In shocking news out of Houston last week, the state announced it is taking over Houston ISD. The Texas Education Agency will dissolve the board and remove its superintendent. Dallas ISD Trustee Joyce Foreman joined host Jason Whitely to discuss what implications this could have for other school districts.
More info on Inside Texas Politics: State to take over Houston ISD
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Texas Gov. Abbott: Special session ‘on the table’ to prevent future shootings
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said “all options are on the table” including possibly calling a special session to address ways to keep a tragedy - like the one ...
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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
UVALDE, Texas >> Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as ...
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Live updates: Texas DPS releases damning timeline of events inside Robb Elementary in Uvalde
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Texas school shooting: official admits ‘wrong decision’ not to break into classroom sooner – latest updates
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Uvalde Live Updates: ‘It Was the Wrong Decision,’ Police Say of Delay in Confronting Gunman
McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, gave the most detailed accounting of the shooting yet, diverging in substantial points from the original timeline given by officials.
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Texas already 'hardened' schools; it didn't save Uvalde
Many of the security "hardening" elements for Texas schools enacted in 2019 have fallen short. Schools didn't receive enough money for physical improvements. Few school employees signed up to carry ...
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Lamar High School students protest gun violence with walkout after Uvalde massacre
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Texas lawmakers again want to “harden” schools. But security efforts are lacking, and experts question their worth
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Live updates: Discovery Green events canceled ahead of NRA convention, protests
After anti-NRA protests were planned to take place at Discovery Green this weekend, official events and activities scheduled there for Saturday have been canceled, according to a tweet. The Houston ...
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Families in Texas Grieve Loss of 19 Children in Shooting
It ended as specialized officers breached a pair of adjoining classrooms and killed the gunman barricaded inside. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a massacre that ripped open a nation ...
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21 killed in Texas elementary school shooting
At least 19 children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Follow here for the latest.