Education
LISD Invents a Spreadsheet to Decide Which Schools Live, While the State Sharpens the Axe
Lubbock ISD has unveiled its shiny new District Optimization Framework, a very official-sounding checklist to decide which schools get to keep existing. To stay safe,…
LISD Forgot the Bus, Found a Scapegoat
The Lubbock Coalition of Black Democrats had to step in this weekend because Lubbock ISD…
Texas Universities Discover the Best Way to Prepare You for a Job Is to Pretend Race and Gender Don’t Exist
Starting next week, Texas universities will begin scrubbing how race and gender are discussed in…
Free Speech for Me, Not for Thee: Texas Discovers the Delete Button
One of Texas’ largest teachers unions is suing the state education agency, saying it crossed…
Federal Racism Probe Ghosts Lubbock Schools, Racism Decides to Stick Around Anyway
The local NAACP meeting in Lubbock opened with a prayer and quickly turned into what…
Monterey High’s Zero-Tolerance Policy Meets “Let Him Walk Right In”
Lubbock ISD says a Monterey High School student was arrested after making a threat against…
Texas Tech Solves Free Speech by Putting It Through a Committee First
Texas Tech University System has rolled out new rules limiting how professors can discuss race,…
Lubbock Outsources Compassion, Imports Kindness From New York
In a story that manages to be both heartwarming and deeply, painfully West Texas, 13-year-old…
Abbott Promises to Abolish School Taxes — Because Math and Reality Are Just Suggestions
Greg Abbott’s latest campaign pitch is basically the political equivalent of promising free ice cream…
Texas Teens Finally Get What They Need: More Political Indoctrination, Obviously
Gov. Greg Abbott has teamed up with Turning Point USA to make sure every Texas…