Zahira Torres
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Texas editor for the ProPublica and Texas Tribune Investigative Unit. Former editor of @elpasotimes. Forever a proud El Pasoan.
Though more than half of Keller’s students are from racially diverse backgrounds, the district in 2023 nixed a plan to buy copies of a biography of Black poet Amanda Gorman after a teacher at a religious private school who had no children in the district complained
The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn
In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational mat...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Though more than half of Keller’s students are from racially diverse backgrounds, the district in 2023 nixed a plan to buy copies of a biography of Black poet Amanda Gorman after a teacher at a religious private school who had no children in the district complained