Spectators reacted passionately or politely Monday night to 12 speakers who spoke their minds to Cleburne school trustees about the controversial Ken Follett novel “Pillars of the Earth.”
Superintendent Dr. Ronny Beard removed the book last week from a summer reading list for a dual credit, high school English class.
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
"Some Cleburne Parents Want Assigned Book Banned" (DFW CBS11tv, 02/06/09)
Members of a North Texas community are trying to keep a book out of a high school curriculum, but the teacher is refusing. The controversy is in Cleburne and involves the book titled the 'Pillars of the Earth'.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
"Pep rally rewards achievers, encourages at-risk kids to succeed in school" (Dallas Morning News, 01/09/09)
Energetic kids file into the Dade Middle Learning Center auditorium. An artist paints kids' faces. A cheerleader-turned-emcee gets the crowd fired up. Students dance in their seats. It's a scene common in many middle and high schools, normally leading up to the big event: the football game.But this pep rally is about the school's stars in language arts, math and science.
"Programs for limited-English kids get mixed grades" (Houston Chronicle, 01/07/09)
About three in 10 Texas students whose native tongue isn't English are failing to make significant progress in mastering the language, according to a national report released Wednesday.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Texas: TAKS Test Passage Rules May Change
Texas students in certain grades would no longer have to pass the state achievement test to be promoted under a new school accountability plan unveiled Tuesday by leaders of the House and Senate education committees. The Dallas Morning News, October 21, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Baylor Pays for SAT Gains
After several days in which educators and admissions experts nationally lambasted its plan to pay accepted applicants to raise their SAT scores (and presumably the institution’s ranking in U.S. News & World Report), Baylor is admitting a mistake. Inside Higher Ed, October 15, 2008
Dallas District Fires 375 Teachers
375 Dallas teachers were fired Thursday as part of a massive layoff designed to help the school district avoid a projected $84 million budget shortfall. Dallas Morning News, October 17, 2008
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