Found 5 blog entries tagged as education.

Lake Travis High School received an

Community Impact shares, "Lake Travis ISD received an “A” rating, scoring 90 out of 100 possible points, in the Texas Education Agency’s 2024-25 A-F accountability ratings released Aug. 15.

How it works

The accountability rating system was established during the 2017 legislative session. District and campus ratings are based on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, scores; graduation rates; and college, career and military readiness, or CCMR, outcomes.

The system uses A, B, C, D and F ratings, and A and B ratings are the only ones considered to be passing.

Zooming in

The district previously scored a “B” rating for its 2023-24 ratings, scoring 89 out of 100 possible points.

Of the 11 schools in LTISD, four…

315 Views, 0 Comments

Austin is a fun place to be, but a better place to live, according to U.S. News. Photo by Daydreamer Creative on Unsplash

CultureMap Austin shares, "Austin and three other Texas cities were just hailed in U.S. News & World Report's new rankings of the best places to live for their high quality of life.

This new list, published July 11, is part of U.S. News' Best Places to Live rankings, but the 25 cities that made the list were chosen solely based on quality of life factors such as education, healthcare, crime rates, air quality, resilience to natural disasters, and more.

The top two cities that are the best places to live for their top-tier quality of life are Brookline (No. 1) and Newton (No. 2) in Massachusetts. Bethesda, Maryland (No. 3), Bellevue, Washington (No. 4), and Malden, Massachusetts (No. 5) round out the top five.

Austin ranked 13th on the list…

902 Views, 0 Comments

National Mortgage Professional writes, "there’s no such thing as a perfect housing market, but Austin is trying to check off all the boxes for would-be buyers. Young and savvy tech professionals are flocking to the funky metro known for its music scene to scoop up jobs and take the plunge into homeownership.

Since Austin is attracting new buyers and transforming long-term renters into prospective homeowners, LOs aren’t having trouble wrangling customers to buy loans. And it helps that 25.8% of homes in Austin have lower estimated monthly housing payments than they would have if they had been for sale a year ago, according to Redfin. Year-to-date home sales price data from the Austin Board of Realtors show a 12.6% decline in the median price for…

460 Views, 0 Comments

Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios

AXIOS Austin reports, "in an effort to recruit and retain teachers amid the city's rising cost of living, Austin ISD is trying something new: building housing.

  • It's part of a national trend of school districts working to help chronically underpaid teachers afford to live where they teach.

Driving the news: Within 12 months, the district plans to choose developers, who will construct and manage two residential complexes with 600 units on unused district land.

  • It plans to lease the former Ana Ferrales Coy Facility and former Rosedale Elementary School to developers who will be able to leverage its property tax-free status to keep rents affordable, Austin ISD director of real estate Jeremy Striffler tells Axios.
  • They'll be…

362 Views, 0 Comments

Texas Education Agency (TEA) - tea.texas.gov

 A state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education. The TEA strives to improve outcomes for all public school students in the state.

• Mission, Leadership, Annual Reports, & Legal Structure

• Financial, Grant, & State Funding Information

• List of Texas Schools & Enrollment Guidance

• Curriculum, Subject Areas, & Educational Support Programs

• A·F Accountability Resources

• State Testing & TxCHSE Resources • Educator Databases

• Data & Reports

Texas Schools - txschools.gov

As an extension of TEA, TXschools.gov is a database that stores information by school and district. This resource provides analytical tools to create correlations, compare, and study the…

678 Views, 0 Comments