The top local stories this evening from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº News:
Gov. Greg Abbott has given the Texas Education Agency a week to file a draft plan to fix long-standing violations of federal education law.
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday said . Today's announcement comes after an investigation in which department officials determined the TEA put an illegal cap on the number of students receiving special education services.
In a statement, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said the agency will work to quickly address the issues outlined in the federal report – and that it has already been working on strengthening efforts to identify students who need services.
Other stories this evening:
- Every president has crafted his own way of speaking to the American people. Franklin Roosevelt had the radio, Ronald Reagan had primetime television and Donald Trump has Twitter. , Krys Boyd talked with Southern Methodist University political scientist Stephanie A. Martin about how social media has affected the president's ability to communicate.
- The internet is full of painters, quilters, woodcarvers – all of them selling their goods through their own websites or on marketplaces like Etsy. But how many actually make a living at it? In the , Jerome Weeks tracks down a leather goods maker in North Texas – who is facing that career-changing question.
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