SBOE: if no new books, then no new tests Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 07:44 p.m., Friday, January 27, 2012 AUSTIN - Texas' annual standardized tests for public school children would not be rewritten or adjusted to cover the state's new math curriculum standards ...
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Restoring glory to Booker T., city's first black high school Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 08:47 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Booker T. Washington is a giant in Houston's history books - the city's first African-American high school and later home to its first ...
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The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona made headlines in recent weeks when it dismantled a popular Mexican American Studies program. John Huppenthal, the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, declared the program illegal under a state law that bans racially-divisive classes. Although the district says no books have been banned, seven books have been yanked from classrooms. Two of ...
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Texas financier R. Allen Stanford helped fake profits for his Caribbean bank and funnel millions of depositors' dollars to a secret Swiss bank account used for personal expenses, bribes to regulators and employee bonuses, the man who was in charge of the tycoon's books told jurors Friday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Gay rights groups are outraged that a Kansas state law banning sex between people of the same gender was left off statutes Governor Sam Brownback wants to repeal, even though the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 ruled such a Texas law unconstitutional. Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Montana are the only states that still have anti-sodomy laws on the books, according to the gay ...
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HOUSTON - Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford helped to fake profit numbers for his Caribbean bank and funnel millions of dollars of depositor funds to a secret Swiss bank account used to pay for personal expenses, bribes to regulators and employee bonuses, the man who was in charge of the tycoon's books told jurors Friday.
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HOUSTON - Texas financier R. Allen Stanford helped fake profits for his Caribbean bank and funnel millions of depositors' dollars to a secret Swiss bank account used for personal expenses, bribes to regulators and employee bonuses, the man who was in charge of the tycoon's books told jurors Friday.
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Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford ran his business empire through a mix of flattery and fear, the man who was in charge of the tycoon's books told jurors on Thursday.
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Several Fall Creek Elementary students had a special treat with a breakfast prepared by the Summer Creek High School culinary arts department and the chance to vote on their favorite Texas Bluebonnet
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Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford's extreme measures to hide his Caribbean bank's fraud included entering into a blood oath with a top regulator, the man who was in charge of the tycoon's books told jurors Thursday.
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