Becky Fogel
Becky Fogel is the editor and producer of statewide newscasts for the Texas Newsroom. She previously worked for the shows Texas Standard and Science Friday. She got her start in radio at KWBU-FM in Waco.
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The Texas State Board of Education is expected to decide Friday which science textbooks to approve for public schools.
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A federal judge in Austin temporarily blocked a new state law restricting which books are available in school libraries. The state then appealed. But whether or not the law is upheld, efforts to censor what students can read have intensified in Texas.
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La Agencia de Educación de Texas a principios de este año propuso una intervención de educación especial, en gran parte debido a la acumulación de Austin ISD de las evaluaciones de educación especial. Pero ahora los funcionarios estatales de educación están ofreciendo el distrito de un plan diferente.
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The delay comes as the agency faces a legal challenge to the way it's evaluating school districts.
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Los distritos escolares argumentan que los nuevos criterios les harán parecer que lo están haciendo peor de lo que es.
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The conservative media company and a Republican on the State Board of Education recently claimed its educational materials were now available in Texas even though PragerU is not a state-approved vendor.
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The school districts argue the new criteria will make them seem like they're doing worse than they are.
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Critics of the law, House Bill 900, have warned it is too broad and that it could ban literary classics as well as restrict students' access to books with LGBTQ+ characters.
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The law requires school districts to automatically enroll fifth graders with high state standardized math test scores in advanced math in middle school. The measure had bipartisan support and sailed through the Texas Legislature.
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The Texas House Public Education Committee is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation to create education savings accounts. The vote is happening with little notice and no public testimony.