Community Impact SXSW EDU 2023

SXSW EDU 2023

From left to right, the panel of local library leaders included: Kelvin Watson, Tracie D. Hall, Carolyn Foote and John Bracken. (Summer El-Shahawy/Community Impact)

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SXSW EDU panelists say free access to reading, libraries is 'vital to democracy'

In school districts throughout the country, library books with certain subject matter are being removed from shelves as a result of policies and processes allowing individuals to challenge the appropriateness of such materials.

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Jazmin Cazares explores a makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where her sister, Jackie, 9, was killed alongside 18 classmates and two educators in a May 24 shooting on campus. Cazares and Kimberly Mata-Rubio, mother of slain Robb Elementary student Lexi Mata-Rubio, spoke at three South by Southwest festival panels in Austin on March 9 and 11 focused on gun and school safety. (Courtesy Lives Robbed)

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Artistic Director Stacey Allen began working on The Fairytale Project with her Houston-based dance studio in 2017. (Photos by DJ Cocroft)

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Veronica Mechler, Northside ISD special education director, speaks during a panel discussion about digital inclusion for all students March 8 at the South by Southwest Education Conference at the Austin Convention Center. At right is Houston ISD administrator Khechara Bradford. (Edmond Ortiz/Community Impact)

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Dr. Lisa Cleveland, a professor from the UT Health Science San Antonio School of Nursing, speaks at the the panel “Ending the Opioid Crisis with Schools” at the South by Southwest Education conference March 7 at the Austin Convention Center. At left is Douglas Thornton, a professor at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. (Edmond Ortiz/Community Impact)

Published 5:39 PM | Mar 7, 2023 CST

SXSW EDU: Speakers stress early intervention, naloxone access to curb drug abuse

More than 100 people attended a session highlighting Texas' teacher shortage at the 2023 South by Southwest EDU Conference. (Grant Crawford/Community Impact)

Updated 4:08 PM | Mar 7, 2023 CST

Majority of Texas teachers looking for career change, poll shows

Updated 3:37 PM | Mar 6, 2023 CST

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Singer-songwriter Destiny Navaira, a native San Antonian, will be part of a Latin Music Coalition Austin showcase concert at South by Southwest on March 18. (Courtesy Margizasa/South by Southwest)

Updated 5:25 PM | Mar 9, 2023 CST

San Antonio’s creatives head to South by Southwest festival

Dr. Lisa Cleveland, a professor at the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing, is among San Antonio-area educators who will participate at the South by Southwest Education conference March 6-9 in Austin. (Courtesy UT Health San Antonio )

Published 10:48 AM | Mar 3, 2023 CST