Texas Teen Named America’s Top Young Scientist
Anika Chebrolu, a freshman at Independence High School in Frisco, Texas is the winner of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
The 14-year-old has been interested...
Texas Teachers Bear The Burden Of Supplying Classrooms
Texas is the state where teachers spend most out of their own pockets to supply their classrooms. Meanwhile the Legislature remained reluctant to increase...
Texas Senate Advances ‘School Choice’ Bill; ‘Rural Texas Gets Screwed on This.’
This story has been updated.
The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 2 on Wednesday evening, moving forward with a proposal to use taxpayer dollars for...
Rep. Burrows Accuses Texas Schools Of “Threatening” Campus Closures To Influence Elections
State Rep. Dustin Burrows, suggested public schools are “threatening” to close campuses to influence Texan’s votes this election in a recent opinion piece.
In an...
Texas House approves 2020-21 budget plan, with extra $9 billion for school finance, property...
Texas House Appropriations Chairman John Zerwas, R-Richmond, talks with House Speaker Dennis Bonnen on March 27, 2019, as the House took up the budget...
Texas Schoolchildren to Return to Classroom in the Fall
Parents have been waiting and wondering how the 2020-21 school year will look in Texas. Will there be limits on class sizes? How will...
Criticism Swift and Harsh Following Approval of New Charter Schools in Texas
The Texas State Teachers Association and others say it is wrong to be creating new Texas charter schools that will take away state funding...
School’s Run Deficits While Texas Lege Fights
The bitter infighting in the Texas Legislature has schools across the state sweating huge deficits as they wait for lawmakers to push forward.
The state...
Texas has its First Black Male Teacher of the Year
Today is World Teachers’ Day, a day set aside to acknowledge and appreciate the role teachers play in providing quality education at all levels....
Texas school districts grapple with lunch debt
When a child in a public school needs a cafeteria lunch but doesn’t have funds to pay for it, the burden of lunch debt...
