School Districts Pretty Much Left to Their Own Devices on COVID-19 for 2020-2021
If you were imagining your child wearing a mask or gloves while in school this coming year, you may be surprised to learn that...
Teacher Groups Demand Answers on School Reopening
A day before the Texas Education Agency is scheduled to release further guidance about the coming school year, the American Federation of Teachers and...
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...
13 University of Texas Football Players Test Positive for Coronavirus
Just four days after University of Texas at Austin began voluntary summer workouts for the football team, school officials confirmed 13 athletes have tested...
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...
Texas A&M System Approves $100 Million Scholarship Fund to Address “Diversity Issues”
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents unanimously approved the creation of a $100 million scholarship fund Monday to help the system's 11...
Children Still Need Regular Checkups and Vaccinations
Children whose birthdays were this past spring may have had a delay in scheduling check-ups with their pediatricians because of the pandemic, but vaccinations...
Will STAAR Be Canceled for the 2020-21 School Year?
The spring portion of the 2020 school year went online amid the pandemic, and classes became digital. Some worry that this created a learning...
Texas’ Largest School District Seeks Input on 11-Month Calendar
The Houston Independent School District has drafted an 11-month calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. The proposed changes, which are allowed by the Texas...
Masks Mandatory at UT This Fall
Updated June 10, 2020:
Texas A and M University announced Tuesday it would also be requiring everyone on campus to wear face masks.
The University...
