Zahira Torres

A Texas school board cut chapters on diversity from textbooks approved by the state. One focuses on how to understand and educate diverse learners, saying it “is up to schools and teachers to help every student feel comfortable, accepted and valued." https://t.co/lnG7CI94D2

Texas is at or near the center of so much of what shapes the country's policies and politics. There is no better place to be an investigative reporter and no better team to be part of. https://t.co/JZsugh80Ht

RT @serrano_alej: I've read lots ab. book banning efforts/culture war battles in education, and written a lil bit about it, but the last se…

RT @JinATX: 🧵Since the pandemic, several Texas school boards have seen ideologically driven conservatives win supermajorities. One key, if…

The way communities elect school board members plays a key, if often overlooked, role in whether racially diverse districts experience takeovers by ideologically driven conservatives seeking to exert greater influence over what children learn. https://t.co/kpXHByx5Ew

Though more than half of the students are from racially diverse backgrounds, the district in 2023 nixed a plan to buy copies of a biography of Black poet Amanda Gorman after a teacher at a religious private school who had no children in the district complained

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New: In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity. https://t.co/ji4iyS8H76

Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No. https://t.co/CLfqfVVSa1

RT @gingerthomp1: “In the context of egregious unlawful conduct by the Trump administration, this is a moment that calls for deep introspec…

RT @evanasmith: 👀👀👀 absolutely stellar public interest journalism #txlege

RT @charlesornstein: This story is 🤯! This Charter School Superintendent in Texas Makes $870,000. His District Serves 1,000 Students. https…

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. https://t.co/zZqYFaDyWi

U.S. Soldiers Call on Trump to Exempt Afghan Allies From Refugee Ban “We feel betrayed,” one said. “We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister, who is in danger because of our work with America.” https://t.co/zOJpLJ2Bqx

RT @lomikriel: Trump's executive orders impacting refugees leave stranded in Afghanistan the children of a former U.S. military translator,…

RT @Perla_Trevizo: We spoke to the relatives of three immigrants transferred to #Guantanamo, who said they’ve been left in the dark about t…

Officials have distributed photos of some of the immigrants being sent to Guantanamo at both takeoff and landing. But they have not released the names of those they’re holding or provided details about their alleged crimes. https://t.co/uJtkD2rYRx

RT @Perla_Trevizo: We are hearing a lot about #immigration. @POTUS issued 10 executive orders on Day 1 alone. Here, @micarosenberg and I br…

State employees suspected of stealing from low-income Texans' public assistance accounts https://t.co/NESCxNsJMc via @TexasTribune