Education

The San Antonio Independent School District has released a draft Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of district land for the new Missions ballpark.

What do kids today say they want to be when they grow up? One top dream job is “influencer.” Due to the rise of social media, becoming a star of the small screen is now a top career. And UTSA is launching a new degree program to teach how to be an effective digital influencer.What’s behind this innovative program?

Today on Texas Matters. How Texas public school curriculum could be teaching Christianity. In Texas It will be harder to vote in this presidential election than it was four years ago. And how Arkansans are fighting to put abortion on their ballot.

How secret is the ballot in Texas? A voter fraud conspiracy advocate says she's cracked the code of the Texas secret ballot. And as the school year starts, will an uncertified teacher be assigned to your child's classroom? A new study shows it could mean a four-month loss of academic progress.

The North East ISD board of trustees voted Monday against creating a policy that would allow chaplains to be used as mental health volunteers across the district.

Many Texas families have been fighting for school funding equity for 50 years. But wide disparities in funding still exist. Texas Public Radio's education reporter, Camille Phillips, explains the problem and why it's been difficult to solve.

Seventeen students and 10 teachers under the CAST Schools network in San Antonio visited Mexico City last month as part of a diplomacy program that aims to strengthen the cultural and diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico. Some of those students joined Fronteras to talk about their experiences.

System failures caused cold temperatures in classrooms across the district. SAISD closed 30 campuses as of Wednesday morning because of the ongoing issues.

José Martínez Hinestroza received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how bilingual students in bilingual classrooms learn math. He discusses how elementary students have used their language to learn mathematical concepts and what he hopes future teachers take from his research.

The Mexican American barrio of San Felipe in Del Rio, Texas took steps to educate their children in their own way. Jesús Esparza is the author of "Raza Schools," a forthcoming book that explores the rise and fall of San Felipe ISD.