Education

An empty middle-school classroom with black tables and blue chairs
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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Looking at the Main Lobby Wall at the Clinical Research Cener at NIH
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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A close-up of the Texas state Capitol dome
December 12, 2024

Here’s what public school advocates want to see during the next legislative session

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A photo of a burnt orange sign on a black mesh fence reads "Where are the turtles?" and explains that pond repairs are underway.
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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An empty classroom with several desks and chairs and a yellow carpet.
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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David Yeager sitting in front of a window with an image of a book cover for 10 to 25
October 1, 2024

‘Getting through’ to young people is not actually impossible

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Two young men stand on a bridge over a body of water and pose for a photo with their arms over each other's shoulders. This is Garrison Shin and Zach Rivera.
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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A close-up of a black plastic carrier containing school supplies including markers, crayons, scissors and pencils
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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A stone outdoor entrance sign reads "Texas A&M University-Commerce"
July 16, 2024

Alumni push back against a possible new name for Texas A&M University-Commerce

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July 12, 2024

The high number of zero scores on the STAAR writing test has people worried

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July 11, 2024

For these incarcerated women, high school diplomas offer hope

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July 8, 2024

North Texas college student thought DACA was the answer. Now, he looks to ‘Parole in Place’

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July 2, 2024

Hanging up his hat: Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp on his retirement

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June 26, 2024

Texas doesn’t fund special education enough — and it’s hurting districts’ pockets

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June 24, 2024

Texas A&M brewing up nation’s first academic coffee certificate program

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June 20, 2024

Why do so many Austin-area school districts have budget deficits?

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June 18, 2024

‘The political part has muddied the waters’: A longtime Texas educator on why he’s moving out of state

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June 18, 2024

One year into state takeover of Houston schools, STAAR scores show improvement

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June 18, 2024

Some scholarships across Texas universities are frozen or being reworked after DEI bans

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June 12, 2024

Embracing a career that’s never going away: San Antonio College opens a funeral home

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June 10, 2024

UT Austin is investigating students arrested during pro-Palestinian protests

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May 30, 2024

Texas seeks to inject Bible stories into elementary school reading program

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May 30, 2024

Students and staff say their final goodbyes to 13 San Antonio ISD schools

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May 24, 2024

Robb Elementary survivor Arnulfo Reyes remembers 77 minutes with the shooter

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May 24, 2024

She counted on her school’s LGBTQ resources. Texas’ anti-DEI law took some of them away

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May 23, 2024

Former Uvalde teacher Arnulfo Reyes says he lost some of his identity when he decided not to return to the classroom

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May 22, 2024

What does a school board do? An Austin ISD trustee explains.

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May 17, 2024

Report raises concerns Texas education dollars were funneled out of the state

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May 8, 2024

Unlicensed teachers now dominate new teacher hires in rural Texas schools

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April 30, 2024

Fort Worth, Houston ISD send more students to alternative education following vaping bill

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April 29, 2024

Police again arrest pro-Palestinian protesters setting up camp at UT Austin

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