Silas Allen
@SilasAllen1
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Education enterprise reporter for @StarTelegram. Before: @Dallas_Observer, @TheOklahoman_. Stroke survivor, Missourian, Mizzou alum. No sniveling.
DFW, TX
Joined June 2011
Friends: I, too, am making the leap to the other place. Find me at @silasallen.bsky.social
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State Board of Education members signed off on the curriculum, 8-7: https://t.co/XgkYLkVWE6 The narrow vote came down to a twist of timing and politics in the Dallas area:
dallasnews.com
A key vote in support of the controversial materials came from a temporary board member selected by Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Texas State Board of Education will soon vote on Bible-infused lessons for elementary students. What do the teaching materials say about religion? Here are some excerpts:
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A retractible-roof stadium in Houston being named after an air conditioner manufacturer seems a little on the nose.
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Fort Worth ISD is (probably) going to close and consolidate some schools in the next few years. I sat in on a meeting where a public task force is trying to figure out how. https://t.co/07ymrHQUfJ
star-telegram.com
The district has lost 17% of its enrollment since 2016.
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This has been a heartbreaking week. FWISD has lost two students this week; one in a hit and run. Please keep our FWISD families in prayer. 🙏
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. @UNTsocial, @TexasWesleyan, and @FortWorthISD have been awarded a grant from FWEP to transform their teacher residency programs. @SilasAllen1 of the Star-Telegram reports on the potential implications for Fort Worth's education system. #TeacherDevelopment #EdReform
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I don't like name calling. But I do like showing my work! So for anyone curious about the facts behind my latest story about the @oksde canceling its search for a Bible vendor, here ya go! A 🧵
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Could Opportunity Culture be the way forward for @FortWorthISD ? @SilasAllen1 with @startelegram explores what it is and how it can help turn the district's scores around. https://t.co/gluyFZYMg7
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Yesterday, a day the election won by President-elect Trump, two demonstrators came on @txst’s campus with signs that said “Women are property” and “Homo sex is sin,” as reported by @UniversityStar. President @kdamp condemned the “hateful words.”🧵
"I condemn the hateful words these two men wrote and spoke while they were on our campus. That kind of hate is not welcome here.” - @kdamp, #TXST President Read his full message online: https://t.co/u7aCuM4y6Y
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"Today seems like a great day to run past the library for regular, book-related reasons." — Me, a great big dummy
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a helpful reminder that taking photos in the voting booth is illegal in texas
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No contract, no needle. Proud to stand with @NYTGuildTech on Election Day and every day.
As a result, I do not know whether we will be able to publish the needle. There are good reasons to bet against it, though perhaps there are scenarios where things are running super smoothly; alternately, we hit bugs at the start and there's no chance.
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The day before the election, a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general puts out a statement calling for a “peaceful transfer of power” + condemning “any acts of violence.” Notably absent: Texas AG Ken Paxton, along with AGs in Indiana and Montana. https://t.co/u9EUAvYejy
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Fort Worth ISD is piloting a strategic staffing model that's designed to improve the quality of instruction all kids get. I talked to researchers who say the plan has gotten results elsewhere.
star-telegram.com
It also gives top-tier teachers a way to make extra money.
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We are on ULP strike. We gave @nytimes management months of notice of our strike deadline, we made ourselves available around the clock, but the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices.
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. @SilasAllen1 looks into the ACE model that @DallasISD used to turn low-performing campuses around. Could this be a model that @FortWorthISD uses? https://t.co/NXRHkJghQc
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Gutting new story: A Texas Woman Died After the Hospital Said It Would be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage, by @cassandrajar @Ksurana6
propublica.org
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat...
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