COVID-19 has Teachers, Others Contemplate Writing Wills
The pandemic may have many people thinking about mortality — especially essential workers such as teachers. One way of coping with COVID-19-related anxieties is...
Did Your Child Fall Behind in School? Texas is Offering a Free Test
As the school year comes to an end, the Texas Education Agency is providing parents the option of testing their children’s academic skills for...
Texas STAAR Test Makes A Comeback
Ever since the pandemic started, schools were shut down and forced to say “sayonara” to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test....
20% Of Texas Students Are Chronically Absent, Threatening State Funding
A new study has found that one in five Texas students regularly miss school, exacerbating the state's school funding problem and increasing the risk...
Does Texas Law Require The Ouster Of Houston ISD’s School Board? It’s More Complicated...
Published March 8, 2023
As concerns grow about the Texas Education Agency ousting the Houston Independent School District’s elected board, a question with major practical...
Teachers Rally for Public Education at the Capitol
Pictured: Attendees of the AFT Rally for Public Education
AUSTIN, TX - On the first day of Spring Break for public schools in Texas, several...
Texas Librarians Increasingly Targeted by Police Investigations Over Book Challenges
As the far-right culture war against books and students heats up, librarians are increasingly finding themselves targeted by state authorities over books conservatives find...
Texas Lawmakers Spark Debate With Tough Vaping Penalties In Schools
If you are caught vaping on school grounds in Texas you will be removed from class and sent to a disciplinary alternative school, according...
What Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Rule Change May Mean for Texas Education
Prior to the November election, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made waves when he suggested if Republicans were to lose their supermajority in the State...
Border Patrol Chief Refutes Rumors of School Bus Raids
A Texas superintendent on Wednesday warned that border patrol agents could be boarding school buses to check immigration paperwork but later rescinded the announcement....
