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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Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales dropped all charges against a parent activist arrested Tuesday at an Edgewood Independent School District board meeting. -
East Central ISD is one of three San Antonio area school districts asking voters for permission to increase their tax rate this November in order to access additional revenue. -
The Edgewood ISD Police Department arrested a parent activist and charged her with three misdemeanors after escorting her out of the district’s school board meeting Tuesday evening. -
Both the Judson and the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City school boards voted Monday to add Voter-Approval Tax Rate Elections to the November ballot. -
OLLU started the fall semester on Monday with 19 fewer degree programs than it had in the spring. Students in one of the cut programs say the university isn’t meeting its obligations to them. -
Most San Antonio area school districts dropped a letter grade under the new ratings criteria adopted in 2023. They have stayed about the same since, according to newly released ratings for 2024 and 2025. -
A new state law bans students from using cell phones, tablets, and smartwatches during school hours. Most San Antonio districts plan to allow phones on campus — if they’re out of sight. -
Some San Antonio students may spend more time in alternative school — or even expelled — during the upcoming school year. -
Judson ISD trustees have reinstated three previously approved budget cuts, undoing roughly $133,000 out of $5 million in savings. -
Education Reporter Camille Phillips wanted to know if a ban on hemp sales to minors could cut down on the number of Texas students punished for vaping. Here's what she found out.
