Becky Fogel
Education Reporter for at KUT-FM (Austin, TX)
Education reporter for @KUT. Previously editor/producer of newscasts for the Texas Newsroom. Alum of @SciFri @KWBU. I'm a tall 5'3" [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
kut.org | Becky Fogel
Austin ISD is asking the community to weigh in on the criteria it will use to evaluate schools for potential closure. “We’re really wanting to hear from the specific communities that could be impacted, which right now is any community,” Raechel French, the director of planning, said. “We’re looking at all schools.”French said knowing what’s most important to people will help determine what the district should prioritize as it reviews its more than 100 campuses during the consolidation process.
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2 weeks ago |
kut.org | Becky Fogel
Read this story in EnglishAntes de que Xavier Daniels comenzara en Austin Community College (ACC) el otoño pasado, esperaba obtener un título de asociado y entrar en la industria de la música. Lograr una licenciatura no estaba del todo descartado, sólo que no era su objetivo principal. Pero eso cambió. “Ahora que he pasado por el proceso de estar aquí en la universidad y he pensado en ello mucho más tiempo, mucho más profundamente”, dijo, “estoy más ilusionado de estudiar cuatro años”.
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2 weeks ago |
kut.org | Becky Fogel
Before Xavier Daniels started at Austin Community College last fall, he was hoping to get an associate degree and go into the music industry. Getting a bachelor’s wasn’t entirely off the table, it just wasn’t his main goal. But that’s changed.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Becky Fogel
To avoid state sanctions, Austin ISD plans to hire more experienced teachers to work at three middle schools that received consecutive failing grades under Texas’ school rating system. The district is not only trying to recruit educators with a track record of improving student outcomes to work at Dobie, Webb and Burnet middle schools. It's also asking teachers currently working at those campuses to reapply for their jobs.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Becky Fogel
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday accused Austin ISD of using materials to teach critical race theory. His office plans to depose the superintendent and school board as part of an investigation. The AG's office alleges the district is using curricula related to the “The 1619 Project," which recenters U.S. history around the impact of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans. It was created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. Gov.
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