Students face felony charges, expulsions as Texas schools ramp up fight against vaping
Thomas Williams-Platt, 18, in the backyard of his aunt’s home in Georgetown on Nov. 22, 2019. Last December the then 17-year-old was arrested for...
University of Texas Students Address Sexual Misconduct Disclosure
As colleges and universities across the state prepare to implement a new law regarding sexual misconduct reporting, students at The University of Texas at Austin are pushing to enforce tougher policies against faculty violators.
Dallas Independent School District tests out participatory budgeting
New water fountains and water bottle refill stations at a Dallas high school is hardly headline news, but these amenities represent a major step...
Texas school districts grapple with lunch debt
When a child in a public school needs a cafeteria lunch but doesn’t have funds to pay for it, the burden of lunch debt...
Austin ISD closures: Four schools will shutter in 2020
Austin ISD closures, four schools will shutter in the 2020-21 school year.
The Austin ISD board decided to close Sims Elementary, Metz Elementary, Pease...
Texas special education reform still an uphill battle
As her daughter prepared to begin her freshman year of high school in Conroe ISD this year, Courtney Sandifer welcomed the news out of...
South San ISD is a mess that the state needs to fix
South San Antonio ISD is in turmoil. The district’s students are protesting for mental health services.
The superintendent resigned weeks into the school year....
Carroll ISD administrators talk school funding
Carroll ISD didn't benefit as much as some districts from the Texas Legislature’s overhaul of the school finance system.
The changes to school funding...
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...
Texas teacher pension law lifts service fee cap
The subject of Texas teachers’ retirement systems remains contentious, in part because the state’s teachers have one of the lowest pensions in the country....
