Media Coverage 2025 – To Date
Students in limbo as Texas limits in-state tuition, by
Texas DAEPs: Exposing Systemic Inequities and Educational Injustice,
Explore contemporary Mexican American civil rights issues at MACRI’s annual symposium this weekend, by Norma Martinez, TPR, May 28, 2025
Texas schools should get more flexibility on student discipline, state Senate decides, by Talia Richman,
Political horse-trading becomes order of the day as Legislature winds down, by Blaise Gainey, The Texas Newsroom, May 22, 2025
How White House’s budget plan could affect English learners in Georgia K-12 schools, by Myracle Lewis, The Telegraph, May 21, 2025
School Vouchers Could Cause Another Headache for Texas, by Khaleda Rahman, NewsWeek, May 18, 2025
San Marcos, Hays CISDs report rise in alternative school placements after pandemic, vaping law, by Jacquelyn Burrer, Community Impact,
San Antonio students, professors concerned about bill targeting university degree programs, by Jose Arredondo, Spectrum News 1,
SB 12, banning DEI in schools, in hearing Tuesday, Dallas Voice, May 12, 2025
Public Policy Graduate Builds Community, Opportunity at Georgia State, by Laura Deupree, Georgia State University, May 6, 2025
Senate bill would ban students without legal status from in-state tuition, by
Fact Check: No, Trump did not legalize corporal punishment in schools — nor does he have the authority to, by Grace Deng, Yahoo! News, April 25, 2025
“This Is Not Just a Policy Change — It’s a Door Closing”: Texas Bill Threatens Student Futures, by RA Staff, ReformAustin, April 24, 2025
Fiesta’s Origins as Dark as the Nation’s, by Elaine Ayala, ¡Nosotros!, April 21, 2025
Anti-DEI Policies Are Ramping Up—With Big Implications for College Access, by Jennifer Vilcarino, Education Week, April 14, 2025
Texas lawmakers advance bills that would expand teachers’ authority to discipline students, by Hannah Norton, Community Impact, April 10, 2025
How 3 high-poverty schools in Bexar County became top performers, by
Texas bill would cap spots at universities allotted for highest-ranking students, by
Some Texas lawmakers want to overhaul school discipline. Many worry the plan goes too far, by Kelly Wiley, KXAN, April 3, 2025
A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law, by Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica, & Dan Keemahill, Texas Tribune, April 2, 2025
There’s still life in legislature for bill attempting to ban DEI in Georgia education, by Doug Reardon, 1226 On Your Side, April 1, 2025 (Also on WRDW/WAGT)
Zero-tolerance or zero consequences? Texas lawmakers debate school discipline, by Talia Richman, Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2025
Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 35, Nelson Mullins Insights, March 25, 2025
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott applauds Trump as he signs order abolishing Education Department, by Joseph Morton & Talia Richman, Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2025
Texas 2025 debate resurrects Edgewood Horizon claims, by Matthew Ladner, Next Steps, March 25, 2025
Texas House bill would make it easier to remove students from the classroom, by Hannah Norton, Community Impact, March 24, 2025
Moreno guest column: We mustn’t go back to the days of leaving it to the states to enforce federal constitutional rights, by Celina Moreno, Rio Grande Guardian, March 22, 2025
Highlighting the first woman elected to national office not designated for women, by Alex Cano, KGNS News, March 21, 2025
Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right? by Edward McKinley, Houston Chronicle, March 20, 2025
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott applauds Trump as he signs order abolishing Education Department, by Joseph Morton & Talia Richman, Dallas Morning News, March 20, 2025
LUPE hosts conference to discuss school voucher programs, by Mia Morales, Valley Central, March 17, 2025
Community gathers at McAllen library for panel on school voucher bill, by Sarah Cervera, KRGV (ABC) & Rio Grande Valley, March 15, 2025
Marathon Hearing on School Vouchers Features Intense Bipartisan Opposition, Josephine Lee, Texas Observer, March 12, 2025
Civil Rights Organizations Call on Georgia Lawmakers to Reject Senate Bill 120, LDF Legal Defense Fund, March 5, 2025
For a Texas mother of triplets with disabilities, school-choice debate feels hollow, Talia Richman, Dallas Morning News, March 5, 2025
Wisconsin’s racial education gap persists, reflecting deep-rooted inequities,
New beginning for mom and son who fought ‘unjust expulsion’ at Fulton County school, WBE PBS, March 3, 2025
Anti-DEI bill passes Georgia committee, setting up likely Senate fight, Martha Dalton, Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 3, 2025
Gold Dome Nuggets: Cornbread baked in state code, pronoun triggers and get along little DOGE, Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, March 1, 2025
The Battering School Kids Map, Maps Mania, February 28, 2025
The trouble with tests: Are we learning?, by Maria Vazquez, The Daily Texan, February 27, 2025
Livingstone addresses future of DEI at Baylor, by Mackenzie Grizzard, Baylor Lariat, February 26, 2025
The Lead Live! (conversation about vouchers in Texas)! KerrCountyLead (00:57:15-01:32:40 min), Louis Amesto, host, February 19, 2025
Texas Senate Bill 176 Expands Medicaid Coverage for School Mental Health Services, by Addison Thummel, TCU 360, February 10, 2025
Local public school parents fear school choice could widen wealth gap, by Abigail Velez, CBS Austin, February 6, 2025
Moreno: Executive actions threaten safety and stability of students, families and public schools, by Celina Moreno, J.D., guest column, Rio Grande Guardian, February 5, 2025
Trump administration’s border security crackdown raises questions in San Antonio, by Avery Everett, KSAT, February 4, 2023
The ‘Texas Three-Step’: Defund, Demonize, and Privatize Public Schools, by Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D., Texas Observer, February 4, 2025 (Also appeared in San Antonio Current, February 9, 2025)
New bills aim to improve school safety, address gender inequality, by Tammy Joyner, State Affairs, February 3, 2025
Lacking legal protections, Central Texas schools prepare for federal immigration stings, Austin American-Statesman, Keri Heath, February 1, 2025
‘Incredibly concerned’: Educators, families fearful after Trump order allowing ICE raids in schools, by Melissa Manno & Elizabeth L.T. Moore, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 31, 2025 (also appeared in San Antonio Express-News)
ICE arrests surge nationwide under new immigration directives, by
Helping children impacted by ICE raids, Fox 7 Austin, January 28, 2025
Joe Bernal, a champion for bilingual education and civil rights, dies at 97, by TPR Staff, Texas Public Radio, January 27, 2025
Helping children impacted by ICE raids, Good Day Austin (Fox 7), January 28, 2025
Joe Bernal, a champion for bilingual education and civil rights, dies at 97, Texas Public Radio, January 27, 2025
ICE raids in schools? Here is what Houston educators say, by Katiera Winfrey, KHOU-11 Houston, January 24, 2025
What the Latest Civil Rights Data Show About Racial Disparities in Schools, by Ileana Najarro, Education Week, January 16, 2025
Will Trump’s position on DEI further affect Georgia? State has already opposed it before, by Myracle Lewis, The Telegraph, January 15, 2025
Solving Nonexistent Problems: Georgia’s Transgender Sports Debate, Transvitae, January 13, 2025
Explain Bilingual Education to a Child: Learning in Two Languages, Little Explainers, January 12, 2025
UTSA invests in paraprofessionals’ path to become bilingual teachers, by Belinda Bustos Flores & Lorena Claeys, San Antonio Express-News, January 6, 2025
Transgender Georgians and allies brace for another year of culture wars in state legislature, by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder/WABE PBS/NPR, January 3, 2025
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