School Districts Hire More Mental Health Pros at the Right Time
One in six American children ages 6-17 experiences a mental health disorder each year, according to the National Association on Mental Illness. While mental...
In-School After-School Options Still a Work in Progress
So many parents have relied on after-school programs to cover the window of time between school ending and the workday ending. With school resuming...
ACLU of Texas Asks Hundreds of School Districts to End Discriminatory Rules
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is demanding that hundreds of Texas school districts throughout Texas end “unconstitutional and discriminatory” dress and grooming...
USDA Extends Free Lunch Program for Kids As Texas Extends Emergency SNAP Benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the free meals for children program through the end of the year or until funding runs out.
Agriculture...
College Students Aim to Fight Spread of COVID-19 on Texas Campuses
College students throughout Texas are ramping up efforts to keep COVID-19 at bay.
Students just returned and already there are positive cases being reported.
In an...
State Sets Deadlines for School Districts to Submit COVID-19 Case Counts
The Texas Education Agency has set a Sept. 8 deadline for Texas school districts to submit their initial reports on positive COVID-19 cases in...
A Texas Teacher Who Posted Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Posters in Her Virtual...
Unable to meet with her students in person because of the pandemic, Taylor Lifka, an advanced English teacher at Roma High School, set out...
For Texas Students, What’s Gym Class Like Without the Gym?
While a five-year-old could trace over numbers or letters on a worksheet and hold up their work to present it to their virtual class...
Texas Parents Opting for At-Home Learning Over the Classroom
Virtual learning has begun for some school districts in Texas, so RA News asked readers in a poll about whether they were sending their...
UT Students, Teachers Want Changes to In-person Classes
In the week leading up to classes resuming at the University of Texas at Austin, students and teachers have been pleading for the University...
