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When
You’re Not Quite Sure If Your Teacher Is Human |
by TASNIM
SHAMMA - nprEd | Pub: 05/11
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When this computer science professor became overwhelmed with the number of questions students were asking, he recruited artificial intelligence
to help serve up some answers.
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For
special ed advocates, one bill down and many more on the line |
by ALIYYA
SWABY - The Texas Tribune | Pub: 05/11
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With a major bill for students with disabilities flying to the governor's desk, special education advocates are looking ahead to smaller
bills that might not survive the upcoming deadlines for legislation to pass.
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Lawmakers
Want To Reign In Universities By Giving Power Back To Coordinating Board |
by MICHAEL - Texas
Standard: | Pub: 05/11
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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is giving headaches to some of the state’s lawmakers, but it may be a self-inflicted ailment.
In 2013, the Legislature scaled back the panel’s regulatory powers in an effort to give university leaders more of a role in determining what’s best for their students and institutions.
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Donna
Howard Says Restore Funding To Public Education Before Repealing The Franchise Tax |
by RHONDA
FANNING - Texas Standard: | Pub: 05/11
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As the Texas House works to balance the state's budget, some lawmakers are attempting to abolish a tax – a source of revenue whose loss
others fear could jeopardize public education to the tune of untold billions. Earlier in the legislative session, the Senate voted to eliminate the franchise tax – a tax on businesses that's based on gross receipts. The franchise tax brings in $8 billion,
during each two year budget cycle. A large chunk of that revenue pays for public schools.
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TCU
14-year-old will be youngest college grad ever in North Texas |
by TODD
UNGER - WFAA | Pub: 05/10
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It's finals week at Texas Christian University. It isn't hard to spot hundreds of students darting from their dorm rooms to the library,
to their exams, and then repeating the exhausting cycle again and again. But one senior spent his Tuesday afternoon in front of a camera, explaining with a big grin just what the heck he's actually doing on Saturday.
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Chefs’
Dinner Interprets Mexican Recipes from UTSA’s Cookbook Collection |
by IRIS
GONZALEZ - The Rivard Report | Pub: 05/10
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Rabbit in mustard sauce, a salad of nopales, goat ribs with red mole sauce, and braised wild boar with chickpeas and Mexican pipián sauce.
Those dishes were among the offerings at Ven a Comer, where diners feasted on modern interpretations of food and drinks from a special collection of Mexican cookbooks in a collaboration of chefs from San Antonio and Mexico. The culinary inspiration came from
recipes out of the UTSA Libraries Special Collection of Mexican cookbooks, which feature the cuisine of Mexico, Texas, and the Southwest. One of the largest and most extensive of its kind in the country, the collection contains items dating from 1789 and the
present, including handwritten recipe books providing an intimate view of domestic life and Mexican culinary culture.
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Legislature
unanimously approves bill designed to end special ed cap |
by ANDREA
ZELINSKI - Houston Chronicle | Pub: 05/10
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Texas lawmakers have sent Gov. Greg Abbott a bill banning the state from ever setting a target on the number of students who can enroll
in special education, formally rejecting the state's decade-old practice of capping how many students with disabilities would receive services.
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Roadrunners
checklist for Commencement Day |
by COURTNEY
CLEVENGER - UTSA Today | Pub: 05/10
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The countdown is on for thousands of Roadrunners who have accomplished a monumental milestone in their educational journey. This week they
walk the stage at one of three UTSA spring Commencement ceremonies. The ceremonies will take place Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, May 14 at the Alamodome.
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2017
Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase Awards |
by SARAH
HADA - UTSA Research | Pub: 05/09
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After tabulating the results from our faculty judges, the winners of the 2017 Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase were celebrated
and recognized in an award ceremony last week. There were 31 “Best in Show” winners from 24 departments; all were UTSA undergraduate students who received outstanding ratings for their research presentations.
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Dr.
Richard Diem, dean emeritus from the UTSA Honors College and the College of Education and Human Development, recently co-edited a book that features the works of international educational scholars. 
For
the next three months, the Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition will be hosting international visiting scholar Maaike Esselaar from Biefeld University in Germany at UTSA. 
The
College of Education and Human Development’s Office of Teacher Education Services and UTSA Libraries have teamed up to bring children’s books to life through Augmented Reality. 
The
UTSA College of Education and Human Development recently launched and reopened the TEAM Autism Research Center, formerly known as the TEAM Center, as the college’s newest Organized Research Unit in late April. 
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