Morgan Smith, Texas Tribune
Reporter with The Texas TribuneMorgan Smith was an editorial intern and columnist at Slate in Washington, D.C., before moving to Austin to enter law school at the University of Texas in 2008. (She has put her degree on hold to join the Tribune's staff.) A native of San Antonio, she has a bachelor's degree in English from Wellesley College.
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Gov. Rick Perry is expressing his support for letting school districts themselves choose whether to implement a rule that requires new state assessments…
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With witnesses in a school finance trial testifying daily on the challenges facing public education in the state, and with a chorus of state leaders…
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By the end of the year, a few Texas school districts may have access to millions in funding that Gov. Rick Perry had passed on two years ago because of…
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is making some big leadership changes ahead of the 2013 legislative session.On Thursday morning, his office announced that he was…
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How Texas public schools coped with the $5.4 billion state budget cut in 2011 is sure to dominate the conversation at the Capitol about school funding in…
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A report from the Texas Education Agency on the state's 2012 SAT scores shows two things about Texas students over the past five years: more students are…
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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, throwing some red meat to conservatives after his bruising defeat at the hands of Tea Party darling Ted…
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Texas may soon add one more item to the list of national education practices it has bucked over the years. Because of changes coming to the GED in 2014,…
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FORT WORTH — Rick Santorum wooed a friendly audience with tales of campaign misadventures while avoiding aggravating divisions among his fellow…
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Late Friday night, Texas Republicans approved an unprecedented change to their official party platform: a call for a national guest-worker program.The…