The Texas Education Agency is recommending a conservator oversee North East ISD after investigating the district’s cell phone ban policy.
-
Kids can learn to fish, win prizes and celebrate their catch at Brackenridge Park, with no fishing license required.
-
The new Texas Senate Bill 546 requires three-point seat belts on school buses by September 2029. But in less than two months, every Texas school board must report - to the Texas Education Agency - costs needed to comply with the law. For some districts, it could be in the millions.
-
Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes to course teachings and offerings in recent months, in a bid to appease concerns from Republican lawmakers that they’re indoctrinating students with what they consider to be liberal ideas.
-
The process of rewriting the curriculum has been contentious, with some raising concerns about what it emphasizes. People who have been involved in the process say the changes are part of a conservative agenda and worry teachers will struggle to cover all the content.
-
Office of the Ombudsman has no written policies on how to investigate allegations that education laws are being broken, even though it’s been accepting complaints for three months.
-
Experts say the Mexican American and Latina/o Studies department at UT Austin is a beacon in the field. They argue the elimination of the department will hurt the academic discipline and the reputation of the university.
-
"Censorship at Texas A&M" is a film that follows prominent writers and activists as they bring attention to the crackdown of race and gender studies at Texas universities.
-
After decades holding separate elections, Southwest ISD agreed to join the general countywide ballot in May. The change comes after San Antonio City Council voted to move its elections to November.
-
‘Turnaround’ charter network Third Future will operate four schools in San Antonio next fall, three in SAISD and one in Edgewood.
-
SAISD trustees voted Monday night to consolidate Rhodes Middle School into Tafolla Middle School and turn operation of Tafolla, Ogden Elementary, and Hirsch Elementary over to Third Future Schools.