Will STAAR Be Canceled for the 2020-21 School Year?
The spring portion of the 2020 school year went online amid the pandemic, and classes became digital. Some worry that this created a learning...
Censorship Showdown: Texas School Board Elections Target Book Bans
Texas will be holding school board elections for 73 different independent school districts, and there are many candidates who have expressed ideas about banning...
Tradition Collides With Calls to Uproot Racism at Texas A&M
All colleges have their own traditions, but few adhere to them quite as strongly as Texas A&M. Amid the recent social justice movement regarding...
University of Houston Develops Air Filter That Kills Coronavirus Instantly
With case counts heading higher and higher and the economy faltering, most Texans are probably wishing there was a way to just kill COVID-19....
Texas Senate Considers Public School Finance, Past, Present, and Future
During the Senate Finance Committee’s first budget hearing for public education of the new legislative session Monday, committee members openly discussed the possibility of...
Opinion: Abbott Needs to Lead on Issue of Standardized Tests for Texas Schoolchildren
Ordinarily, when I write a column, I write to what my ego would hope to be thousands of readers. Today, however, I write to...
School Finance Bill in Tense Standoff at Capitol
The fates of Texas school funding and an unpopular voucher program are currently at a standstill in the Texas capital.
Currently, the Senate has House...
Texas Public Schools Will Get More Money If They Use Biblical Curriculum
Texas public schools could soon get a $60 per student bonus if the use a curriculum pushed by state Republicans that includes overt Biblical...
Abbott Spent A Year Fighting Against Public Education, Now He Blames Schools For Layoffs
The Texas government failed to increase public school funding despite a record $32 billion surplus last year, and now Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming...
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...
