Bill Zeeble
Senior ReporterBill Zeeble has been a full-time reporter at KERA since 1992, covering everything from medicine to the Mavericks and education to environmental issues.
He’s won numerous awards over the years, with top honors from the Dallas Press Club, Texas Medical Association, the Dallas and Texas Bar Associations, the American Diabetes Association and a national health reporting grant from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Zeeble was born in Philadelphia, Pa. and grew up in the nearby suburb of Cherry Hill, NJ, where he became an accomplished timpanist and drummer. Heading to college near Chicago on a scholarship, he fell in love with public radio, working at the college classical/NPR station, and he has pursued public radio ever since.
His first real radio gig was with a classical station in Corpus Christi, where the new Texan was dubbed “Billy Ted”; he was also a manager at WNO-FM in New Orleans.
Several stories he covered on television for KERA 13 helped homeowners avoid losing their homes.
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Senate Bill 1262 would allow the Texas Education Agency to commission peace officers to help districts with security planning and aid in an emergency, when needed. It also requires districts still seeking a required armed officer to ask for a waiver annually. -
An Equality Texas study shows many LGBTQ+ students have considered leaving their schools — and the state entirely —since Senate Bill 17 went into effect last year. -
The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed a legal petition to depose several district officials, including its superintendent, to "ensure that the District is not violating Texas law by permitting biological males to participate in girls’ sports." -
A series of Senate bills would solidify and sometimes broaden parental rights in their children’s education. -
Citing low enrollment and a looming budget crisis, the decades-old Treetops School International in Euless announced it will cut its middle and high school grades after this school year. -
Dallas ISD absentee rates were double what they were during a comparable period last year. One community activist and mom says fears over immigration enforcement on campuses contributed to the spike. -
Bills before a Senate education committee would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in public K-12 schools and establish a procedure to file grievances against districts that violate the ban. These programs were established to address or end historical inequities based on race, gender, and sexual orientation.
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Average teacher pay in Texas is about $9,300 below the national average. A couple of bills before lawmakers would raise salaries for the first time in years. -
Carroll ISD last year sued the DOE over the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX that would’ve added gender identity to the definition of “sex” to protect against discrimination. In Wednesday's ruling, the judge reiterated the change “endangers students and has no basis in reality.” -
House Bill 3 mandated armed security in each of the state’s more than 8,000 schools, but many districts say it didn’t come with enough funding. -
Paxton’s letters to both districts are based on secretly recorded videos suggesting Dallas and Irving ISD officials may have violated a 2022 Texas law requiring public school students compete in athletic competitions based on their biological sex only. -
The district could be the latest in North Texas to close schools as it struggles with a $19 million deficit. Some families are already pushing to keep McCoy Elementary open in case it’s at risk.
