Texas Standard for March 27, 2017
Who’s in charge here? With the president giving more latitude to the military, rising civilian casualty counts in Syria trigger growing concerns. And: Reading, writing and reboot. Texas public school students hunker down for assessment tests statewide, but the score that may wind up mattering most – the one for the test makers. We’ll hear why. Also: Fancy a trip to the moon? As commercial space tourism becomes big business concerns about who’s in charge of safety and who’s writing the rules for the future of private space travel. Plus: The would-be laws you haven’t heard about. We’ll check out the so called sleeper bills. Those stories and lots more today on the Texas Standard:
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