Camille Phillips
Education Reportercamille@tpr.org
Instagram: camille.m.phillips
Camille Phillips has covered education for Texas Public Radio since 2017. She is also the host of The Enduring Gap, a limited series podcast exploring the Latino college gap in San Antonio, what can be done to close it, and what the rest of the country can learn from it.
In her time at TPR, Camille has focused on students, including the ways calls to ban books effects LGBTQ students, and a push from student advocates to end school policing.
She has also covered the growth of charter schools, the impact and causes of the teacher shortage, and the extra strain remote learning put on parents of students with disabilities.
Her work also regularly airs nationally on NPR, including her coverage of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, a change in state curriculum acknowledging slavery as a cause of the Civil War, and a course at St. Mary’s University encouraging students to embrace their Spanglish.
In 2023, her work was recognized with a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media, the Eddie Prize from the Education Writers Association, and two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. Before coming to TPR, Camille worked for St. Louis Public Radio, where she was part of the news team that won a national Edward R. Murrow and a Peabody Award for One Year in Ferguson, a multi-media reporting project.
She has an undergraduate degree from Truman State University and a master’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Camille can be reached at Signal, WhatsApp, or via email at camille@tpr.org for news tips and story ideas. She’s on Instagram @camille.m.phillips.
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Grupos defensores de los derechos civiles afirman que un cambio en el código de vestimenta del distrito escolar independiente de Judson, que exige que el cabello esté "pulcro y limpio", podría exponer a estudiantes afroamericanos a medidas disciplinarias discriminatorias. -
Advocacy groups say a change to Judson ISD’s dress code requiring hair to be “neat and clean” could expose Black students to discriminatory discipline.
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San Antonio’s largest school districts continue to struggle with the financial effects of declining enrollment. -
Two SAISD trustees voted against the district’s newly named lone finalist for superintendent. Adrian Bustillos was previously sanctioned by TEA for his alleged role in a cheating scheme at El Paso ISD. -
Robert Garcia defeated Carolyn DeLecour in the Alamo Colleges District 9 runoff election Saturday -
The Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City school district near San Antonio is replacing all of its librarians with paraprofessionals. -
San Antonio’s Our Lady of the Lake University says they’ve received approval to offer streamlined bachelor’s degrees that can be earned in six semesters. -
Early voting for the Alamo Colleges District 9 runoff runs June 1 – 9. June 13 is Election Day. -
The North East ISD board of trustees named Anthony Jarrett the lone finalist for superintendent Monday evening. -
The community task force charged with recommending a bond package for the San Antonio Independent School District is having to adjust to new expectations following a lower property value estimate released in April.
