2nd official in week resigns over testing scandal
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An administrator in a West Texas school district is the second person this week to resign over a scheme involving high-stakes standardized tests that landed the ex-superintendent...
View ArticleSecond official resigns over testing scandal
EL PASO (AP) — An administrator in a West Texas school district is the second person this week to resign over a scheme involving high-stakes standardized tests that landed the ex-superintendent in...
View ArticleWest Texas lawmaker wants to deter false reporting of education data
EL PASO — A West Texas legislator has filed a bill that could lead to prison time for manipulating and falsely reporting education data to state officials.Sen. Jose Rodriguez of El Paso filed the bill...
View ArticleFailure to catch cheating probed
EL PASO — State auditors will investigate how the Texas Education Agency failed to catch a broad cheating scheme at El Paso’s largest school district that sent the former superintendent to...
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Texas & RegionEL PASOA third El Paso-area school district has acknowledged wrongdoing in a scandal over cheating to meet federal accountability measures, the El Paso Times reported Saturday.An...
View Article7 out of 8 El Paso school administrators reinstated by board of trustees
EL PASO — Seven administrators in a West Texas school district tainted by a testing scandal have been reinstated while another is in the process of being ousted.Trustees of the El Paso Independent...
View ArticleEl Paso ISD managers to pick new superintendent following cheating scandal
EL PASO — The board of managers for a West Texas school district rocked by a cheating scandal will consider possible replacements for an imprisoned administrator.read more
View ArticleFort Bliss wants El Paso to market itself better
FORT BLISS — A West Texas Army post wants El Paso’s help in combating a negative perception of the city that’s deterring top military talent from seeking an assignment here.Before coming to El Paso,...
View ArticleAuditor says state vulnerable to school cheating
EL PASO (AP) — The Texas Education Agency said it would create a new investigative division after a state audit highlighted serious flaws with how the agency monitors its more than 1,000 school...
View ArticleUT students cancel 'illegal immigrant game'
AUSTIN — A conservative student group at the University of Texas canceled its “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” on Tuesday, saying it feared retaliation by campus officials and counter-protests that...
View ArticleOur View: Audits show TEA didn't prevent cheating as well as it should have
It’s no surprise a U.S. Department of Education audit concluded the Texas Education Agency could have done a better job of policing cheating on standarized student assessment tests.The Education...
View ArticleSpeaker asks to House look into school cheating
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has ordered hearings on school cheating in the wake of a scandal that sent El Paso’s former school superintendent to prison.Ex-superintendent Lorenzo Garcia...
View ArticleRangel: Extreme talk by GOP hurts future with Hispanics
AUSTIN — The thorny illegal immigration issue just won’t go away in the Texas GOP primaries — to the dismay of Hispanic Republicans such as Lionel Sosa who say the party’s future hinges on its success...
View ArticleState not finished with El Paso cheating scandal
El PASO, Texas — Texas education officials want to repeal the state certifications of 11 administrators linked to an El Paso classroom cheating scandal.The El Paso Times reportsit marks the first time...
View ArticleEx-El Paso school chief to be freed from prison
EL PASO (AP) — The former El Paso School District superintendent sentenced to 42 months in prison for his role as mastermind of a test cheating scandal has moved to a halfway house as the end of his...
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