Education

A new shelter in South Dallas is opening after a surge in the number of Dallas ISD students experiencing homelessness. It was built to meet the varied needs of this vulnerable group.

The Dallas Independent School District says a "data security incident" has exposed the electronic records of students, alumni, parents and employees.

Cliff Croomes took over this summer as the 15th director of UT Austin's Longhorn Band. He returns to the program at a time of change and controversy.

When the University of Texas Police Department gets a mental health-related call, a trained counselor will be dispatched alongside plainclothes police officers to respond.

A group of students at Colleyville Heritage High School say they will continue to support their principal who’s been placed on administrative leave after a Critical Race Theory controversy.

Those districts include several border school districts including La Joya, Brownsville and Hidalgo ISDs — as well as districts in the state’s larger metropolitan areas that later joined the lawsuit, including Houston, Austin and Dallas.

Dallas ISD's board approved $18 million to get economically disadvantaged students free wired internet at home. The deadline for families to sign up is Aug. 31.

Conservative lawmakers denounce critical race theory and say it facilitates racism. Some teachers say it actually informs their efforts to counter racism in the curriculum and classroom, even though they don't teach it directly to students.

At the beginning of next month, more than 650 new state laws take effect. Leading up to Sept. 1, public radio reporters from across Texas are explaining some of the most high profile and consequential of those laws. Today: HB 3979, which targets teaching critical race theory in schools.

One North Texas school marked the return of in-person classes by getting students outside the classroom to learn more about science and technology.

UT-Arlington is the fourth of eight public emerging research universities in the state to earn this distinction, allowing the school to tap into an additional $6.2 million in funding.

Students, professors and staff at some universities in North Texas are going back to campus for in-person instruction for the first time since the start of the pandemic. COVID policies and protocols vary across the region.