POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I Government Employees II Public School System Outline of Current Lecture I Charter schools II Colleges and universities Current Lecture Charter Schools Schools for at risk students Draw students from across district lines Exempt from some state education rules Governed by boards Funding from state federal and private resources Effectiveness debated Texas selects its own testing methods Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills TEKS State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness STAAR Test results are used to evaluate teachers this raises questions of are teachers focused on passing test not really learning NAEP results mixed Colleges and Universities 104 public and 40 private institutions Approximately 1 6 million students Boards of Regents Govern the independent public universities and the Texas State Technical College System Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Provides direction for public community colleges and universities Higher Education Issues Funding History of discrimination Sweatt v Painter These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Closing the Gaps program Attempt to increase enrollment and graduation rates Equal opportunity and affirmative action Top 10 percent rule
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