Rural Texas Districts Struggling To Attract Teachers Switch To Four-Day School Weeks
The Mineral Wells Independent School District is struggling to maintain their educators. Over a 10-day period at the end of Abril they lost six...
Proponents Of School Vouchers Ramp Up For The Looming Legislative Session
As the upcoming legislative session looms, some Republicans believe that this will be the one where Texas finally passes a school choice program, a...
Texas Librarians Increasingly Targeted by Police Investigations Over Book Challenges
As the far-right culture war against books and students heats up, librarians are increasingly finding themselves targeted by state authorities over books conservatives find...
Student Loan Restart Starter Pack
Student loan installments are due to restart since the COVID-19 pandemic led to a three-year pause.
The long standing pause began in March 2020 under...
New Texas School Ratings Could Be Used in Voucher Push
A new method of evaluating public Texas schools has met with intense resistance from the schools themselves. Once concern is that the scores might...
Federal Judge Questions Texas’ Bill To Remove Books With Sexual Content From Libraries
The law requiring book sellers to categorize and recall sexually explicit content in school libraries faced questioning from federal judges at a Wednesday hearing.
HB...
In-Depth: Special Education in the House Education Budget
AUSTIN, TX – The House Appropriations Subcommittee (S/C) on Article III held a meeting Wednesday, February 20th to listen to testimony on House Budget recommendations...
Kids can't count on recess in Texas
Why does Greg Abbott hate recess? We’re not really sure. Hiding behind claims that oversight and bureaucracy hurt the Texas Education Agency and school...
Texas Parents Struggle With Childcare During the Holidays
The public school system is by far the primary form of childcare for working Texas parents. On top of that, many Texas kids are...
Does Texas Need Virtual School Vouchers?
Virtual classrooms existed before the coronavirus outbreak, but could expanding them be on the horizon for Texas’ over 5 million students?
Could local leaders find...