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Education
April 23, 2025
Student loans in default will go to collections in early May for the first time in five years
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April 23, 2025
Houston ISD has half as many school nurses as last year. The district says that’s not a problem
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April 21, 2025
UT Austin professors fear Trump administration’s funding cuts will derail life-saving research
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April 16, 2025
Texas House preliminarily approves controversial school voucher plan, $7.7B school funding bill
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April 16, 2025
Texas House set to debate school voucher bill, sweeping school finance legislation
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April 14, 2025
Texas House to take up Senate school voucher bill this week
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April 14, 2025
Houston ISD fourth graders start petition for reusable lunch trays, taking change into their own hands
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April 10, 2025
Hundreds of international students have their student visas revoked, including in Texas
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April 10, 2025
Austin-area teens say you don’t have to be 18 to get involved with Texas politics
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April 8, 2025
Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. That could hurt students with disabilities in Texas.
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April 7, 2025
Baylor is leveling up its Esports game
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April 4, 2025
School finance bill, voucher proposal clear first hurdle in the Texas House
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April 1, 2025
Texas voucher bills have appearance of academic accountability, but in practice it won’t mean much
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March 31, 2025
The legislative session is halfway over already. Where do things stand?
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March 31, 2025
Five ways a funding overhaul has transformed Texas community colleges
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March 21, 2025
What dismantling the Department of Education could mean for Texas students
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March 20, 2025
‘For youth, by youth’: Austin teens look to tackle issues with ‘Our Generation’ podcast
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March 19, 2025
Lawmakers want to make it easier to suspend young Texas students. Advocates have concerns
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March 17, 2025
An Austin borrower may see her student loan payments skyrocket. She’s not alone.
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March 10, 2025
Texas House education committee to take up school choice issue this week
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March 7, 2025
Texas A&M Board of Regents names Glenn Hegar as university system’s next leader
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March 3, 2025
Texas House takes on school funding before turning to vouchers
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March 3, 2025
Pease Elementary to reopen as a child care center, bringing kids back to the historic Austin school
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February 27, 2025
Texas schools are required to improve accommodations for dyslexic students by this summer
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February 26, 2025
Basically everyone agrees Texas teachers need a raise. The question is how to do it.
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February 25, 2025
Millions face uncertainty as court stalls Biden-era student loan plan
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February 25, 2025
Legislators want to raise teacher pay. North Texas educators say it’s overdue
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February 19, 2025
New Texas teacher pay bill proposes increasing certain salaries by as much as $10,000
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February 18, 2025
What’s going on with the state takeover of Houston ISD? Here are some updates.
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February 13, 2025
A West Dallas high school is preparing students for health careers. Here’s how
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February 11, 2025
‘Worse health outcomes, less biomedical innovation’: What NIH research funding cuts could mean for the U.S.
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February 5, 2025
Texas Senate passes bill creating $1 billion school voucher-like program
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February 4, 2025
Keller ISD Superintendent Tracy Johnson exits as trustees pursue district split
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January 30, 2025
Texas scores poorly on the Nation’s Report Card; reading scores lowest in decades
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January 29, 2025
Texas school voucher proposal quickly clears first hurdle of the legislative session
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January 24, 2025
Texas Senate proposes extensive school voucher-like program with $1 billion price tag
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January 24, 2025
Squad goals: Austin ISD elementary school cheerleaders hope to bring it on at first competition
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January 16, 2025
Houston-area middle schoolers to learn about carbon capture through new grassroots initiative
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January 15, 2025
An education ecosystem is being built in Elon Musk’s image. It starts in rural Texas.
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January 15, 2025
What could this legislative session mean for Texas’ colleges and universities?
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January 14, 2025
In retrograde: UT Dallas students fight to preserve independence, free press
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January 14, 2025
Eanes ISD families prepare to say goodbye to an elementary school on chopping block
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January 7, 2025
UT Austin President Jay Hartzell leaving to lead Southern Methodist University
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December 20, 2024
Some Texas public school leaders take a different tone on vouchers; advocates hold firm
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December 19, 2024
For homeless Austinites, affordable health care is hard to find. UT med students want to help.
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December 18, 2024
How Austin ISD is lowering its chronic absenteeism rate which more than doubled during the pandemic
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December 12, 2024
Prospective mechanics look to the future with EV technician programs
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December 12, 2024
Here’s what public school advocates want to see during the next legislative session
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December 9, 2024
Why UT Austin’s famed turtles have temporarily vacated their pond – and when they’ll be back
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December 3, 2024
With vouchers likely to pass, Texas educators push for funding — and accountability
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December 2, 2024
Community college ‘deserts’ deter Texas students from getting a degree, report says
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November 22, 2024
Texas approves Bible-infused curriculum for public schools
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November 22, 2024
Why the State Department is celebrating the highest number of international students in the US
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November 20, 2024
Commentary: The Gruver Farm Scholarship Foundation
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November 18, 2024
Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the Aggie Bonfire collapse
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November 18, 2024
Why Texas’ high school sports authority sidelined a potential powerhouse
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November 18, 2024
How some Texas parents and historians say a new state curriculum glosses over slavery and racism
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November 15, 2024
Despite an increase in tax dollars marked for Austin schools, budget cuts remain planned
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November 15, 2024
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to freeze tuition at Texas colleges and universities for another two years
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November 14, 2024
Texas lawmakers set to take up fight over Ten Commandments in public schools
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November 8, 2024
Exhibit delves into the history of the Rosenwald Schools of Texas
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November 6, 2024
Election 2024: How it will impact school vouchers, balance of power in the Texas Legislature
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November 6, 2024
Houston ISD bond rejected in large margin by voters, an unofficial referendum of state takeover
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November 1, 2024
With school vouchers on the horizon in Texas, Houston-area families offer varying opinions
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October 30, 2024
Houston ISD staff accused of helping hundreds of teaching candidates cheat on certification exam
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October 30, 2024
Bexar County judge said ballpark project will net San Antonio ISD $12 million; SAISD said $30,000
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October 23, 2024
Students are increasingly turning to microcredentials to boost their career prospects
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October 22, 2024
School voucher issue could impact elections in Houston area, across Texas
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October 21, 2024
School vouchers, proposed in Texas, are mostly used by the wealthy in Arizona
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October 15, 2024
Texas students can now see which state public universities would accept them before they apply
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October 11, 2024
Head Start in Corpus Christi to be taken over by Austin-based nonprofit
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October 7, 2024
Concussions, bruises, bite marks: San Antonio special education teachers say they often get hurt at work
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October 1, 2024
‘Getting through’ to young people is not actually impossible
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September 25, 2024
Students at Abilene’s Christian universities work to bridge political divides ahead of election
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September 24, 2024
Abilene Christian University researchers cleared to build fridge-sized nuclear reactor
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September 20, 2024
State Board of Education hears public comment on Bible-infused curriculum
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September 18, 2024
Waco teen named finalist in international science communication competition
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September 17, 2024
In North Texas, some unclaimed bodies go to UNT for research — often without permission of next of kin
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September 13, 2024
Texas school districts say upgrades to the state’s student data reporting system could hurt their funding
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September 11, 2024
Cy-Fair ISD’s libraries are frequently closed after trustees cut librarian positions in half
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September 3, 2024
Bucking horses can be hard to come by, so Sul Ross’ rodeo team breeds their own
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August 30, 2024
Texas public schools team up with early childhood centers to boost budgets
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August 27, 2024
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi’s drone program upgrades to institute status
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August 27, 2024
Will free tuition help more students pursue higher ed? Austin Community College hopes so.
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August 26, 2024
UTSA, UT Health San Antonio will become one institution ‘greater than the sum of its parts’
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August 22, 2024
Gearing up for school? What to look for in a laptop for your student
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August 20, 2024
A South Texas school district received a request to remove 676 books from its libraries
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August 19, 2024
Austin-area school districts ban cellphones to prevent bullying, improve student achievement
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August 16, 2024
Post-pandemic, some Texas students are still missing lots of school
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August 13, 2024
Judge temporarily blocks Texas Education Agency from releasing A-F accountability ratings again
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August 9, 2024
As a new school year looms, how can parents tackle vaping among minors?
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August 8, 2024
Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts.
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August 8, 2024
Houston ISD board of managers set to vote on historic bond proposal
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August 7, 2024
Houston schools saw record staff departures during the first year of the state takeover
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August 6, 2024
Concerns grow over potential learning loss for students of new, uncertified teachers
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August 2, 2024
UT Austin committee says administrators violated own rules when handling protests
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August 2, 2024
South Dallas summer camp tackles food gap with free meals
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July 29, 2024
Survey: Two-thirds of Texans support school vouchers
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July 19, 2024
A rural school district used to serve 25 meals a day in the summer. Now, they’ve quadrupled that.
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July 16, 2024
Mike Miles moved Texas school funds to Colorado through a possible shell corporation without a paper trail
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