Easy Ways to Keep Your Kids Learning This Summer
In addition to the usual subjects, Texas students also took a crash course in distance learning this spring. Some parents are already concerned about...
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...
UT Police Will Be Backup, Not Enforcers, of COVID-19 Rules
As students and university employees prepare for an academic year like no other, the University of Texas at Austin has announced that enforcement of...
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...
Texas School Districts Struggle to Hire Substitute Teachers
Across the country substitute teachers are in demand. The lack of substitute teachers that Texas school districts are experiencing, a problem that occurred last...
Texas House Votes to Ban Transgender Girls From Sports
Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports after...
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...
Corporate Economic Incentives with School Districts Expire This Year, What Will Replace It?
In 2001 the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Economic Development Act which included Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code.
According to the Texas Comptroller’s...
A Social Security Penalty Is Affecting Retired Teachers In Texas. A Bipartisan Reform Could...
Windfall Elimination Provision is a Social Security rule that has affected public workers even though many people don't even know it exists. The Houston...
Dennis Bonnen, Former School Voucher Opponent, Sells Out to Goldwater Institute
Dennis Bonnen, former Speaker of the Texas House and fierce opponent of the far-right push for school vouchers, has joined the Goldwater Institute, sources...