Becky Fogel
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Education reporter for @KUT . Previously editor/producer of newscasts for the Texas Newsroom. Alum of @SciFri @KWBU . I'm a tall 5'3" rfogel @kut .org
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Students at Austin ISD’s Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders held a walkout this afternoon to advocate for abortion rights.
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A group of UT Austin students, faculty and staff, along with
@TFN
, are marching from the UT Tower to the Texas Capitol this morning to protest a state law that has banned DEI offices and programs at public universities/colleges. A hearing on compliance with SB 17 begins at 9
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Right now on the
@UTAustin
campus students are holding a pro-Palestinian protest. One of the organizers also says UT has not done enough to keep Muslim, Palestinian, and pro-Palestinian students on campus safe either.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate after the university-wide commencement at UT-Austin.
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A little before 9 p.m. tonight, UT Austin President
@JCHartzell
sent out an email to the campus community about the university’s response to today’s protests:
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Austin area lawmakers and superintendents are speaking out against school vouchers this morning.
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Austin ISD wants to turn the former Rosedale School and the Anita Ferrales Coy Facility into housing that teachers and staff can afford. The proposals include apartment complexes, single-family homes, and townhomes.
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Someone in my neighborhood is tracking the number of Texans who have died from COVID-19, with a small flag marking each death. (According to
@TexasDSHS
the current death toll is 2,192 people)
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One of the students who organized the walkout said abortion rights represent a larger issue.
“It really represents people having access to their own bodies and when we see laws that are taking that away, it doesn’t end with abortions.”
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Kindergartners at Reilly Elementary decorated paper plates to go with their eclipse glasses. The principal at this campus says attendance is over 90% today.
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The school’s interim principal praised students for taking action.
“It’s a school for young women leaders and we feel strongly about promoting these young women from 6th through 12th grade to find their voice.”
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Public education advocates are rallying at the Texas Capitol this morning against school vouchers. The demonstration is happening before a third special legislative session starts Monday. Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on lawmakers to pass school voucher legislation.
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People wait outside the Travis County Jail for people arrested during a peaceful, pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin today to be released. Attorney George Lobb, who’s coordinating the effort to release students, says one charge he expects them to face is criminal trespass.
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It’s been a long time coming but today live statewide newscasts are launching on public radio stations in Texas📻 We’ve got a new crew of statewide newscasters in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, including
@SaschaCordner
+
@terrazas_lauren
.
@JOEMIKELEAHY
is up first!
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wow wow wow!!!! Best day ever! I never dreamed this day would come. AHHHHH🙏🏻💀❤️
Becky Fogel. Statewide newscaster for Texas Standard from KUT. Austin's NPR station.
@beckyfogel
@TexasStandard
@KUT
@SciFri
@KWBU
#NPRmageddon
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Travis County District Attorney José Garza has issued a statement on the effort to remove him from office under a 2023 state law. Background from
@KUT
here:
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Seven Texas school districts, including Del Valle ISD, are suing Education Commissioner Mike Morath over changes to the A-F accountability system. The lawsuit was filed this afternoon. More coming soon for
@KUT
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Cheers breakout at the Austin ISD watch party with all 3 props in the district’s $2.4 billion bond looking promising
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A new employee survey from
@AustinISD
found more than 70% of respondents spend over 30% of their income on housing costs.
The online survey was conducted between Jan. 23 and Feb. 1. Roughly 27% of the district's 10,060 active staff participated in the survey.
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The Texas DPS mounted horse patrol is being used for crowd control to block the pathway. Students are chanting “you don’t scare us” and “you’re on the wrong side.”
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The Texas Education Agency's Teacher Vacancy Task Force released their final report today after meeting over the last year or so. One of the members was Jennifer Kuehne, a Round Rock ISD teacher. I got to talk with her about the recommendations for
@KUT
.
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It looks like one of the organizers who was urging people to peacefully disperse is in police custody and surrounded by troopers. Students are chanting let him go.
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Students continue marching through campus. They’re chanting: “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.”
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"The vagina is cleaner than your mouth" -vaginal ecologist, Sharon Hillier dropping serious knowledge, via
@scifri
http://t.co/Z8XKY7Yi6w
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Texas Democrats are denouncing the layoffs UT announced last week. UT says it was complying with a law banning DEI offices at public universities but
@TexasAaup
says the people who lost their jobs were no longer working on DEI policies. More info here:
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I'm working on a story about dog therapy in educational settings for
@KUT
and today I got to meet Luna Raptor. She works with students in Williamson County Juvenile Services education programs.
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Advocates are urging lawmakers to increase public education funding, days before the Texas House debates its state budget bill.
“Let’s agree to fund our students like the future of Texas depends on it because indeed it does."
More from
@SergioMarBel
:
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The UT police department just ordered students to disperse the demonstration within the next 10 minutes.
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At the
@AustinISD
school board meeting tonight, officials say as of yesterday there were approximately 80 teacher vacancies in the district. This time last year, there were more than 1,000 teacher vacancies.
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All the Pringles ladies
(All the Pringles ladies)
All the Pringles ladies
(All the Pringles Ladies)
All the Pringles Ladies
(All the Pringles Ladies)
All the Pringles Ladies
Now put your hands up!
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The
@KUT
fall membership drive ends today.
Yesterday, I was eating fast food in my car before a school board meeting and thinking about all the hours of public meetings reporters watch to share highlights with our audience.
If that's been helpful, consider becoming a member!
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Ahead of the Austin ISD school board meeting tonight,
@EdAustin_TX
is holding a rally to advocate for higher wages. Education Austin is a union representing AISD employees.
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Democratic State Rep. James Talarico and members of faith-based groups are holding a news conference today praising school districts that rejected policies to hire religious chaplains as school counselors, which is now allowed under a law the Texas Legislature passed last year.
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An insightful and important investigation into the newsroom culture
@KUT
and
@TexasStandard
from
@currentpubmedia
. Definitely a must-read.
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My original headline for this story included the phrase "keeping things interim-esting" and I was rightly overruled.
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Meanwhile, the Pflugerville ISD school board is also meeting tonight and is considering possible school closures to save money. Superintendent Douglas Killian is starting the discussion with harsh words for how the Texas Legislature funds public schools.
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The Central Texas Food Bank is launching a food pantry at a
@DelValleISD
elementary school. Superintendent Annette Tielle points out Creedmoor Elementary is in a food desert.
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I don't typically like to process personal stuff online, but I feel compelled to say that as a human being and a Jewish person, I am heartbroken over Saturday's shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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I got to go on a bit of a scavenger hunt with
@CTMSFungi
at the Zilker Botanical Garden last week for a new
@KUT
story about the Texas star mushroom, also known as the Devil’s Cigar and it was really fun-gi…
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I got to spend a few months working with
@KUTjoydiaz
on a series for
@TexasStandard
- "Unidentified: How Kids Can Age Out of Texas Foster Care without Documentation" and it launches today! One of the many voices you'll hear is attorney Mary Christine Reed
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The Texas House Democratic Caucus is holding a news conference ahead of the start of the third special session this afternoon expressing opposition to school vouchers.
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This morning
@AustinISD
provided an update on the closure of Travis Early College High School today. The district police chief said a young woman between the age of 15-20 was found dead on campus. She has not been identified yet.
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Even when Houston cops report that their peers use excessive force, it mostly goes unheeded via
@TexasObserver
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I stopped by the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired this morning because it’s hosting the USABA National High School Goalball Championships. It’s the largest tournament ever held in the state, with 23 teams, according to
@TSBVI_News
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Tons of people have gathered. I’ve seen officers detain at least one other protestor from my vantage point.
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I completed the statewide newscast station visit trifecta today with a trip to see
@SaschaCordner
, who has been crushing the afternoon ‘casts from
@HoustonPubMedia
! 🎤🎉
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This is an unofficial count but I’ve seen four different people either arrested or detained on campus by officers.
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Getting into the
#CephalopodWeek
spirit
@scifri
with some leggy street art in
#astoria
http://t.co/8Orw9PDCgb
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Women in Texas politics tell
@OliviaMesser
about facing sexual harassment, assault, and discrimination at statehouse
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This is a beautiful and inspiring project from some badass women on the
@TexasStandard
team:
@KUTjoydiaz
@MsKCabrera
@dearleahmichele
@shelly
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The Austin Mayor and Austin Community College Chancellor are holding a news conference at the ACC Riverside campus this morning to talk about next steps for an Infrastructure Academy to prepare people for careers in the construction industry.
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Students are following the dispersal order and say there will be more updates later. They’re asking people to leave in small groups and stay safe.
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Police just entered the crowd of students standing off to the side and detained a student. It’s unclear what prompted the officers to enter the crowd.
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Texas DPS confirms more than 20 arrests on the UT campus during protests today.
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The
@AustinISD
school board is holding a special meeting tonight on the
@teainfo
plan to install a management team in the district’s special education department. More background for
@KUT
here:
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Oh snap! It’s time for our first ever live statewide newscasts in the AFTERNOON.
@terrazas_lauren
is on the mic🎙 via
@TPRNews
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School districts are arguing that new criteria, applied retroactively, is going to make it seem like they're performing worse than they are. The story is here:
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I’m out at Reilly Elementary for
@KUT
this afternoon to see what Austin ISD students are learning about the total solar eclipse. The sun just came out and was met with excited cheers!
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There’s no wait to vote at the Lamar Senior Activity Center right now. About 50 people have showed up to cast a ballot so far today. Not sure what’s on the ballot?
@KUT
has more info:
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Public school leaders are holding a news conference this morning about a Travis County judge’s decision to temporarily block the Texas Education Agency from releasing A-F ratings.
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I gotta pile onto the congratulations and say that I love learning more about what's happening throughout Texas each day from the amazing teams
@MarfaRadio
@KUT
@keranews
@TPRNews
and all the rad public radio stations in the state covering their communities.
Texas Standard is proud to announce we won three Edward R. Murrow Awards from
@RTDNA
!
Here’s a thread look at our award-winning reporting:
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More state police officers just arrived to campus where the protesters are gathered.
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The Austin Community College board of trustees voted tonight to approve a nearly $21 million compensation package in the next budget. Last year's compensation package was about $11 million.
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Back in the office post-vacation and very grateful to
@ThisIsKrystina
+
@alexandra_hart
for covering all
@TexasStandard
newscasts 🙏🏻
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Stunning photos, lush sounds, beautiful reporting! This story from
@MsKCabrera
that aired on
@TexasStandard
today is a must-listen and a must-read:
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It’s a packed house at the Lake Travis ISD school board meeting tonight. One of the items on the agenda is a challenge of two library books. The books are “The Haters” and “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
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All 3 of the props in Austin ISD's bond package are on track to pass, according to preliminary results. Prop A is the largest at $2.3 billion. It would be used to modernize 25 campus and make major repairs at schools across the district. So far, 73% of voters support it.
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Based on this photo, would you believe tigers LIKE taking a dip in the water?
http://t.co/REVyyezKXt
http://t.co/cUIQnGJ3vu
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A fun interview w/Christopher Nolan and Kip Thorne talking wormholes, fistfights in space via
@scifri
http://t.co/FlD2N8O4ov
#Interstellar
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The mounted horse patrol moved back slightly but is still blocking protestors on a pathway on campus.
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Soon-to-be and early career teachers tell
@KUT
what it's like to be entering the field during the worst teacher shortage in years.
Also, don't miss the great video from
@MichaelMinasi
!
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Out at the media staging area to get more information on a crash involving a Hays CISD school bus returning from a field trip. Will have more updates for
@KUT
when a news conference begins. More information is available here:
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The Del Valle ISD Superintendent Annette Tielle says the district serves all students. More than half of the student body is emergent bilingual and 90% are economically disadvantaged. Other superintendents have been pointing out that private schools get to decide who to admit.
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More on Perla Campos, the North Texas native, behind the
#SelenaDoodle
. Love this Q&A from
@ThisIsKrystina
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There’s a pretty long line at the LBJ School of Public Affairs right now, one of the polling places on the
@UTAustin
campus. But it’s moving!
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Is there a sentence more beautiful than this? "The cocoa particles become suspended in the cocoa butter fat."
@scifri
http://t.co/7oZiSmEl2v
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With the
@scifri
Cephalo-squad. Make your own for
#CephalopodWeek
http://t.co/H9ym3Ve670
http://t.co/50z41u1r4b
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Today fabulous reporter
@KUTjoydiaz
is hosting
@TexasStandard
for the first time! Tune in here:
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The proof isn't in the
#MSG
pudding! The unscientific rise of a common food fear via
@scifri
,
@chaubtu
http://t.co/o7ooM8n9Z6
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A spokesperson for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office says a total of 57 protesters were booked into jail after being arrested on the UT campus Wednesday.
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Had to be Egypt's White Desert RT
@scifri
: Hey
#SciFriBookClub
! What's the coolest place you've explored?
http://t.co/SXtRoPwoux
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Democratic State Rep. John Bucy says he will never vote for a bill that includes school vouchers.
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This is overdue but thanks to
@TPRNews
for hosting
@TexasStandard
this week! It was so fun and I actually got to look out of a window while I worked
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If you're able to give on this
#GivingTuesday
, consider supporting
@KUT
and local journalism at .
One of my fav local stories from this year is about a misplaced time capsule and I'm still in awe of the reporting
@ojaldridge
did.
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Education Austin is holding a news conference this morning to call on Austin ISD to raise employee pay in the next budget.
They want a $12 per hour raise for classified employees and to increase base pay for all certified employees by 12%.
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Disability Rights Texas is asking the Texas Education Agency to investigate Austin ISD. The group alleges the district is failing to evaluate hundreds of students for special education services in a timely manner. DRTx sent a letter to Mike Morath today.
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The cafeteria at Parmer Lane Elementary is packed tonight. It’s one of six elementary schools Pflugerville ISD is considering closing to save money. District officials are holding a community meeting here tonight.
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KUT's interim GM resigned today amid ongoing fallout from longtime allegations of staff mistreatment by a newsroom leader and a recent recording involving the host of the show I work for,
@TexasStandard
:
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A white Pflugerville ISD teacher who shared racist views with middle school students no longer works for the district. PfISD made the announcement this morning.
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Made a quick stop by Oak Hill Elementary which is celebrating the start of construction on projects that are part of Austin ISD’s 2022 bond package. Projects include changes to open concept areas to improve school safety.
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"Ira, you're so 2009!" -- that moment when all 3 of your guests tease your show's host about 3D printed shoes:
http://t.co/E8tGypccrd
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A growing number of school districts in the Austin area are announcing closures for the eclipse on April 8, including Del Valle ISD, Lake Travis ISD and Manor ISD. We’ll keep updating our list of closures
@KUT
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Got to see some of my
@scifri
fam put on an incredible show in San Antonio tonight! They were talking bats, birds, and battling infectious diseases
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