Times of Texas
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Student loans may be issue in presidential race
Bartholomew Sullivan/Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON, D.C. — Outstanding student loan debt — which exceeds $1 trillion, more than what Americans owe on credit cards — is likely to be a major political issue this election year as students and their parents question the rising cost and value of a college education. In Occupy Wall … Continue reading
Centralized Exit Examinations and US Education Reform
Judd Barrof, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2012, is the author of the first article in a ten part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development under the direction of Professor Leonard Baynes. Barrof writes on reforming US education policy through the introduction of high school … Continue reading
UT Takes First Step In Reform
Written by MQSullivan Responding to calls for reform in higher education, the chancellor of the University of Texas today unveiled a plan that takes a good first step at improving affordability and transparency. Of course, more is needed to make sure taxpayers, parents and students get the maximum return on their college dollar. Chancellor Francisco … Continue reading
Republicans’ Big Problem in 2012 — Hispanics
By Andres Oppenheimer aoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com Despite the avalanche of bad news for President Barack Obama, he remains the most likely winner of the 2012 elections. That’s the conclusion I reached after watching the top Republican presidential hopefuls in recent weeks, as they started in earnest the race for their party’s nomination. They have taken such a … Continue reading
Despite Bachmann’s Success, the Real GOP Race is Now Perry vs. Romney
By Beth Reinhard Texas Gov. Rick Perry announces that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in Charleston, South Carolina. Until now, the biggest question looming over the 2012 Republican primary was who would emerge as the leading alternative to the nominal front-runner, Mitt Romney. We now know the answer to that question: Rick Perry. … Continue reading
Rick Perry Heads to Iowa as GOP Presidential Landscape Changes Dramatically
By Rick Dunham. He is the Washington bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers. He created Texas on the Potomac in 2007. A day after upstaging a venerable Iowa straw poll by announcing his candidacy in South Carolina, Texas Gov. Rick Perry flew to the Hawkeye State today to court Iowans and blunt … Continue reading
Rick Perry is George W. Bush 2.0 – And That’s a Good Thing. By Solomon Kleinsmith
By Solomon Kleinsmith I don’t have as much of a feel for Texas Governor Rick Perry’s place along the political spectrum as I do for, say, Michelle Bachmann – but from his early positioning he does seem to be going after the same general area of the GOP tent. The buzz around his candidacy makes … Continue reading
Are Dems Worried About Losing Latinos?
By Jeff Winkler On Friday the Democratic National Committee launched its first presidential ad of the 2012 cycle, and it was in Spanish. In preparation for the 2012 presidential election, it seems both Democrats and Republicans have begun reaching out early to a coveted voting bloc: Los Independiente. Look no further than Barack Obama’s Monday … Continue reading
Rick Perry inches closer to 2012 bid
This week, Rick Perry will be hosting a group of national donors. | AP Photo Close By JONATHAN MARTIN | 7/25/11 8:29 PM EDT Updated: 7/26/11 4:55 AM EDT He’s hosting a steady stream of Republican supplicants in Austin, his would-be organization is stepping up its outreach, and they’re both talking to key early-state operatives … Continue reading
Rick Perry Candidacy Would Help Republican Outreach to Latinos
While Texas Governor Rick Perry has a reputation as a strong conservative, his more moderate views on immigration reform might help Republicans attract Latino voters if he were to be the Republican nominee in November of 2012. By Napp Nazworth In 2001, Perry signed a bill in Texas, known as the DREAM Act, which allowed … Continue reading
ESL Classes Offer Support and Community
By Brittany Shope The bell rings. Science Hill High School students crowd the hallways. Among them, five international students head to English as a Second Language class, where they learn American culture, improve their reading and writing skills and get support for other courses. Wilber, a ninth-grader with a big smile and an even bigger … Continue reading
Perry’s Taking on Higher Ed Establishment Seen as a Credential
By Weston Hicks The Lone Star Report reported last week that a group previously neutral to the higher ed reform controversy, the Coaltion for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE), blasted Governor Perry over his support for reform. Given extensive associations of CEHE with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and President George W. Bush, both of whom … Continue reading
Perry’s Education Push: A top Priority for Texas
By Kate Alexander More than a decade ago, Texas Gov. George W. Bush set his sights on becoming “the education president” and spreading the Lone Star State‘s public school reforms to classrooms across the country. That is a moniker and a mission Gov. Rick Perry would probably eschew, if he were to jump into the … Continue reading
Higher Education Coalition Attack on Perry Raises Eyebrows
By William Lutz The Coalition for Higher Excellence in Higher Education – a group that supports higher education reform ideas offered by the state’s university presidents and chancellors and has expressed concerns with some higher education reform ideas offered from outside academia – fired a rhetorical howitzer at Gov. Rick Perry yesterday. Political observers in … Continue reading
Is Rick Perry GOP’s Great Hope?
There is no news in noting that Republicans seem somewhat unenthusiastic about the collection of presidential hopefuls currently campaigning. And there has been a good deal of political talk about the possibility of Texas Governor Rick Perry deciding to declare his intentions to run for president. So what does Perry bring to the Republicans that … Continue reading
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
Americans For Prosperity – Texas
- Blogger provides fresh perspective of UT President Powers’ astroturf campaign to keep his job
- Texas primary ballot initiatives - non-binding polls
- Harmony Schools on CBS 60 Minutes - Turkish English teachers are needed
- School Board members censure fellow member - for dissent
- TPPF's Tom Lindsay and Maverick Owner Mark Cuban provide insight which could rock UT's ivory tower
- UT Regents Commended for Standing Up to Powers
- Texas to FWS: Leave Texas -- and the Lizard -- Alone
- San Antonio pushing almost $.5 Billion bond initiative
- AFP is the messenger of news Obama doesn't want out
- Local Governments Racking up Debt: House Ways & Means Committee Hearing - Testimony by Peggy Venable
Univision Austin
- Lo Más Hot de Texas
- Las cuatro más bellas en bikini
- Jennifer López no usa sostén
- Las bodas más caras de la historia
- Importante cierre de autopista en Houston este fin de semana
- "Tiempo de Danzón" en Dallas
- Acudió a Walmart por cambio de aceite y salió con símbolos satánicos en su auto
- Permiten cazar con silenciador en Texas
Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
AgendaWise Reports
- Speaker Struas stragglers marked
- Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
- Trina Lanza on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Diane Patrick on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Straus the weak
- Diane Patrick on her vote for speaker
- Trina Lanza on her vote for speaker
- Vicki Truitt’s Trouble
- Mark Shelton on the expansion of gambling
- Mark Shelton on his priorities for the 83rd Legislature
Texas Insider
- Grass-Roots Politics: GOP-USA’s Bobby Eberle Talks GOP Politics
- Texas Unemployment Rate Down to 6.9%
- Boehner to Obama on Deficit War: ‘This Is a Line in the Sand’
- Catholic University Students Casualties Of ObamaCare
- Myth Busted: Vaccinations Are Not Immunizations
- Romney to Inch Closer to Clinching Party Nod
- Catholic Student’s Losing Coverage due to ObamaCare Mandates
- Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
- Administration Approves Nomination of Houston Police Officer as U.S. Marshall for the Southern District of Texas
- How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed Manny Pacquiao
Freedomworks.org Texas
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorses Matt Beebe for State Representative in Texas House District 121
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Training in Round Rock, Tx on Feb. 18th
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Events in Texas - January 2012
- FreedomWorks grassroots training in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 8th!
- Another One Bites the (Fracking) Dust
- In the Shadow of the Senate: A New Tax Emerges
- Join FreedomWorks and local Houston-area groups for grassroots training on July 16th
- Texas to TSA: "Come and Take It."
- Join FreedomWorks and Houston Tea Party on July 16th!
- The Light Bulb Resistance Movement
Freedomworks.org Florida
- CPAC Florida Recap
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- FreedomWorks Kicks Off 'Give Us Liberty' Tour in Florida this week!
- What Do Rep. Allen Boyd's (D-FL) Constituents Think About Health Care Vote?
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida
STEM
- STEM Ed Update: Sign-on Letter on Federal Budget, Upcoming Events, NEW STEM Reports
- Coalition Issues Core Policy Principles for 2012
- Coalition Testifies to House Approps on NSF’s Education Programs
- Quotes on STEM Education from the 2/28 House Markup of ESEA Legislation
- The White House Invites You to Join on a Budget Call to Discuss STEM Education
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