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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Students and faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Alamo Colleges, and the University of the Incarnate Word were unable to log in to the learning platform Canvas Thursday, grounding education activity to a halt during final exams and end-of-term projects. -
Recommendations, including possible school closures, for Northside ISD’s ‘optimization’ process is slated for late November, with final approval in January 2027. -
The policy change comes after the Texas Education Agency recommended the appointment of a conservator over the district's noncompliance with the law. -
The Judson ISD board of trustees voted to finalize the termination of Superintendent Milton Fields Tuesday night in a 4-3 split vote. -
School board races headline the ballot, alongside bond measures and municipal contests. -
Judson ISD will have 536 fewer employees next year. However, district officials say the cuts will only affect about 77 real people. School closures, vacancies, and attrition will make up the rest. -
The Texas Education Agency is recommending a conservator oversee North East ISD after investigating the district’s cell phone ban policy. -
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. -
Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes in recent months, from canceling gender studies programs to directing faculty to sign a pledge not to indoctrinate students.
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The Comal County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday the gun used in Monday’s school shooting in Bulverde was a revolver the 15-year-old shooter brought from home.
