Texas Districts Drown In Deficits Despite Historic Budget Surplus

Despite having a historic budget surplus, and 246 days in session — the longest legislative session in history — lawmakers only passed 10% of...

Controversy And Uncertainty Surround Texas’ Largest Teacher Prep Company

The fate of Texas Teachers of Tomorrow, the largest teacher preparation company in Texas, hangs in the balance as a Travis County judge throws...

A cloud of uncertainty lingers over the Houston Independent School District. Its list of...

Board of trustees in-fighting, failing schools and Texas Education Agency (TEA) investigations are plaguing the Houston ISD. Self-inflicted wounds seem to be dismantling its...

Booksellers Sue Texas Over HB 900

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday at an Austin federal court, two Texas bookstores and three national booksellers file a suit over House Bill 900,...

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...

Parents Face Hard Decisions About School for Their Kids

Summer is just halfway over, but already parents and teachers are thinking ahead to what the start of the school year will bring. There...

Gov. Greg Abbott signs $11.6 billion school finance measure into law

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law one of lawmakers' biggest achievements this year, a massive overhaul of Texas' long-beleaguered school finance system. Abbott put...

UT tuition increasing 2.6% at all campuses for 2020-21 year

University administrators at a Board of Regents meeting April 2 in Austin.  Emree Weaver / The Texas Tribune The University of Texas System...

Coronavirus Prompts Texas Universities to Extend Spring Break, Move Classes Online

Pat Neff Hall at Baylor University. Photo credit: Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune. More than a dozen Texas universities announced Wednesday and Thursday they would extend...

New PAC Looks To Pressure School Vouchers In 2024

Much of the fight over school vouchers in Texas is taking place off the legislative floor through pressure from political action committees. A new...
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