As part of a sweeping educational reform package, the Texas legislature passed a No Pass/No Play provision requiring that a student have a 6-weeks average of at least 70 in every course or sit out of all extracurricular activities for the next 6 weeks. A review of the effects of this provision in the Austin Independent School District indicated…

The "2005 Annual Report on Our Call to Action: Pursuit of Excellence" details the school system's significant progress toward meeting the identified milestones within each of the system's four strategic goal areas. The overall trend data continue to provide strong evidence of the effectiveness of our strategies and initiatives detailed…