Writing and Podcasts

Longform

This school district has been at risk of state takeover for years. Some blame white flight. (The Texas Tribune)

It took this Texas school district 48 years to desegregate. Now, some fear a return to the past. (The Texas Tribune)

Texas has failed to close educational gaps for kids of color. In Edgewood ISD, the fallout has lasted generations. (The Texas Tribune)

When school’s out, rural Texas towns struggle to feed their hungry kids.  (The Texas Tribune)

Accountability

Many Texas families say remote learning isn’t working, and they want it fixed (The Texas Tribune)

Texas parents face a frightening lack of information on coronavirus risks in child care centers (The Texas Tribune)

Students face felony charges, expulsions as Texas schools ramp up fight against vaping (The Texas Tribune)

Texas estimates it may owe feds $223 million after illegally decreasing special education funding (The Texas Tribune)

Features

Faceless avatars and microphone malfunctions: A Houston teacher wonders if his students are learning (The Texas Tribune)

Custodians, cafeteria workers and bus drivers also fear returning to Texas schools (The Texas Tribune)

Texas tried to take over Shepherd ISD. But a surprise, last-minute court order blocked those plans. (The Texas Tribune)

Flooding Plagues Once-Condemned Apartment (New Haven Independent)

Is racism behind Panama’s Canal Zone land grabs? (Equal Times)

Podcasts

Listen: She’s tutoring her siblings while learning remotely. How one Texas high school senior navigates the pandemic. (The Texas Tribune)

Hear how this Texas school district found itself at risk of returning to a segregated past (NPR 1A/The Texas Tribune)