During Wednesday’s Texas Senate Education Committee meeting, lawmakers hinted at possibly strengthening a law designed to give parents more control over library materials.

Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede spent years on the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. She left the role for a job at Rice — but still knew who this year’s winner was.

The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools.

The SAISD Foundation has opened a free supply store for San Antonio ISD teachers, offering classroom materials at no cost and aiming to serve 3,000 educators during its first year.

SAISD is asking voters to approve a $600 million bond package without identifying which schools would receive most of the money. District officials say the flexible approach will let them respond to changing enrollment, facility conditions and other needs over time.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the district last year after it delayed displaying the posters, which is required by state law. Galveston ISD school board members decided to delay the displays while the law faced legal challenges.

Roughly 30% of voucher recipients previously attended public schools. When those students leave their districts for private or home school options they take with them thousands in state funding.

UT San Antonio is starting its second year as a merged institution and President Taylor Eighmy says the students have found added value.

For nearly 20 years, Barbers Hill ISD Superintendent Greg Poole pursued an unconventional strategy to grow the district’s finances. Lawmakers are now questioning the foundation’s aggressive investments, unusual structure, and potential conflicts of interest.

Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.