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Education
February 6, 2023
Senate Finance Committee begins consideration of education funding changes
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February 6, 2023
Texas Legislature wants to double its investment in student mental health resources
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February 2, 2023
Many parents are happy with the state of public schooling in Texas, poll shows
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February 1, 2023
Fort Worth ISD drops sex ed despite $2.6 million purchase of materials in April
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January 27, 2023
About 3,000 Texas schools were chosen for unannounced safety audits this fall. Most passed.
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January 27, 2023
A golden retriever helps students in Central Texas learn how to manage their emotions. Her name is Luna.
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January 23, 2023
This San Antonio teen went from taking tests to shaping his school district’s future in just a year
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January 19, 2023
Student opinions are mixed amid UT Austin’s campus TikTok ban
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January 19, 2023
Here’s why Pflugerville ISD might close schools — and how the community is fighting back
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January 16, 2023
Supreme Court of Texas allows Texas Education Agency to take over Houston ISD
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January 13, 2023
UT Austin is asking the Legislature for $48 million in special projects funding this session
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January 10, 2023
Educator pay is top of mind for Texas’ biggest teachers union this legislative session
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December 19, 2022
School vouchers are getting a renewed push at upcoming Texas Legislature
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December 14, 2022
How one Texas school district is responding to a string of student fentanyl deaths
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December 14, 2022
Katy school students come together as censorship of LGBTQ+ voices ramps up
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December 9, 2022
The largest teacher prep program in Texas is at risk of losing accreditation
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December 5, 2022
Texas Supreme Court could issue decision on TEA takeover of Houston ISD as soon as this month
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November 30, 2022
Stephen F. Austin State University moves to join the University of Texas System
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November 15, 2022
State-backed safety app lags behind competitors
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November 15, 2022
Teachers say they need respect, time and money to stay in the classroom
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November 15, 2022
Raises weren’t enough to stave off the teacher shortage in San Antonio
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November 14, 2022
What increased funding means for Texas prison education
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November 14, 2022
State leaders won’t commit to specifics about how much they might invest in children’s mental health
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November 14, 2022
Teacher resignations drive teacher shortage in San Antonio
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November 11, 2022
A federal judge calls student loan relief unlawful, deepening limbo for borrowers
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November 11, 2022
Texas GOP increases majority on State Board of Education with aid of ‘anti-CRT’ PAC, pro-charter donors
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November 7, 2022
Why more Texas districts are canceling classes on Election Day
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November 4, 2022
UT aerospace researcher recognized for pioneering work in space junk
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November 2, 2022
Texas voters have been less willing to approve school bonds in recent years
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October 25, 2022
Nation’s Report Card data shows how test scores fell after the pandemic
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October 25, 2022
Science ‘on their fingertips’: Texas professor making chemistry available to blind students
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October 21, 2022
How a Hill Country school district became a testing ground for a new school voucher plan
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September 7, 2022
This University of Texas professor knows Taylor Swift’s songbook all too well
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October 18, 2022
UT program aims to create a long-term solution to Texas’ teacher shortage
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October 17, 2022
Compared to pre-pandemic levels, Texas’ childcare industry remains understaffed
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October 14, 2022
Typewriter Rodeo: Overburdened Teachers
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October 12, 2022
‘All reasonable asks’: Uvalde mother and families continue push for gun reform with new nonprofit
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October 11, 2022
Why college rankings might not be the best way to pick your school
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October 11, 2022
Uvalde school district starts search for new superintendent
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October 10, 2022
Uvalde school district fires police officer under investigation over her actions during shooting
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October 6, 2022
Katy ISD high school students can now access LGBTQ+ suicide prevention resources. Advocates want more.
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October 5, 2022
Hispanic students were once segregated at this school. Now it will be a historic site
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September 30, 2022
Marfa’s Blackwell School given national historic status
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September 27, 2022
Public health educator pushes for climate to be part of health care conversations
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September 23, 2022
Houston ISD is the largest district in Texas, but it’s getting smaller. What does that mean for funding?
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September 23, 2022
Texas’ teacher shortage likely to be a major theme during the upcoming legislative session
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September 19, 2022
‘It was a work love story’: A couple found each other and purpose at Texas School for the Blind
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September 8, 2022
State telemedicine program allows Texas children to see therapists at schools
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September 7, 2022
Texas schools are at a ‘tipping point,’ education professors say
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September 7, 2022
As Uvalde students return to school, DPS officers face further scrutiny
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September 6, 2022
Austin’s Ukrainian School is a safe space for those fleeing a country at war
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August 15, 2022
‘The end of last year will be with us’: Are Texas schools any safer since the Uvalde shooting?
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September 2, 2022
Texas education board moves to delay updates to social studies curriculum after conservative pushback
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August 31, 2022
Texas State Board of Education to delay revisions to social studies standards
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August 26, 2022
How can the U.S. help bring down the cost of college?
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August 26, 2022
‘They are not naive about the reality’: New Texas teachers enter a field in crisis
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August 25, 2022
Surge in oil prices could push UT System’s endowment to nation’s largest
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August 24, 2022
Uvalde school police chief fired three months after botched response to school shooting
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August 23, 2022
‘This is not a new concept to us’: Austin schools police chief talks safety after Uvalde
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August 22, 2022
An Austin school and state-of-the-art clinic unite to meet the needs of medically fragile children
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August 18, 2022
‘The worst political environment for public schools’: Teachers go back to school amid rising tensions
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August 18, 2022
Notebooks, pens and active shooter drills: How Texas schools prepare for the new year
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August 17, 2022
Texas kids struggling with mental health, self-harm as school starts back
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August 16, 2022
Most efforts to ban books from Texas schools are politician-led, investigation finds
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August 16, 2022
COVID — and now monkeypox — in the back of everyone’s minds as Texas schools enter pandemic year 3
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August 16, 2022
Texas school ratings show improvement compared to 2019, but those in poorer neighborhoods still lag
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August 12, 2022
As school year approaches, administrators scramble to help short-staffed Texas campuses
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August 4, 2022
Heat protections for high school athletes in Texas are insufficient, experts say
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August 2, 2022
Critical race theory, LGBTQ issues top debate on state’s social studies curriculum overhaul
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July 28, 2022
Texas schools struggling to spend billions in federal pandemic aid
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July 28, 2022
Rural Texas districts struggling to attract teachers are switching to four-day school weeks
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July 26, 2022
Principal of Uvalde’s Robb Elementary placed on administrative leave
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July 22, 2022
Texas State to offer Harry Styles history course in 2023
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July 21, 2022
Study finds COVID-related school closures increased mental health risks for young people
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July 21, 2022
Will Texas have enough teachers when school starts again?
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July 20, 2022
Uvalde families tell school leaders they’ve lost their trust
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July 6, 2022
Texas students in grades 3-8 make significant gains in STAAR tests, while lower math scores linger
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July 4, 2022
Texas to start randomly inspecting public schools for weak entry points this fall
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July 1, 2022
Texas police chiefs make recommendations to state lawmakers on school safety, gun regulations
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June 29, 2022
UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine to welcome inaugural class this fall
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June 29, 2022
Robb Elementary School in Uvalde will be rebuilt
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June 28, 2022
Truancy reform advocates worry Texas could backtrack following Uvalde shooting
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June 27, 2022
Abortion is a disability issue, and it’s about autonomy, Texas activist says
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June 23, 2022
At 87, this Texan just earned her fifth college degree
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June 23, 2022
Beyond demographics, UTEP aims to redefine what it means to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution
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June 16, 2022
Commentary: I graduated high school hours after the Uvalde shooting
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June 8, 2022
Texas Republicans want to arm more school employees, but few districts are opting in
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June 7, 2022
Texas schools lead the nation in the use of social media surveillance. But the tools mostly return false positives.
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June 7, 2022
The long wait to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary is not what officers are trained to do
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June 6, 2022
Employable people not filling open jobs, discovered at an aviation contest in North Texas
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August 3, 2022
What questions do you have about starting a new school year in the wake of Uvalde?
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June 2, 2022
‘Very loving, kind people’: Uvalde buries teacher killed at school, husband who died days later
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June 1, 2022
‘Uvalde didn’t have to happen’: Teachers groups implore lawmakers to focus on gun safety policies
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May 31, 2022
How a school walkout in Uvalde helped spark the 1970s Chicano rights movement
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May 26, 2022
Texas’ school security efforts following 2018 Santa Fe shooting have largely ignored gun safety
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May 25, 2022
Experts see familiar signs in early details of Uvalde school shooting
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May 25, 2022
Putting more law enforcement in schools hasn’t lowered the rate of gun violence on campuses
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May 20, 2022
Return of STAAR tests with stakes adds ‘trauma’ to trying school year, superintendents say
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May 12, 2022
Could school vouchers, with renewed support from Abbott, gain more traction than in years past?
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May 11, 2022
Culture wars attract big money to Texas school board races
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