Florence Shapiro

Blogs
October 5, 2012
Sen. Dan Patrick Named Senate Education Chair, Re-dedicates Himself to Private School Vouchers
Conservative Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston) probably wasn't expecting broad accolades from the education community when he was named chair of the Senate Education Committee on Thursday, and the quick negative reaction from mainline education groups did not disappoint. The dean of Harris County conser ... More >>
News
October 6, 2011
Miracle Faker
Rick Perry is right: America can learn from Texas. He's just wrong about what the lesson is.
Blogs
April 29, 2011
HISD Trustees Prove They Can Go Hours Without Peeing
Margaret DowningTrustee Michael Lunceford and Superintendent Terry Grier wade through another marathon budget meetingHouston ISD board members resolutely stayed anchored at the board room table for hours Monday, picking through programs, considering projections (What if there's a 3.3 percent ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
One Last Hit of K-2
Fake weed's final freewheeling days
News
November 19, 2009
The Tug of War
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a pitched battle over the soul of the GOP. They are also running for governor.
News
May 28, 2009
Kill Bill
Readers respond to ill-defined proposed legislation.
News
May 28, 2009
Perverts, Beware
Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM
Blogs
April 1, 2009
HISD: Too Big For Mere Texas Meetings
The Texas Association of School Administrators is a high-powered organization of superintendents and other education bureaucrats. They recently held an important legislative conference in Austin, dealing with pressing issues like stimulus funds.Attendees got updates from key state senators and reps, ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
TAKS Test Made Slightly Less Non-Sensical, Teachers Say
News
June 17, 1999
The Man Who Would Be Kingmaker
Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul.