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  Texas Law Professors Sign Letter Calling for Trump’s Impeachment

  December 11 at 4 a.m.

  A group of 16 law professors from Texas universities were among hundreds of legal scholars who signed an open letter stating President Donald Trump has "engaged in impeachable conduct." The letter, which was addressed to Congress, was posted Friday on Medium. In the letter, the legal experts say they take...

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  Two Books Offer Light on This Local Trouble We Call School Reform

  December 11 at 4 a.m.

  In a casual conversation about suburban public schools and ethnic diversity recently, I noticed that the person with whom I was chatting did not believe the presence of Asian American students in a school system should be counted toward diversity. In fact, she sort of felt it worked the other...

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  Visa Delays, Denials Cause Headaches for Would-Be Texas International Students

  December 9 at 4 a.m.

  For decades, American colleges and universities have seen attracting students from overseas as a benefit for both sides — those students bring diverse viewpoints and backgrounds, as well as tuition dollars, to American schools. In return, they go home with an education and work experience that could put them ahead...

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  Six Words, Two Commas: LGBTQ Activists Bring the Fight to a Suburban School Board

  December 6 at 4 a.m.

  In 2017, art teacher Stacy Bailey spent the first day of class introducing herself to her students at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School in Arlington. She flipped through a slideshow of pictures of her family, which included a photo of Bailey and her fiancée making fish faces while dressed as Finding...

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  Charter School Question Cracks the Political Prism, Here and Nationally

  November 28 at 4 a.m.

  It’s too soon to say for sure, but at least so far it doesn’t look as if impeachment will push the 2020 presidential vote tally very far in either direction. But impeachment still seems to push every other story off the table, including one, school reform, that may offer a...

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  What Government Inflicted on the City, Why Can’t It Redress?

  November 25 at 4 a.m.

  In a neighborhood with problems, the last thing anybody needed was a big, bad abandoned building. Something like that is a scary billboard warning people away. All the more appalling for the owner of it to have been the public school system, whose No. 1 priority ought to have been...