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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UT San Antonio officials say merging race and gender studies with another department is a routine step to save money. Students and faculty believe it’s a response to political pressure. -
San Antonio ISD Superintendent Jaime Aquino announced on Friday that he plans to retire in January 2027. -
Local college presidents gathered downtown on Wednesday to announce their joint commitment to boosting the number of college graduates living in San Antonio. -
First-term State Rep. Marc LaHood has prevailed in the high-dollar Republican Primary to represent House District 121, which stretches from Alamo Heights north to Bulverde. -
State. Rep. Liz Campos cherry-picked 5-year-old Facebook posts from her Democratic Primary opponent Ryan Ayala to make it seem like he used his campaign page to oppose public school funding this year. -
The Judson school board voted Tuesday to close Ed Franz Leadership Academy, Park Village Blending Learning Academy, and Rolling Meadows Elementary at the end of the current school year. -
Retired superintendent Robert Jaklich will be the third interim superintendent to lead the district since Milton Fields was first placed on leave on Jan. 10. -
Judson ISD trustees voted 6-0 Monday to follow the recommendation of administration and permanently close Judson Middle School. -
The Judson school board voted Saturday to hire law firms to conduct investigations into two of their own. -
A board agenda for Judson ISD lists the names of seven schools for possible closure. Trustees plan to choose four from the list.
