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		<title>Education Week: Texas</title>
		<description>Education Week: News and Information About Issues in Education for Educators</description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Educational Opportunities and Performance in Texas]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/22/highlights-report-texas.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/22/highlights-report-texas.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[State Legislators Revamp Funding in Texas, Nevada]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/06/19/state-legislators-revamp-funding-in-texas-nevada.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/06/19/state-legislators-revamp-funding-in-texas-nevada.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Several states this year sought to replace their funding formulas, a monumental fiscal and political feat, but only a handful of legislatures have been able to get proposals to their governors' desks.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Educational Opportunities and Performance in Texas]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/01/16/highlights-report-texas.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/01/16/highlights-report-texas.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas Directed to Take Additional Actions to Remedy Special Education Violations]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2018/10/texas_monitored_for_special_education_compliance.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2018/10/texas_monitored_for_special_education_compliance.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Texas children are believed to have been kept from special education services because of a now-prohibited special education enrollment target of 8.5 percent, which is well below the national average.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas Republicans Eye Cash Rewards for Districts]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/06/texas-republicans-eye-cash-rewards-for-districts.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/06/texas-republicans-eye-cash-rewards-for-districts.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Legislative leaders are preparing a proposal to set aside $800 million a year for school districts that demonstrate strong outcomes. Skeptics call it unfair and say it wouldn’t work.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Assistant Principal Removed After Writing Book With White Nationalist Symbol]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2017/08/texas_assistant_principal_reassigned_after_penning_book_with_Pepe_the_Fog_as_Character.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2017/08/texas_assistant_principal_reassigned_after_penning_book_with_Pepe_the_Fog_as_Character.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The assistant principal wrote a children's book featuring Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character that has been adopted by the alt-right.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Feds Plan Fresh Oversight of Texas Special Education Plan]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/31/feds-plan-fresh-oversight-of-texas-special.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/31/feds-plan-fresh-oversight-of-texas-special.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The state has developed an extensive plan for fixing a violation of federal special education law, but federal officials want to see additional corrective actions and plan a visit to follow up.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas Illegally Suppressed Special Education Enrollment, Ed. Dept. Finds]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2018/01/texas_illegally_suppressed_special_education_enrollment.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2018/01/texas_illegally_suppressed_special_education_enrollment.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The federal office of special education programs said the state failed to ensure that students were properly evaluated for special education, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Dual-Language Learning: A Former Principal's Advice for Schools]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2018/09/dual_language_learning_advice_for_principals.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2018/09/dual_language_learning_advice_for_principals.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[In this sixth installment on the growth in dual-language learning, an expert argues that true dual-language education is not just learning how to speak another language. The experience provides an opportunity to immerse a student in both language and culture.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Last Day to Submit Comments on Texas Special Education Enrollment]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/01/last_day_to_submit_comments_on.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/01/last_day_to_submit_comments_on.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jan. 6 is the last day to submit comments to the U.S. Department of Education about their experiences with Texas' special education identification processes.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas Teenager Wins National Spelling Bee]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2018/06/texas_teen_wins_national_spell.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2018/06/texas_teen_wins_national_spell.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Karthik Nemmani, 14, from McKinney, Texas, nabbed the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion title on Thursday night in Oxon Hill, Md.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Ed. Dept. to Host Listening Tour On Texas Special Education Enrollment]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/12/ed_dept_to_host_listening_tour.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/12/ed_dept_to_host_listening_tour.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Officials want to hear from parents, students and educators in the wake of a newspaper series that said Texas is suppressing special education enrollment.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Special Education Enrollment Increases in Texas in Wake of Newspaper Investigation]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/11/special_education_enrollment_increases_in_texas.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/11/special_education_enrollment_increases_in_texas.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[About 14,000 more students in the state are enrolled in special education, after the state lifted what it called a "benchmark" enrollment figure of 8.5 percent.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Ed. Dept. Seeks to Halt Texas' Special Education Enrollment Benchmark]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/10/education_department_seeks_to.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/10/education_department_seeks_to.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education said Texas must stop using a guideline for special education enrollment that may have led to thousands of children being denied services they were qualified to receive.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Betsy DeVos Greenlights Texas' ESSA Plan]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/03/betsy_devos_greenlights_texas_.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/03/betsy_devos_greenlights_texas_.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[For those keeping score at home, DeVos has now approved ESSA plans for 34 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/topics/states/texas/index.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/topics/states/texas/index.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
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				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[In Texas, Administrators Arrested for Cheating]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/11/in-texas-administrators-arrested-for-cheating.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/11/in-texas-administrators-arrested-for-cheating.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Five El Paso educators have been charged with scheming to defraud the federal accountability system and, in some cases, retaliating against co-workers who cooperated with the FBI's 5½-year investigation of the Texas school district.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas District Apologizes for Comments on Hijabs]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/08/texas-district-apologizes-for-comments-on-hijabs.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/08/texas-district-apologizes-for-comments-on-hijabs.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Houston-area school district is apologizing after an administrator told Muslim students they need to obtain permission from an imam to wear hijabs in school.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[School Leadership Institute Launched in Texas]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/02/08/school-leadership-institute-launched-in-texas.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/02/08/school-leadership-institute-launched-in-texas.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The chairman and CEO of H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery chain, is sinking more than $100 million into the launch of a new institute focused on improving school leadership in Texas' public schools.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Texas' Educators Tally the Steep Costs of Harvey]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/13/texas-educators-tally-the-steep-costs-of.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/13/texas-educators-tally-the-steep-costs-of.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Texas]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Houston education officials estimate it will cost $700 million to repair and replace schools damaged by Hurricane Harvey.]]></description>
				<category>Texas</category>
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