Jackie Lay
President Trump has put diversity, equity, and inclusion in his crosshairs — but there's no consensus on what DEI even means. Some say that that fuzziness is the point, and that the current anti-DEI push is part of a larger plan to undo the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement.
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Pflugerville ISD students Kyra Newton and Farah Sabah have testified before school board members and state lawmakers. Now, they want to help fellow teenagers understand how to weigh in on local and state policies that affect them. -
The Texas House Public Education Committee was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to take up two high priority bills which would address school funding and the creation of a school voucher plan. But the meeting was canceled late Monday night. -
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. -
Nine school districts located at least partly in Bexar County have competitive school board races. East Central ISD and Floresville ISD (conducted jointly with Wilson County) have bond elections, as does the Alamo Colleges District.
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April is National Poetry Month, and the city offers residents dozens of events to inspire their poetic creativity. -
NPR has spent the past few weeks catching up with student loan experts and asking the Trump administration for clarity on some of borrowers' biggest questions. -
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff. -
The University of North Texas System is one of the latest institutions in the state to pause all drag performances on its campuses. -
The Texas voucher bills don't require voucher recipients to take the state standardized tests, making it difficult to measure how much they're learning compared to students in public schools. -
The annual on-campus drag show at Texas A&M University welcomed hundreds Thursday night — despite efforts to ban such performances by school officials.
