Livestream: A conversation with Sylvester Turner
We livestreamed our conversation in Austin with Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston.
View ArticleZerwas on Texas budget, school choice and bathroom bill (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 2/23 conversation with Texas House Appropriations Chair John Zerwas, R-Richmond.
View ArticleHuberty on school finance, school choice, A-F (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 2/28 conversation with state Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston, the chairman of the House Public Education Committee.
View ArticleAdler on Uber, sanctuary cities, Trump (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 3/9 conversation with Steve Adler, the mayor of Austin.
View ArticleHouse and Senate education chairs weigh in on vouchers, school finance (video)
Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith interviews state Rep. Dan Huberty and state Sen. Larry Taylor — their chambers' respective education chairman — on the 85th Texas Legislature's approach to public ed. This...
View ArticleShould the Texas Legislature pass a school choice program? (video)
Texas Tribune reporter Aliyya Swaby interviews state Rep. Harold Dutton; Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP Public Schools; Charles Foster Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children; and...
View ArticleAre Texas schools and students making the grade? (video)
Texas Tribune reporter Aliyya Swaby weighs testing and accountability standards with Richard Carranza, superintendent of the Houston Independent School District; Courtney L. Boswell, executive director...
View ArticleIs Texas failing special education students? (video)
Houston Chronicle reporter Brian Rosenthal discusses the state's special education policies with Steven Aleman, policy specialist for Disability Rights Texas; Bonnie Garza, special education advocate;...
View ArticleFormer education commissioners on Texas' public ed future (video)
Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith talks about the future of public education with two former Texas education commissioners, Jim Nelson and Robert Scott, at the Tribune's March public education symposium.
View ArticleThompson and White on CPS, public ed, mass incarceration (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 3/31 conversation with state Reps. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and James White, R-Hillister, on the campus of Prairie View A&M University.
View ArticleLozano and Seliger on higher ed funding, affordability, Hazlewood (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 4/4 conversation with chairs of the House and Senate higher education committees: J.M. Lozano, Republican of Kingsville, and Kel Seliger, Republican of Amarillo.
View ArticleHinojosa, Howard and Watson on public ed, taxes, CPS (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 4/10 conversation at Austin Community College with three state legislators from Austin: Reps. Gina Hinojosa and Donna Howard and Sen. Kirk Watson.
View ArticleFrank and Minjarez on how to fix our foster care system (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's conversation on foster care and CPS reform with state Reps. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, and Ina Minjarez, D-San Antonio.
View ArticleVideo: What "repeal and replace" could mean for Texas
Watch video of our conversation in Austin on the potential impact on Texas of the end of the Affordable Care Act. Our panelists included: Anne Dunkelberg, associate director for the Center for Public...
View ArticleVideo: Matthew Dowd talks Trump, Comey and 2018
Watch video of our conversation in Austin with author and political strategist Matthew Dowd.
View ArticleHow'd the House do? A conversation about the 85th legislative session (video)
We livestreamed our end-of-session discussion with state Reps. Rafael Anchia, Geanie Morrison and Matt Rinaldi.
View ArticleLivestream: How'd the Senate do? A conversation about the 85th legislative...
Watch video of our end-of-session discussion with state Sens. Konni Burton, Bryan Hughes and Royce West.
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro talks Trump investigation, 2018 (video)
Watch video of our conversation with U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, held in Austin.
View ArticleVideo: UT Chancellor McRaven talks about his future, state's higher ed budget
Watch video of our conversation with University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven.
View ArticleDallas lawmakers on the 85th Legislature (video)
Full video of our conversation on how the 85th Legislature impacted Dallas. Evan Smith talked policy and politics with four of the city's state representatives: Democrats Eric Johnson and Victoria...
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