Texas Republicans Continue Their Assault on Public Schools in New Primary Props
Texas Republicans have made public schools one of their main battlegrounds for regressive politics in the state. Their latest list of propositions from the 2022...
Texas Senate Rushes to Advance School Finance Bill, Passes it Out of Committee
The Senate Education Committee held a hastily arranged hearing Wednesday morning to vote out comprehensive school finance reform legislation — accelerating the bill's journey...
Baptists Rebuke Abbott For Trying To Push Vouchers From The Pulpit
An attempt by Governor Greg Abbott to use Sunday worship services to push his school voucher program received a sharp rebuke from past and...
Arizona Shows The Voucher Money Shuffle In Action
The primary complaint against school vouchers is that they result in the funneling of money from public schools to private ones. A deep look...
Texas College Student Trying to Adopt Baby He Found in Trash
In 2017, 22 years old Jimmy Amisial went to Haiti to visit his family. On that trip, while he was walking, he heard a...
Texas School Districts Welcome New Funding, But Budget Gaps Persist
As Texas school districts prepare for the 2025–26 academic year, many are seeing a financial boost from...
Republican Lawmakers Unveil RFK-Branded Nutrition Bills
Republican state senators on Tuesday held a press conference on a package of nutrition bills that aim to “Make Texas Healthy Again,” imitating the...
Texas Republicans Plan Tax Cuts for Massive Surplus, Some Education Spending
Texas ended up with a $30 billion budget surplus this year. How that extra money will be spent will be a big topic when...
Book Banning By Conservatives Spreading Across Texas
As kids return to school, districts are having to deal with a flurry of book challenges to their libraries, mostly from conservatives.
In March, The Houston...
UT’s Student Newspaper Accused of Mistreating of People of Color
The quest for inclusion and attention to diversity that has swept the nation this summer has made its way to the University of Texas...
