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Education
April 24, 2024
Police arrest multiple protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstration at UT Austin
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April 22, 2024
Six lessons for making the most of the future of education in Texas
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April 11, 2024
Austin ISD looking to cut $30 million from their budget next year
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April 11, 2024
Many men don’t finish college. This North Texas school is trying to reverse the trend
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April 5, 2024
Abbott says pro-Palestinian student groups at Texas colleges are antisemitic. They disagree.
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April 4, 2024
Lake Travis ISD emerges as a battleground for school book bans
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March 28, 2024
Delays in federal financial aid form leaves students in limbo during college acceptance season
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March 26, 2024
Houston ISD grapples with community backlash, educator confusion over new performance evaluation systems
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March 18, 2024
Rainbow Book Bus stops in San Antonio to give away banned LGBTQ+ books
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March 14, 2024
Austin-area students learn about the upcoming total eclipse through an escape-room-style game
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March 13, 2024
Universities suspended mandatory test scores for admissions. Now they’re requiring them again.
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March 11, 2024
An Austin-area school district is struggling to find teachers, so it’s going to train its own
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March 8, 2024
The state’s largest charter school network has been placed under a conservatorship
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March 5, 2024
Almost half of Texas fourth graders scored a zero on the STAAR writing composition last year
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February 28, 2024
As doors close and funding fades, students worry UT-Austin is taking Texas’ new DEI ban too far
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February 26, 2024
As more students seek mental health services, college counseling centers struggle to hire staff
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February 22, 2024
Texas got a sex education update two years ago. Advocates say there are still gaps
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February 21, 2024
The University of Austin to open its doors for its first class of students this fall
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February 20, 2024
So far, most San Antonio ISD families affected by school closures plan to stick with the district
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February 16, 2024
A controversial reform program could make Houston ISD’s enrollment decline worse
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February 15, 2024
Essay questions for STAAR tests to be graded by computers in Texas
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February 12, 2024
Feds asked to overhaul school discipline at North Texas school district after students jailed
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February 12, 2024
Texas State University is swearing in two new officers: horses Duke and Lyndon
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February 8, 2024
What to expect when filling out the new FAFSA form
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February 1, 2024
Homeless Office cuts, Wraparound Services shift – what is Houston ISD doing for unhoused families?
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February 1, 2024
‘Someone who looks like them’: Dallas ISD program is getting more Black, Latino men into classrooms
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January 31, 2024
West Texas A&M turned to leading conservatives to build out institute for ‘Panhandle values’
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January 29, 2024
An inside look at the state’s takeover of Houston schools – and what’s next
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January 26, 2024
How do you turn around a failing school? Manor Middle does it with higher pay and student leadership
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January 24, 2024
How a language program from North Texas is helping Ukrainian refugees halfway around the world
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January 23, 2024
Texas public schools are seeing ‘plateauing’ and a ‘decrease’ in some areas, according to new report
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January 18, 2024
Texas law restricting library books blocked by appeals court
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January 17, 2024
Community college funding in Texas shifting to focus on student outcomes
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January 11, 2024
Texas school districts lose $300 million in federal special education funding
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January 10, 2024
Reading is the reward: Bastrop ISD sees benefits after installing book vending machines in schools
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December 22, 2023
On its 50th anniversary, the Houston teachers’ union is growing — and fighting back against Mike Miles’ reforms
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December 21, 2023
Gay-straight alliances persist at Texas public schools
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December 20, 2023
Israel-Hamas war is testing the limits of free speech at some North Texas colleges
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December 19, 2023
A Pflugerville teacher is using a grant to make the arts more accessible to her students
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December 14, 2023
Students and admin say SAC president violated free speech rights over Palestine event
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December 12, 2023
Who doesn’t get abuse training in Texas schools? Sometimes, it’s kids needing protection the most
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December 11, 2023
Urban school districts in Texas struggle to make ends meet despite record property wealth
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December 8, 2023
Houston ISD students have mixed feelings about Mike Miles’ reform program
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December 6, 2023
Pflugerville student will head to the National Spanish Spelling Bee after a local win
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November 30, 2023
Texas teachers are struggling financially. The school voucher war killed a salary raise.
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November 17, 2023
GOP-led Texas House votes to remove school voucher provision of education omnibus bill
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November 16, 2023
The Texas House will vote on school vouchers Friday. Here’s what to expect.
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November 16, 2023
Houston ISD sets new student achievement goals as board struggles to gain public trust
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November 16, 2023
Texas education board debates how climate change will be discussed in new textbooks
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November 15, 2023
After Supreme Court affirmative action ruling, is Texas’ admissions system a path forward?
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November 14, 2023
San Antonio ISD trustees approve recommendation to close 15 schools
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November 14, 2023
Stacked HISD committee considers ‘innovation’ status to allow longer school year, uncertified teachers
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November 13, 2023
Voucher-like bill passes committee in the House during fourth special session
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November 10, 2023
How Texas lowering requirements to become a teacher in the 2000s impacted the profession
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November 10, 2023
Texas Senate passes legislation to create school voucher-like program — again
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November 9, 2023
San Antonio ISD’s East Side bears the brunt of the school closure recommendations
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November 2, 2023
School vouchers likely dead in the current Texas special session, House education chairman says
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October 30, 2023
‘This bill is dead’: School vouchers face a roadblock in the House with days left in the session
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October 27, 2023
Rural schools near Austin say they feel left behind as governor pushes for vouchers
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October 20, 2023
Why Texas school funding still isn’t fair
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October 17, 2023
A 50-year-old court case still shapes Texas school funding today
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October 16, 2023
Public school teachers in Texas are protesting vouchers. They’ve enlisted plumbers to help.
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October 13, 2023
Special ed advocates are furious over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school voucher push after lawmakers failed to fix funding model
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October 12, 2023
Texas school districts want a Travis County judge to block changes to how the state grades them
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October 11, 2023
Republicans are pushing for school choice. Their arguments are a throwback to the ’90s.
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October 11, 2023
In Texas, rural Republicans hold the line against school vouchers
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October 9, 2023
The ABCs of education policy lingo
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October 9, 2023
As lawmakers consider education savings accounts, how does school funding in Texas work right now?
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October 5, 2023
Exclusive: Houston ISD struggles with special education services after cutting workers
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September 29, 2023
Why more diverse populations are choosing to homeschool their kids at higher rates
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September 28, 2023
Austin ISD agrees to Texas’ alternative plan to monitor its special education department
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September 26, 2023
This Texas children’s book author is making math fun with infographics
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September 25, 2023
Here are five tips for borrowers before student loan payments resume in October
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September 25, 2023
San Antonio ISD, critics have differing visions of equity for 19 school closures
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September 25, 2023
‘I don’t want to go back to the struggle’: Austin child care providers brace for end of COVID aid
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September 21, 2023
North Texas’ Carroll ISD, Keller ISD among the school districts fighting recapture
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September 21, 2023
Teacher turnover is a controversial part of Houston ISD reforms. It’s a feature, not a side effect
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September 20, 2023
San Antonio ISD school board set to vote on closure of 19 campuses
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September 20, 2023
Texas youth say book bans violate their rights and take away ‘the joy of reading’
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September 20, 2023
For one Dallas school, addressing kids’ mental health needs starts in the classroom
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September 19, 2023
Houston ISD tells teachers to commit to New Education System or switch campuses
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September 19, 2023
College dorms in Central Texas are overcrowded. Schools and students are getting creative.
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September 19, 2023
North East ISD trustees consider allowing chaplains to provide mental health services in schools
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September 11, 2023
Austin ISD may still face conservatorship under the state’s alternative special ed plan
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September 7, 2023
Some Houston ISD students feel drained after first days of class, but not necessarily in a bad way
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September 6, 2023
Texas public school districts make the move to a four-day school week
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September 4, 2023
A new state law requires schools to have armed guards. But many are having a hard time hiring officers.
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August 25, 2023
Teachers have mixed feelings about Houston ISD reforms under Mike Miles
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August 21, 2023
Fort Worth schools close campus libraries for two weeks, remove over 100 titles from shelves
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August 18, 2023
Typewriter Rodeo: A New Teacher’s First Week at School
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August 16, 2023
As STAAR results come out, district leaders worry about new state accountability metrics
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August 11, 2023
First rule of marching band practice at Buda high school: Try to stay cool
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August 10, 2023
Houston ISD parents, students fear Mike Miles’ reforms will tear the community fabric of their schools
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August 9, 2023
Austin ISD is making progress on school safety projects included in 2022 bond
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August 2, 2023
Houston superintendent sparks outrage with plan to close school libraries on some campuses
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July 31, 2023
What is Biden’s new income-driven student loan repayment plan?
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July 27, 2023
‘Unconstitutionally vague’: A group of booksellers is taking Texas to court over HB 900
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July 27, 2023
Austin ISD considers adding 70 police officers to comply with new Texas school safety law
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July 26, 2023
Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture
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July 25, 2023
More Austin ISD students will eat breakfast for free after Texas ups funding for school meals
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