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Cities
I Am Here: Billboards Against Homelessness
Panhandling's major deficiency is that it rarely supplies passersby with enough information to want to give money. A person is suffering, but who...
Education
Texas to Layoff 100,000 Teachers While Giving Millions to Formula One Racing
The Lone Star State plans to fund a race track instead of schools. Really.
Education
"The Modern Educator Is Not a Teacher": Updating Learning for the 21st Century
Classrooms operate almost the same way they did 100 years ago. A group of of middle schoolers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area want to change that.
Lifestyle
The Lone Vegan State: On Going Meatless in Texas
Everything's bigger in the Lone Star State, including our taste for meat. Here's how I've managed to survive as a vegan.
Education
Texas Gutting Education But Spending $4 Billion to Widen 28-Mile Highway
The Lone Star State: Still not convinced that schools need money.
News
People Are Awesome: Muslim Hate-Crime Victim Petitions to Save His Attacker's Life
A white supremacist killer is set to die in Texas on Wednesday. Not if one of his victims has anything to say about it.
Education
This Standardized Testing Story Will Break Your Heart
This story of a student who sits till 6:30 p.m. trying to do her best on the state test is Exhibit A of what's wrong with high-stakes exams.
Education
Watch Texas Councilman Tell Gay Teens "It Gets Better"
Since last Tuesday, more than 1.5 million viewers have watched Joel Burns, a young, openly gay Texas city councilman tell teens "it gets better."
News
With an Execution Stayed, Texans Still Likelier to Be Executed Than Die in Plane Crash
While a death row prisoner awaits his fate, Texas justice under Governor Rick Perry has become more dangerous than air travel.
Education
Should More States Adopt Texas' 10-percent Rule?
The 10-percent rule—which guarantees state-college admission to top students—may be coming to a state near you. Here's what you need to know...
News
Houston Gets Private Electric Car Charging Network
Texas might be getting the most innovative and practical electric car charging system in the United States. Surprise?
Education
College Admissions and Affirmative Action: In Texas it's Still Legal
A court says the University of Texas at Austin can consider race as an admissions factor. With college admission so competitive, are they right?
News
Transparency: The Death Penalty Around the World
nLast week, Michael Rosales, who murdered 67-year-old Mary Felder in 1997, became the thirteenth person executed this year-in Texas. Whether or...
News
The Texas Mirage: How Rick Perry's Rightward Shift Is Messing with Texas' Growth
Texas has indeed shown some impressive economic growth under Governor Perry, but Perry the presidential candidate may soon destroy that.
Education
Watch This 12-Year-Old Genius Teach Calculus 2
Jacob Barnett is also working on an "expanded version of Einstein's theory of relativity" and plans to disprove the big bang theory.
Education
Final Vote Approaches on Texas Textbook Revisions
From time to time, I wonder what Europeans think of us Americans and our various culture wars. Judging from a recent article in the British...
Education
Thomas Jefferson Sneaks Back into Texas Textbooks
No surprise here: The Texas State Board of Education voted to approve changes to the state's social studies curriculum by a margin of 9 to 5 down...
Cities
Visiting Austin's Giant Solar SunFlowers
On our way out of Austin, we stopped at SunFlowers, the city's largest public art installation.
