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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According to an analysis by IDRA, 18% of students who started 9th grade in 2020 left school without graduating last year — a record low attrition rate. -
North East ISD Superintendent Sean Maika is retiring in January 2026 after six years leading San Antonio's second largest school district. -
The Alamo Colleges District partnered with AVANCE-San Antonio to launch two new programs for student parents this fall. -
San Antonio’s cafécollege celebrated its 15th anniversary Friday with a quinceañera. -
Only one of the five San Antonio area school tax-rate elections passed on Nov. 4. TPR's Norma Martinez sat down with Education Reporter Camille Phillips to discuss what happens next. -
Five school districts in the San Antonio area asked voters for permission to boost the tax rate for operating expenses like salaries. Only one of them passed. -
North East ISD voters approved the district’s largest bond propositions, but declined to fund upkeep for the district’s stadiums and swimming pools. -
The Texas Education Agency returned Harlandale ISD to complete local control Tuesday after nearly six years under the oversight of a state-appointed conservator. -
The Texas Attorney General’s office sent Judson ISD a letter on Tuesday alleging that the district has engaged in electioneering. District officials say they haven’t. -
While the U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting funding for the food assistance program SNAP on November 1, funding for Texas school meals will continue, according to the state agriculture department.
