College hawdlers cost state in Texas
Lawmakers and university officials say slow students clog flagship campuses. A Senate subcommit tee backed a plan allowing flat-rate tuition to push public universities to entice students to take more classes each semester. Senator Judith Zaffirini noted many students take five or six years to finish degrees.
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Austin
Texas Public
Senate
Judith Zaffirini
D-Laredo
Texas
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Study shows Texas high school attrition 36 percent
A think tank study by Intercultural Development Research Association finds 36 percent of Texas freshmen entering high school in 2000 did not graduate four years later. The report notes minority and male students were disproportionately represented, with Latinos and Black students most affected.
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Kent Grusendorf
Arlington
Texas
House of Representatives
San Antonio
Intercultural Development Research Association
Association
Roy Johnson
The
Texas Education Agency
Career Center Tops PHS OHS in TAKS AYP Report
Career Center shows strong reading and language arts TAKS results helping meet Adequate Yearly Progress for two years under No Child Left Behind. Principal Curtis Brit notes gains come from life skills in vocational classes while Odessa High Permian High AIM High and Teen Parent Center miss AYP.
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Mark Sterkel
Odessa
Elizabeth Leon
Ecisd Career Center
Sheryl Hutchinson
Career Center
TAKS
Curtis Brit
Texas Education Agency
Odessa High
Permian High
AIM High
Teen Parent Center
Brit
Crude prices surge above 55 before settling at 54.59
New York crude futures rose above 55 per barrel and closed at 54.59 as the EIA said China oil demand will rise 33 percent more than forecast. Heating oil and Brent edged higher while OPEC signals kept output steady amid a weak dollar.
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New York
U.S. Energy Information Administration
China
New York Mercantile Exchange
Brent
International Petroleum Exchange
U.S. Department of Energy
Phil Flynn
Alaron Trading Corp
Chicago
Iran
OPEC
Deutsche Bank
Adam Sieminski
London
Europe
U.S
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