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Legislators have a chance this summer to replace the STAAR test. What they come up with will decide the fate of schools like Dobie Middle School, where low test scores have pushed the Austin district to intervene.

The school board decided Thursday to approve turnaround plans for Burnet, Dobie and Webb middle schools to avoid state intervention. But the Texas Education Agency will have the final say.

A group of Texas middle-schoolers won NPR's 4th-annual Student Podcast Challenge, and learned a lesson about fake news and the limits of "talking digitally."

Among young Texans who started eighth grade in 2001, less than one-fifth went on to earn a higher education credential within six years of their high�

Update: The proposal addressing sex education standards has been withdrawn from the Round Rock school board agenda, according to the Austin�