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1 week ago |
expressnews.com | Melissa Manno |Leila Darwiche
San Antonio elementary and middle school students outperformed the high schoolers on this year's STAAR test, with major gains in reading and science - but lagging math and social studies scores signal they're still recovering from setbacks during the pandemic. Every year, Texas students in grades three through eight take standardized tests to measure their proficiency in core subject areas.
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1 week ago |
expressnews.com | Molly Smith |Leila Darwiche
Democratic voters received frantic text messages and phone calls last Saturday urging them to cast their ballot for Gina Ortiz Jones in the mayoral runoff. "It's Election Day in San Antonio and we need your help to stop MAGA Republican Rolando Pablos from taking over our city," read one of the texts. But any fear that Democrats had heading into the day evaporated as soon as polls closed and early voting returns showed Jones winning 52% of the vote.
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2 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Leila Darwiche
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2 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Melissa Manno |Leila Darwiche
San Antonio school districts fell behind in reading and math on this year's STAAR end-of-course exams, reflecting ongoing challenges in adapting to a new test format and closing pandemic-related learning gaps. Every year, Texas high school students must pass five tests - covering Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II and U.S. History - to graduate.
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2 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Leila Darwiche
On Saturday, voters chose Gina Ortiz Jones over Rolando Pablos to be San Antonio's next mayor, giving her a winning margin of over 12,000 votes. The former Air Force undersecretary polled at more than 54%, according to unofficial results from the Bexar County Elections Department. Jones garnered the strongest support from the city's center, a Democratic stronghold that tends to vote farther to the left than the rest of San Antonio.
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