The year’s hottest education policy debate wasn’t about vouchers or school funding or teacher performance pay—it was about CSCOPE, the once-obscure curriculum program built for Texas schools that’s ...

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has vowed action against CSCOPE: “We’re gonna step all over their face on this.” Patrick Michels Near the end of the regular session, Sen. Dan Patrick, chair of the Senate ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A much-maligned curriculum system designed to help teachers adhere to state educational requirements and used by hundreds of school districts across Texas will stop offering ...

Many are asking questions about the accessibility, content and structure of CSCOPE, which is now being used in 80 percent of Texas school districts. Some call it “curriculum,” while others describe it ...

AUSTIN — A controversial curriculum program will no longer be used by public schools following pressure from state lawmakers. The lesson plan, known as CSCOPE, will no longer be available to school ...

On Tuesday afternoon the Senate Education Committee heard testimony on a bill that would grant the State Board of Education oversight of CSCOPE, an online curriculum delivery system that has drawn the ...

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A new curriculum management system called CSCOPE that will be introduced this year for kindergarten through the 12th grades in local school districts - and most of the rest of the state - will change ...