Media Coverage 2016
Al alza tasas de deserción escolar. Aplican a rajatabla ‘Cero tolerancia,’ Edelia Hernández, El Manana, December 9, 2016
Texas is Failing to Graduate 1 Out of Every 4 Students, Report Says, with David Hinojosa and Bobby Blount, The Source, Texas Public Radio, November 14, 2016
Texas Education Commissioner Sends HISD Notice for Detachment, District Prepares to Lobby, Laura Isensee, Houston Public Media, November 10, 2016
Bexar County high school attrition rate stays high, Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, November 6, 2016
U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $6.5 Million in Grants to Help Schools and Communities Promote Equity in Education, U.S. Department of Education (press release), September 29, 2016
Crafting Professional Development for Maker Educators Colleen Graves, Edutopia, September 20, 2016
Incubator for hope – Houston has birthed another new approach to learning that’s ripe for success, optimism, Editors, Houston Chronicle, September 6, 2016
Liderazgo Familiar Intergeneracional: Intergenerational Family Leadership as a New Paradigm of Family Engagement, Aurelio M. Montemayor and Nancy Chavkin, for VUE Voices in Urban Education, September 2016
U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $16.2 Million in Grants to Improve School Leadership at Lowest-Performing Schools, U.S. Department of Education (press release), August 14, 2016
Immigrant students have a right to attend public schools, NowcastSA, August 2016
Data, experts say WFISD ends bilingual services prematurely, Christopher Collins, Times Record News, July 29, 2016
Update: Contempt issue delayed until September, Bonnie Bolden, Monroe News Star, July 6, 2016
La importancia económica de la educación – Los más proficientes en lectura, escritura y matemáticas tienen diferencias en los ingresos que perciben, Raúl Martínez Solares, El Economista, July 6, 2016
DOJ: Hearing is still needed, Bonnie Bolden, Monroe News Star, July 5, 2016
Of Course the Texas Top Ten Percent is Constitutional and It’s Pretty Good Policy Too, David Hinojosa, for Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy, Spring 2016
Kelly Forbes: Passion for Education, Tulsa Kids Magazine, June 2016
The Regional Equity Assistance Centers – Fifty Years and Counting: Forging Civil-Rights-Based Technical Assistance to Serve All Students by Building Equity-Centered Capacity in Public Schools, Bradley Scott, Essential Approaches for Excellence & Sustainable School System Transformation, April 2016
Youths in Action – Intergenerational Leadership (reprint), Aurelio Montemayor, Rio Grande Guardian, June 14, 2016
In school finance decision, the poor people have lost again, David Hinojosa, Texas Tribune, June 14, 2016
Tomball ISD begins its budget process – District likely will start 2016-17 with $2 million deficit, Bryan Kirk, Houston Chronicle, June 14, 2016
Montemayor: RGV Students Support Peers on Path Towards College (reprint), Aurelio Montemayor, Rio Grande Guardian, June 8, 2016
Bahena: ‘Our Children Could Get Lost’ – RGV Parents Gather to Discuss HB5 (reprint), Sofía Bahena, Rio Grande Guardian, June 4, 2016
How ‘Comunitarios’ Are Changing the Way Schools and Communities Collaborate, Aurelio Montemayor, Education Post, May 31, 2016
“Communitarios” — A New Approach to Family Leadership in Education, Aurelio Montemayor, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) Blog, May 23, 2016
Conversation: Albert Kauffman and David Hinojosa on Texas School Finance, Charlotte-Anne Lucas, NowcastSA, May 18, 2016
Losing Identity During the Refugee Crisis – The difference between assimilation and integration in the classroom, Tracy Brown Hamilton, The Atlantic, May 16, 2016
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against 600-Plus School Districts, Laura Isensee, Houston Public Media, May 13, 2016
Texas school funding flawed but legal, justices rule; first win for state on issue in decades, Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News, May 13, 2016
Webcast: IRA 2016 Bilingual Parent Institute, IDRA, NowcastSA, April 29, 2016
Diplomás takes action on higher education, Christina Acosta, La Prensa, April 11, 2016
Judge OKs MCSB deadline extension, Bonnie Bolden, The News Star, March 24, 2016
Texas gets ‘F’ in school funding report, Ericka Mellon, Houston Chronicle, March 16, 2016
Opinion: Education Works When Schools Truly Inform Parents, Michael Seifert, Equal Voice Network, March 13, 2016
MCSB OKs new consent decree dates, Bonnie Bolden, The News Star, March 9, 2016
When the Whole Family Goes to Pre-K – San Antonio is bringing everyone to the classroom, Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, The Atlantic, March 7, 2016
Oklahoma education notes: Registration begins for institute,Staff, The Oklahoman, January 31, 2016
Cobb eyes new rule to punish students for poor parent engagement,Rose French, Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 27, 2016
MCSB to vote on deseg hires Thursday, Bonnie Bolden, The News Star, January 7, 2016
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