New Web App Teaches Classical Guitar Using Braille
From Texas Standard . When the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired opened in 1856 , there were only three students. So in order to pay the bills, students were expected to make brooms and...
View ArticleHay Problemas? Why Texas Contractors Are Learning To Build In Two Languages
From Texas Standard . Construction is a booming business in Texas. The latest numbers from 2016 show it’s a $75 billion industry in the state. There’s more demand for construction workers than there...
View ArticleFor These Texas Students, Achieving Dreams Begins With Burying The Words, ‘I...
From Texas Standard . You’ve heard the saying – the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Of the two, taxes are arguably less painful. Death, on the other hand, is a reality so serious that...
View ArticleAustin Partners With Chinese Online Retail Giant Alibaba To Boost Texas...
From Texas Standard . China said on Friday that it plans to impose tariffs on American fruit, pork and wine among other products. The announcement comes a day after President Trump signed a memo...
View ArticleIt's The 'Largest Radio Station In The Country,' But iHeartMedia Is Filing...
From Texas Standard . Now $20 billion in debt, iHeart Media has filed for bankruptcy protection.
View ArticleTexas Educators Reflect On Preparing For The Possibility Of Gun Violence
From Texas Standard . It’s been two days since a young gunman opened fire on a Florida high school, taking many lives and forever altering many more. As outsiders to this event, it’s probably about the...
View ArticleOne Texas Doctor Offers An Unusual Look At The Mysteries Of The Heart
From Texas Standard . It’s Valentine’s Day and so we put together a story for you about hearts – not candy hearts or even those filled with chocolate, but human hearts. These days, we know quite a bit...
View ArticleFor Latina Candidates, Some Campaign Funding Comes At A Cost
From Texas Standard . Candidates all over the Lone Star State are pouring their hearts, souls and resources into their campaigns. The primaries in Texas are only three weeks away. While resources are a...
View ArticleBuilding Success: At Last, Women Are Carving Out Careers In Construction
From Texas Standard . According to the latest numbers from 2016., construction is a $75 billion industry in Texas. It’s an industry we’ve reported on before on the Standard. Including a big story last...
View ArticleMany Texas Cities Have Policies Completely Opposite From The State. It’s Not...
From Texas Standard . If the latest catalyst for states going their own way was the Paris Climate Agreement, in Texas it was SB4. That’s the law banning sanctuary cities – also known as...
View ArticleCould Immigration Application Fees Pay For Building The Border Wall?
From Texas Standard: Many folks will be watching the State of the Union to hear what President Trump might say about immigration. The latest White House proposal has two key numbers – 1.8 million is...
View ArticleSocorro ISD Superintendent Celebrated Nationally For 'Doing More With Less'
From Texas Standard . Remember the 1988 inspirational movie Stand and Deliver ? It was about school teacher Jaime Escalante who encouraged students at risk of dropping out to instead learn calculus....
View ArticleIn A New Book, A Musician And A Scientist Describe Their Lives At the South Pole
From Texas Standard . A musician and a scientist fall in love and then move to the South Pole. It’s not the intro to a joke – it’s the story of Jennifer McCallum and John Bird, the authors and...
View ArticleMeet The Secret Service Agent Who Was There When Kennedy Died
When the National Archives made public thousands of documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy earlier this year, there was a lot of anticipation about what was in those files . What...
View ArticleMexican Senate Approves Massive Expansion Of Military's Role
From Texas Standard . Lots of folks will soon be southbound, spending the holidays with family and friends in Mexico. There are the usual warnings about traveling through regions where there’s...
View ArticleMexicans Used To Think Racism Was A U.S. Thing. Not Anymore.
From Texas Standard . I don’t want to downplay how complicated issues of race are, but in a way, race in the United States is a pretty easy to understand concept. As Michael Jackson put it, it’s about...
View ArticleMexico’s Lower House Approves Official Militarization Of The Country
From Texas Standard: South of the border, there’s big news with implications for Texas. The AP reports Mexico's ruling party pushed a bill through the lower house of Congress which would authorize the...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Youth Program Trains Children As Young As 14 To Become Agents
From Texas Standard . Scouting has long been considered a path for young people to learn life skills, but a program along the United States-Mexico border goes a lot further than how to start a campfire...
View ArticleIn Texas, Growing Awareness That Human Trafficking Isn't Just An...
From Texas Standard: Warning: this story contains descriptions that are disturbing. Authorities in Mexico this weekend arrested two people they say were involved in a human trafficking operation . They...
View ArticleTexas Book Festival Returns To Austin
From Texas Standard . The streets in front of the State Capitol building will be blocked off this weekend to make room for white tents and long tables piled high with books. Think of that new book...
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