Texas Public Schools

In 2007, the El Paso Independent School District accused Laura and Michael McIntyre of failing to teach their nine children reading, writing and math.…

The state’s agriculture commissioner, Sid Miller, is celebrating his first six months in office by listing off a number of aggressive and somewhat…

The head of public education for the Texas House has a plan for changing the state’s school finance system and boosting per pupil spend at most schools.…

AUSTIN — An ambitious House proposal to fix the much-criticized way Texas pays for its public schools seeks to pour $3 billion extra into classrooms and…

DALLAS — Texas has improved its state support for public education but still lags behind most of the nation, according to an annual report issued…

HOUSTON — Michelle Davis opened the trunk of her black Mercury Mountaineer, placing inside plastic bags full of jeans, a blue-and-white striped Polo and…

Teachers on Spring Break are using their week of vacation to detail a legislative agenda at the State Capitol. Hundreds of members of the two largest…

Nationwide, while 70% of foster youth say they want to go to college only 3% ever graduate from a post-secondary school. Last year, of the 1,300 kids that…

The Texas Freedom Network-released study shows the content in some of social studies textbook submitted to the Texas State Board of Education is deeply…

Texas Matters: Groups and politicians from across the state are all having their say in yesterday's ruling in the Texas school finance case. We hear from…