by Sarah Andrews | Sep 6, 2018 | Special Education
In late August, Texas Education Agency officials tapped Justin Porter, formerly the TEA’s executive director of special populations, to serve as the agency’s new statewide director of special education. Porter will be the first person to hold this position...
by Sarah Andrews | Sep 6, 2018 | Education News, Just for Fun
The below is reprinted from Slate.com. Student activism is back in America’s schools. Young people mobilizing around gun safety and social-justice issues are heading back to school. We talk to Mary Beth Tinker, who took her fight for the right to protest at school all...
by Sarah Andrews | Aug 20, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Legal Developments
Last week, a federal court upheld the Texas Campus Carry law, which allows professors to carry concealed weapons onto college campuses. The ruling was the latest update in a lawsuit filed in 2015 by several professors at the University of Texas at Austin who oppose...
by Sarah Andrews | Jul 12, 2018 | Education News, Just for Fun
We’re so pleased to share this fantastic new music video for the song “One Minute” by Mark Medley, which features our Restorative Practices trainers from NEDRP. This song is a testament to the challenges many students in our schools are facing, as...
by Sarah Andrews | May 30, 2018 | Education News
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a School and Firearm Safety Action Plan following three days of roundtable meetings at the State Capitol last week. The report comes on the heels of the school shootings in Santa Fe, where 10 people were killed. The 40-page...
