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From Texas Standard:Of the more than 1.1 million public school students estimated to have returned to some form of on-campus school activity in Texas,…
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From Texas Standard:With the possibility need for social distancing extending well beyond spring break, parents and educators are starting to plan for the…
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From Texas Standard:As Texas lawmakers begin tackling one of this session's top legislative priorities – school finance reform – a state Senate measure…
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From Texas Standard:"What My Students Taught Me" is produced in partnership with the Teacher Project at Columbia Journalism School.For her first four…
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From Texas Standard:Heading into Election Day, there’s a lot on the minds of Texas’ some 1.1 million current and retired public educators. As part of our…
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After exploring the idea and stirring worries and warnings from retired teachers and elected officials, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas opted…
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is urging the Teacher Retirement System not to raise health care premiums for retired teachers, arguing that state lawmakers should…
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After teaching for 36 years in the Rio Grande Valley, Rosalva Reyna looked at her pension and health plan in July 2016 and decided she could live a…
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From Texas Standard.You’ve heard the saying – the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Of the two, taxes are arguably less painful. Death, on the…
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The Texas House has approved taking money from a state emergency savings fund to pay to temporarily bolster the state-run health insurance program for…