Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
Texas Schools Are Majority Hispanic. There’s Been a Shortage of Bilingual Teachers Since 1990,...
Many of the students in Mariela Ehlers’ classroom spoke primarily Spanish at home. As a bilingual teacher at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, it...
As Culture Wars Envelop Schools, North Texas Sees a Superintendent Exodus
Educating kids is all Jeannie Stone ever wanted to do. She spent more than three decades in North Texas school districts, first as a...
Death Threats And Doxxing: The Outcomes Of Mask Mandate And Critical Race Theory Fights...
When Roxanne Martinez launched her campaign for a seat on the school board in 2020 she thought that if she won, she could help...
Texas’ Ban on Mask Mandates in Public Schools Back in Place After Federal Appeals...
A federal appellate court has temporarily restored Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting mask mandates in schools.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored...
Texas House Committee To Investigate School Districts’ Books On Race And Sexuality
A Republican state lawmaker has launched an investigation into Texas school districts over the type of books they have, particularly if they pertain to...
The Pandemic’s Toll on Educators has Made Texas’ Teacher Shortage Worse
Toward the end of the last school year, Tomas Garcia made the difficult but, in his mind, right decision to leave teaching after 15...
Texas Is One Step Closer to Funding Virtual Learning, but Could Leave Out Many...
After months in limbo during a new pandemic wave, Texas lawmakers passed a bill Monday afternoon that will expand and fund virtual learning, but...
Gov. Greg Abbott’s Order Banning Mask Mandates in Texas Schools Faces Lawsuit, Defiance by...
Resistance is growing to Gov. Greg Abbott's May executive order that Texas schools can’t require masks, with an advocacy group suing to block the...
