUT)
• Conroe ISD looks to fill transportation, child nutrition jobs (The Courier)
• South San ISD Board Holds Unusual Mid-year Officer Election (Texas Public Radio)
• The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory (NPR)
• Best Cure For A Bad Day: Meet Creatures That Survive And Thrive At Life's Extreme Limits (Texas Public Radio)
• How community colleges are retooling to bring students back post-pandemic (PBS NewsHour)

Tuesday, June 1

• The 2021 legislative session is over. Here are the big bills that passed – and the ones that failed (Texas Tribune)
• PSJA ISD approves summer rate increases (MyRGV)
• Thousands Of Dallas ISD Students Haven't Gotten Special Ed Services They Need, District Concedes (KERA)
• Texas bill limiting teaching of current events, historic racism appears headed for governor after Senate revives it (Texas Tribune)
• Fort Worth ISD To Make WiFi Available To All, And Invites Every Student To Summer School (KERA)
• Spring Branch ISD to offer 18 sites across Houston area with free food for children this summer (ABC 13)
• Why this Indianapolis school district will keep remote learning on the table this fall (PBS NewsHour)

Friday, May 28

• Texas backtracks on move to delay schools from using all of their pandemic aid (Dallas Morning News)
• Killeen ISD ‘makes it rain’ for employees (Killeen Daily Herald)
• RGV school districts prepare for summer school (ValleyCentral)
• Texas districts poised to keep virtual school offerings after Senate gives its approval (Dallas Morning News)
• Teachers Say Laws Banning Critical Race Theory Are Putting A Chill On Their Lessons (NPR)
• Longview ISD renames South Ward to honor first Black trustee (Longview News-Journal)

Thursday, May 27

• Ector County ISD honors 2020-21 Outstanding Teachers with dinner, movie (News West 9)
• Marble Falls ISD focuses on employee retention (The Highlander)
• Eanes ISD trustees approve 2% midpoint raise for all staff (Community Impact)
• Sheldon ISD teachers awarded $39K in grants to complete classroom projects (Houston Chronicle)
• Developing the Next Generation of Teachers and Leaders (Raise Your Hand Texas)
• Mercedes ISD to drop mask mandate June 5 (KRGV)
• Craft announces face masks will be optional in Killeen ISD as of June 1 (Killeen Daily Herald)
• McAllen ISD expands dual language program (ValleyCentral)
• IDEA Public Schools Part Ways With CEO, COO After Review Of Charter’s Finances (Texas Public Radio)

Wednesday, May 26

• Texas educators worry bill limiting the teaching of current events and historic racism would “whitewash history” (Texas Tribune)
• Belton ISD to make wearing masks indoors optional starting May 25 (KXXV)
• Breckenridge ISD staff, community members developing strategic plan for district (Breckenridge Texan)
• Could summer school catch kids up after a disrupted year? Here’s what experts say (PBS NewsHour)
• ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91 (AP)

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