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Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
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A North Texas School District May Let Teachers Reject Children’s Pronouns — Even If...

Teachers will not be forced to address students by the pronouns that match their gender identity even if a parent asks them to and...

After The Robb Elementary Shooting, Some Uvalde Parents Are Choosing Private Or Online Education

UVALDE — Brianna Gonzales, fresh off her nursing shift, sat quietly alongside her two sons in Uvalde High School’s auditorium this past week as...

Texas School Ratings Show Improvement Compared To 2019, But Those In Poorer Neighborhoods Still...

The Texas Education Agency on Monday released its first public school ratings in three years and despite pandemic interruptions, the number of schools that...

Author Of “Critical Race Theory” Ban Says Texas Schools Can Still Teach About Racism

For the past year, Texas educators have struggled with a new law targeting how history and race are taught in the state’s public schools. Some...

More Texas Schools Are Investing In Online Student Surveillance. But Does It Work?

Last fall, faculty at the Seguin Independent School District received an email no school district wants to read: A student was having suicidal thoughts...

Texas High School Students Slightly Improve On Some Standardized Tests — But Haven’t Fully...

After the COVID-19 pandemic’s education disruptions caused Texas students’ standardized test scores to drop, their performance is beginning to turn around toward pre-pandemic levels...

Texas Teachers Union Survey Finds That School Employees Don’t Want To Be Armed

A survey of nearly 4,000 K-12 teachers in Texas found that most do not want to be armed while in class or be expected...

Texas Education Agency’s New School Library Standards Push For More Scrutiny And Parental Input

The Texas Education Agency released statewide standards Monday for how school districts should remove and prevent “obscene content” from entering Texas public school libraries. In...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Wants Texas Version Of Florida Law That Critics Dubbed “Don’t...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday he will prioritize passing Texas legislation that mimics the recently signed Florida bill referred to as the “Don’t...

Texas Teachers Say They’re Pushed To The Brink By Law Requiring Them To Spend...

It was one thing to ask Texas teachers — during an ongoing teacher’s shortage — to make extra room in their busy home routines...
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