Enacted legislation provided modest system stabilization and targeted program improvements but failed to deliver structural Basic Allotment/Foundation School Program reforms necessary to close persistent equity gaps affecting Latino students. At the same time, bills with the strongest potential to strengthen Latino human capital and long-term economic mobility did not advance, representing a significant missed opportunity for Texas’ future workforce.
Inflicting mental health and education harm on school children, causing teachers stress, and weakening their effectiveness.
High school students have encountered barriers in finding helpful college information, funding opportunities, key student services, and staff personnel to help them access and succeed in college.
The Mexican American Studies (MAS) Teachers’ Academy at UT San Antonio invites MAS and language arts educators to this year’s virtual training from June 17 to June 21st, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join MAS and co-sponsors at the Teachers’ Academy where ethnic studies training leads to student educational achievement, exploration of the Mexican American experience, their contributions, and their place in history- making.
The dismantling and barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and related challenges to incorporate ethnic studies more fully in public schools are about power and privileges – they deter movements toward racial and social justice, leveling equal opportunities to prosperity, and gaining individual and political power.
See Drs Angela Valenzuela and Emilio Zamora, and Dr. Chloe Sikes
The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) – Tejas Foco will be hosting a conference, “50 Years: The Legacy of NACCS and its Changing Landscape, 1974-2024,” in San Antonio from March 7–9.
Over half a million Texans were removed from Medicaid health coverage in June, according to new data released by the Texas Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC).
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By Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D., and Paige Duggins-Clay, J.D. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2023
Texas lawmakers began the legislative session with expert advice in hand from several state plans to strengthen public education by expanding student learning, addressing the teacher shortage, and improving bilingual education. Instead, lawmakers spent hours in hearings and legislating on red-meat issues, including further classroom censorship. Expert recommendations from major state plans, including the Teacher Vacancy Task Force and Emergent Bilingual Strategic Plan fell by the wayside.
This study examines the relationship between school funding and access to calculus among Texas school districts. Specifically, I posit the question, does Texas school funding influence calculus enrollment?
