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Newly elected and reelected school board trustees took their oaths last week across Tarrant County, finalizing outcomes from May elections that once again saw low voter turnout.
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Reynolds, a leader of the nonprofit R4 Foundation, stood at the lectern with a message for Fort Worth ISD trustees: Make the difficult decision. For the sake of the children, she said.
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Members of the House Education Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on a bill that would ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in Texas’ K-12 schools.
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During his full-throttle push to pass private school vouchers this legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly claimed that funding for public schools 'is at an all-time high.' A TPR fact-check found that to be misleading, based on an analysis of state data and expert interviews.
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House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how students’ performance compares to national averages.
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As the university removed mention of DEI programs from its website, TCU students reflected on the Black experience and the meaning of diversity.
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Texas Woman’s University, founded in 1901 by the state to advance women’s education, is now feeling pressured to downplay its women and gender studies program.
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Following the shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School last month, district trustees are considering opening locked or secured doors a more serious offense.
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Fort Worth ISD mother Maryela Contreras and her husband have seriously contemplated where they want their three children to attend school.
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Dallas ISD’s deficit of $187 million should be down to $128 million by the next fiscal year after the districts cut positions, services, and supplies. Now it waits for state lawmakers to increase state education funding after they passed a bill creating Education Savings Accounts, which will send public dollars to private schools.
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Senate Bill 11 would allow trustee boards of public school districts and governing bodies of charter schools to approve voluntary school prayer meetings and Bible readings. Opponents argue it violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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The district passed a $315 million bond to renovate or rebuild a slate of aging schools. Demographers projected the district would add nearly 2,000 students by 2028. And plans were already in motion to modernize campuses like Whitley Road and Parkview elementaries.
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The UT System regents voted unanimously to name Rutgers executive VP for Academic Affairs Prabhas Moghe to be UTD’s next president. Outgoing President Richard Benson said last August he’d return to a faculty role after the 2024-25 school year.