Education

Eloisa Tamez smiles at the camera in a photo in front of a green lawn outside of a building that says 'library' on it.
June 23, 2022

At 87, this Texan just earned her fifth college degree

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A crowd of graduates in caps and gowns looks ahead during a graduation ceremony.
June 23, 2022

Beyond demographics, UTEP aims to redefine what it means to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution

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An illustration show two blue and black colorized photos side by side. On the left are the backs of a young girl holding a teddy bear and an adult comforting her. On the right are the backs of a line of students in caps and gowns.
June 16, 2022

Commentary: I graduated high school hours after the Uvalde shooting

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Two adults hold the hand of a young girl wearing a backpack to welcome her on the first day of school
June 8, 2022

Texas Republicans want to arm more school employees, but few districts are opting in

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a phone screen with social media apps
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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students with backpacks walk past lockers in a school hallway
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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hand with pencil filling out test paper
May 20, 2022

Return of STAAR tests with stakes adds ‘trauma’ to trying school year, superintendents say

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the head of a table filled with nameplates and microphones
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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May 11, 2022

In Texas prisons, men have more than triple the access to higher education degrees that women do

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a large campaign sign that says "Vote for ECISD Prop A and "ECISD Prop B"
May 6, 2022

In Odessa, a $398 million bond election comes down to trust as voters weigh pros and cons

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May 5, 2022

San Antonio’s North East ISD will replace some books featuring LGBTQ+ characters with straight ones. Here’s how that will impact students

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Books on a table include "It's Perfectly Normal," "A Guy's Guide to Sexuality and Sexual Identity in the 21st Century" and "Between Mom and Jo"
May 4, 2022

Texas conservatives have set their sights on school libraries. North East ISD’s proactive response concerns parents, students

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April 27, 2022

Texas teacher salaries largely lag behind the national average

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students walking in a school hallway
April 26, 2022

An East Texas superintendent explains why more school districts may go to a four-day week

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April 25, 2022

Passion, and partisanship, fueling interest in school board races

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April 21, 2022

Texas’ largest teacher prep company fails to meet state standards

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April 18, 2022

Mental health expert: SEL is not CRT and equating the two is bad for students

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April 14, 2022

Federal judge rules UNT can’t charge out-of-state students more tuition than undocumented students

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April 12, 2022

How a Dallas high school class is learning about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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April 12, 2022

Austin ISD would lay off hundreds of staff to give teachers raises, under proposed budget

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April 5, 2022

Dan Patrick wants to bring ‘don’t say gay’ to Texas

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an iron fence with a seal in it with two hands shaking and a cross behind them, with the words huston tillotson university austin texas around the seal and the years 1875 and 76
April 1, 2022

First-ever Texas HBCU conference begins at Huston-Tillotson University Friday

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March 31, 2022

Investigation: Texas public school students don’t have adequate mental health resources

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a man wearing a dark suit standing in front of an xray machine for animals with a fake dog laying on the exam table
March 30, 2022

How Dallas College mastered long-distance learning a long time ago

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a woman wearing a purple backpack walks down a library aisle with a sign that says nonfiction above her
March 28, 2022

The library is far from obsolete. But this ‘temple of learning’ must constantly adapt to survive.

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a modern-looking stone building with a sign out front reading "Midland Christian School est 1957"
March 22, 2022

Weeks after five Midland Christian School officials were arrested, questions still loom

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March 17, 2022

‘The Enduring Gap’ podcast explores problems and solutions related to Latino higher education

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March 11, 2022

UT System’s new Promise Plus program to cover $55 million in tuition for UTEP students in need

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a man wearing a face shield and face mask standing in front of a wrought iron fence with a sign that says we are not expendable--a protest by teachers against state education rules during the pandemic
March 9, 2022

Texas teacher unions push new state task force for more pay to keep teachers on staff

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a teacher stands over the shoulder of two students pointing at a notebook
March 3, 2022

School districts are getting creative to comply with tutoring law that’s been a ‘logistic nightmare’

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first grad studnets sit around a table with their teacher. One is a girl wearing a pinkt winter hat, anothe girl wears a white sweater with blue stripes and a boy wears a red sweatshirt
February 23, 2022

These first-graders may be acting out, but they’re also acting like 6-year-olds

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February 21, 2022

Texas teens and educators say new sex education curriculum is ‘two steps forward, one step back’

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three students walk in a school hallway and a wall in the background says slogans like the future starts now
February 18, 2022

In Texas, Black and Latino students in top 10% of their class enroll in college less often than white counterparts

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February 15, 2022

Your district’s State Board of Education seat is on the ballot. Here’s why you should care.

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February 15, 2022

Texas high school journalist reports for PBS NewsHour on issues affecting students

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a teacher wearing a face mask and holding a sign in front of the texas capitol that says please dont make my first year of teaching my last
February 9, 2022

Teachers’ group says two-thirds of Texas public school teachers considered quitting during the pandemic

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the colorful spines of children's books on two shelves in a library
February 9, 2022

In Hood County, the fight to remove LGBTQ books from libraries isn’t new

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February 9, 2022

Texas teachers at a crossroads as burnout intensifies

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February 7, 2022

Dallas Black Dance, Dallas Summer Musicals offer new access to online arts for Dallas-area students

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a wooden shelf with several kids library books and a label that says fiction chapter books
February 2, 2022

Record number of school library books being challenged by parents, politicians

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January 27, 2022

Spanish speaking teachers are hard to find in the U.S. Fort Worth went looking in Mexico

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January 21, 2022

Greg Abbott’s proposed ‘Parental Bill of Rights’ aims to increase parental role in schools’ consideration of race and LGBTQ topics

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parents at a rally against face mask rules in school, with one man in the foreground wearing a face shield that says DEI equals CRT, with kids sitting on the ground behind him
January 19, 2022

Between the pandemic and contentious school board meetings, some district superintendents are throwing in the towel

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January 17, 2022

Students in Dallas MLK oratory competition mine inspiration from Dr. King’s life and words

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January 14, 2022

‘We are tired of taking up the slack for the state.’ Educators struggle with staff shortages and mixed messages.

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three elementary students standing in front of a school with arms stretched out
January 14, 2022

School districts ask parents to fill in as substitute teachers as COVID cases rise in Central Texas

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January 12, 2022

Rice and 15 other private universities being sued over claims of unfair admission practices

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January 12, 2022

‘We’re back to square one’: Rio Grande Valley schools reopen amid omicron spike

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a classroom in houson with bright yellow and white walls, several students looking at a teacher who's wearing a red dress
January 12, 2022

As Texas schools reopen amid a COVID wave, new teachers adjust to in-person classes

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January 4, 2022

Texas parents gear up for another round of uncertainty heading into spring semester

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December 10, 2021

Teachers in Fort Bend ISD are facing extreme pressures as staffing shortages continue

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December 10, 2021

Hundreds of millions of dollars are going unspent for COVID testing in public schools 

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December 1, 2021

Gov. Abbott targets LGBTQ+ books as ‘pornography.’ Texas librarians say he’s wrong.

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November 29, 2021

Parents push for new ways to teach Native history and culture

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November 16, 2021

Texas has funded community colleges the same way for nearly 50 years. Why some say it’s time for change.

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November 16, 2021

The Houston Symphony brings the orchestra to the classroom

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November 12, 2021

New study ranks Texas public schools on pandemic resiliency

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a view of a graduation mortar board from above
November 11, 2021

What we know about the University of Austin

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November 10, 2021

Austin’s LBJ High marching band finds its beat after Liberal Arts and Science Academy moves to new campus

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November 10, 2021

A new Texas A&M program could give nurses a way forward in a profession battered by COVID

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November 9, 2021

Amid controversies over COVID-19 and fired professors, some blame Collin College’s president

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October 28, 2021

Author says students are ‘more than ready’ to learn about race after book challenge in Carroll ISD

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a classroom
October 18, 2021

So-called critical race theory bill has left school districts to interpret what it means for classroom learning

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October 13, 2021

New wildfire-fighting program for girls aims to bring more gender diversity to the profession

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October 8, 2021

Bill restricting transgender student athletes clears Texas House committee

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October 7, 2021

How George I. Sánchez helped dismantle Texas’ segregated schools for Latinos

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October 5, 2021

Two months into the school year, LBJ High students are still waiting for teachers

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September 28, 2021

Remembering Longtime UTEP President, Diana Natalicio, Who Put El Paso Higher Education On The Map

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a mask on a school lunch table
September 27, 2021

Two North Texas School Districts’ Very Different Approaches To The State’s Mask Mandate Ban

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September 22, 2021

Frustration Grows Among Fort Bend ISD Parents Over Conflicting Mask Mandate Messaging

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September 17, 2021

St. Mary’s University To Launch First-Ever Online Law Degree Accredited By The American Bar Association

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September 15, 2021

Ken Paxton Is Suing Multiple Texas School Districts Over Mask Mandates. But Are They True Mandates?

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September 14, 2021

For Veterans Starting College, ‘Academic Boot Camps’ Ease The Transition To The Classroom

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September 13, 2021

The Pandemic’s Toll On Educators Has Made Texas’ Teacher Shortage Worse

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September 10, 2021

‘Being A Muslim Is Like Being Black Twice’: North Texan Faces Hate Towards His Race, Faith

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A student walking in front of steps leading to the university of texas at austin tower
September 8, 2021

Texas NAACP, Students File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Over UT-Austin’s ‘Eyes of Texas’

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September 6, 2021

Inside Or Outside? Where Students Eat Lunch Is One Of The Biggest Challenges For Austin ISD Principals

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Ari Christine in a classroom
September 6, 2021

Are Teachers Disrespected Because Most Are Women?

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September 3, 2021

North Texas Principal Faces Backlash Over Antiracism Efforts

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September 1, 2021

Texas’ Mask Fight Boils Over Into San Antonio Schools

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a classroom
August 31, 2021

13th Check For Retired Teachers Just A ‘Band-Aid’ Without Bigger Changes, Says Union President

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August 26, 2021

Podcast Gets At Heart Of Uproar Over Critical Race Theory With A Deep Dive Into Southlake, Texas

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August 26, 2021

AISD’s Virtual-Learning Program Begins With Staff Shortages, Large Classes

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September 1, 2021

Perot Museum Tech Truck Brings Science Field Trips To North Texas Students

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August 24, 2021

In Person And Unprotected, Some Lubbock Residents Plead For Stronger COVID Guidelines In Schools

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August 23, 2021

Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Allows School Mask Mandates To Remain

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August 23, 2021

Here’s What You Need To Know About A Texas Bill That Aims To Ban Critical Race Theory

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August 20, 2021

Abilene Universities Ready For New School Year Amid COVID Surge

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a young student sits at a computer monitor
August 19, 2021

Texas Has Long Offered Virtual Public School Options. So What’s The Problem Now?

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August 18, 2021

One West Texas District Closed Schools For Two Weeks To Stem COVID-19 Outbreak

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August 18, 2021

A UT Museum Housing Replica Of Massive Quetzalcoatlus Fossil At Risk From Budget Cuts

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