Homeschooled Kids Could Get a Lot of Voucher Funding. Here’s Why.
One of the most bruising and polarizing fights in the Texas Legislature this session was waged over...
Faculty group urges Abbott to require universities to publicly report COVID-19 cases
The Texas Faculty Association is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to use his emergency powers to order Texas colleges and universities to publicly report the...
Tarrant County Schools’ In-Person Reopening Delayed
Health authorities for Tarrant County, Arlington and Burleson announced Tuesday that area public and nonreligious private schools will start the school year online and...
Texas Universities Grapple With Visa Revocations For International Students
A growing number of international students across the United States are facing the revocation of their student...
Tiny Texas Town First in State to Resume In-Person Classes
“We’ve been the only monkey in the zoo so far,” said Edna ISD superintendent Robert O'Connor.
Edna is a small town in Jackson County between...
State Educators Propose Using “Involuntary Relocation” To Describe Slavery
A group of Texas educators proposed referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” during second-grade social studies instruction — before the State Board of Education...
Abbott Requests Help for Texas Private Schools, Not Public Schools
The plight of funding for Texas schools in the Age of COVID is a well-understood phenomenon, but Governor Greg Abbott seems to be picking...
State Lawmakers Call for More COVID-19 Funds for Texas Schools
Sixty-four members of the Texas House of Representatives have signed a letter calling on Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath to increase the state’s COVID-19...
In-School After-School Options Still a Work in Progress
So many parents have relied on after-school programs to cover the window of time between school ending and the workday ending. With school resuming...
Will Texas Cut Funding to Public Schools Because of Low Attendance During the Pandemic?
In the fall semester of 2020 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) made a decision to help public schools by providing funding for them at...
