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....
HISD board takeover: What does it mean parents?
Last week, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath made it official that there will be an HISD board takeover. The question is: what happens now?...
Austin school closures may drop from 12 to four
Austin school closures dropping from 12 to four. The Austin ISD board of trustees is considering a plan to close Pease, Brooke, Metz, and...
Rising rents are squeezing Texas teachers
For teachers in Texas, summer break isn’t all it’s hyped up to be. Many educators are forced to take on second jobs to make...
Five things we learned from the School Finance Panel
This year’s TribFest, the Texas Tribune’s yearly festival in Austin, featured plenty of political content for wonks to parse. For those that couldn’t attend...
