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Education
July 3, 2025
Adult learning programs are in limbo after the Trump administration pauses funding
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July 3, 2025
The Trump administration delayed over $6 billion in education funding. What does that mean for Texas?
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July 3, 2025
Can rural schools teach us how to get along?
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June 26, 2025
Austin ISD has a plan to improve failing schools. Here’s what it’s all about.
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June 24, 2025
Experts say Texas needs more money for adult education. Federal funding for it is increasingly uncertain
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June 10, 2025
Texas’ swift surrender to DOJ on undocumented student tuition raises questions about state-federal collusion
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June 5, 2025
Texas agrees to end in-state tuition for students without legal status
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June 4, 2025
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs $8.5 billion school funding bill
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June 4, 2025
How Bexar County’s Somerset ISD improved student learning outcomes during the pandemic
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June 3, 2025
With the Legislature wrapped up, here are other ways Texas schools were impacted
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June 2, 2025
Life often gets in the way of adults going back to school. This Texarkana nonprofit has a solution.
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June 3, 2025
Houston ISD takeover by state will continue through 2027, TEA announces
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June 2, 2025
How San Antonio’s Southside ISD improved student test scores during the pandemic
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May 30, 2025
Texas’ $8.5B school funding plan is headed to Abbott’s desk. What it means for students and teachers
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May 28, 2025
Texas House passes Senate bill requiring display of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms
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May 27, 2025
Is the STAAR test sticking around? Opposing legislation has it up in the air
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May 23, 2025
Fort Worth ISD proposes the closure of these schools. Here’s why — and where
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May 23, 2025
School prayer, Bible-reading bill authored by Houston-area senator passes Texas House
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May 22, 2025
With free tuition, Austin Community College sees jump in students enrolling right after high school
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May 16, 2025
Texas Senate panel debates sweeping, $8 billion school funding bill after making significant changes
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May 6, 2025
Texas attorney general investigates Austin ISD for allegedly teaching ‘critical race theory’
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May 5, 2025
Documentary unearths the story of an unknown Texas archaeological treasure trove
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May 5, 2025
New Austin program helps connect residents with jobs as city begins major construction projects
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May 2, 2025
Amid cheers and protests, Gov. Abbott signs $1 billion Texas school voucher bill into law
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May 1, 2025
Texas lawmakers consider a bill that would increase state control over public universities
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May 1, 2025
Vouchers passed the Texas Legislature. What about school funding?
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April 30, 2025
With ‘Day of Drag,’ Texas students push back against university bans
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April 28, 2025
Texas lawmakers mull more education bills with an eye toward culture war issues
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April 25, 2025
After a yearslong fight, the school voucher bill heads to Gov. Abbott for approval
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April 25, 2025
Texas gets billions in federal education funds. What happens if it all goes away?
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April 24, 2025
TEA finally released 2023 accountability grades for Texas schools after lawsuit. Scores dropped
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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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