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Support for Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has long split the Dallas school board. Now, as voters prepare to select two board members in a runoff election, his stability in the district could be tested.

AUSTIN – State Board of Education members moved Friday to close a loophole that would have allowed high school students to take up to seven credits – or 14 semester courses – in athletics and physical education to meet graduation requirements.

Agosto, a San Antonio Democrat, denied that he accepted golf, football tickets, dinners and entertainment from AEW Capital Management, a real estate investment firm.

It could take five to 10 years for the schools to become major research institutions.

Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaeda ties

Experts say Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is almost certain to face capital charges before an Army court-martial. But they warn that death penalty cases are so rare in the military, and so prone to big mistakes, that death sentences rarely stick.

Parents at the McKinney school district's curriculum information night were talking condoms. And some were frustrated that district officials weren't.

In the latest flap over grades, Dallas school officials are proposing that teachers no longer be required to give students a grade of at least 50 on report cards. But teachers still could use their discretion to give higher grades than students actually earned.

By Terrence Stutz AUSTIN – For the $300 million spent on merit pay for teachers over the last three years, Texas was hoping for a big boost in student achievement.

Practice and policy changes made last year at SMU in response to the substance abuse deaths of several students are helping, but more must be done, a new university report says