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Scott Hochberg

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    State Rep Scott Hochberg Retires (And Slams Astros' AL Move On The Way Out)

    No DH for Hochberg​Scott Hochberg, the Deomcratic state rep who's widely recognized as a guru on public-education issues, won't run for re-election, he announced today. The man who represents a southwest-side district says it's time to move on. "My decision should not be thought of as any co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Class Size in Texas May Not Blow Up After All

    Classs sizes could still be reasonable​It's not going to be carte blanche and open the door to pack 25 kids into a classroom in Texas public school classrooms after all. Rep. Rob Eissler (R- The Woodlands) whose House Bill 18 wanted to move the state to a cap of 25 students in each classro ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Sex Dolls & Texans

    The men who love pseudo-women

  • 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 meeting​Houston 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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Scott Hochberg: Politically Extinct Due To Redistricting?

    Scott Hochberg has a target on his back​A marathon session in the state House of Representatives has produced a proposed redistricting map, and it's bad news for two Houston Democrats: Scott Hochberg and Hubert Vo. Houston loses one district under the map, and in the game of musical chairs, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Between Passing Standards and State Funding, HISD Remains in Free Fall

    Margaret DowningHISD Chief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett warns there's no tax increase -- yet.​It wasn't just the budget numbers that remain in free fall as Houston ISD trustees discovered at today's agenda workshop. Next fall, board members and Superintendent Terry Grier's administration ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Expanding Class Size

    Readers discuss "The Whipping Boy."

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    The Whipping Boy

    How did class size limits become the symbol of an unnecessary luxury in our schools?

  • 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

    March 13, 2009

    The Texas Fitnessgram Idea May Not Be As Awe-Inspiring As Our Governor Would Have Us Think

    Photo by mikebairdEarlier this week, Governor Rick Perry called a press conference to announce the results of last spring's statewide Fitnessgram assessment of Texas public-school students. According to a press release, the results were based on six tests "taken by more then two million students in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Texas Legislature Needs to Do Better By Its College Students, Or Let's Just Keep Exporting Them to Other States

    As we close in on rodeo time at the 2009 version of the Texas Legislature, education funding, as usual, will be one of the main topics. And in a dour economy, it's no secret that the degree-of-difficulty factor has just been ramped up a couple extra notches.We caught up with Scott Hochberg (D-Housto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Sharpstown Residents Fight Nightclub Resurrection

    As we close in on rodeo time at the 2009 version of the Texas Legislature, education funding, as usual, will be one of the main topics. And in a dour economy, it's no secret that the degree-of-difficulty factor has just been ramped up a couple extra notches.We caught up with Scott Hochberg (D-Housto ... More >>

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Waivering Rights

    Are prosecutors circumventing the new law designed to preserve DNA evidence?

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Learning How to Survive (at) CEP

    HISD and a paid trustee get entangled in the spreading empire of a private firm touting safe alternative schools for troubled kids. So why are some students and parents so scared?

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Working Every Angle

    The city of Houston is exploiting loopholes in state law to lavish big bucks on private developers

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    Carbonated Cash

    Drink up, kids. Keep those soda dollars coming.

  • News

    August 25, 1994

    Vince Ryan's Distress

    His campaign manager's gone, his headquarters got smoked, but domestic bliss awaits

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