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In her state of the district address, Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said the district is strong, thanks to its employees. That’s even though the state recently lowered the district’s grade from a B to a C.
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University of Texas at Arlington plans to make huge strides in research, faculty recruitment, enrollment goals and additional campus housing amenities over the next five to 10 years.
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More than $4.5 billion in school bond proposals from North Texas districts were on the May 3 ballot. Nearly half came from Celina ISD alone.
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The vast majority of Advanced Placement exams this May will be digital. The exams in English, history, social sciences and other subjects will move to the digital testing application, Bluebook, the same software used for the SAT.
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Simmons is a literacy specialist. Not for a school district. Instead, he works for the city of Fort Worth assisting with the municipal government’s after-school and summer reading programs. City officials see the programs, plus new dyslexia screenings, as their way of tackling Fort Worth’s literacy crisis head on.
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At least nineteen international students at UTD whose visas were revoked have had their status restored, the school said this week. They were among hundreds of Texas students to suddenly lose their status under a federal crackdown.
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More than $4.5 billion in school bond proposals across several North Texas districts are on the ballot May 3. The biggest, from Celina ISD, exceeds $2 billion.
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The Trump administration reversed course on all Tarrant County international students whose visas were revoked in early April.
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The White House is expected to unveil a budget proposal that will, reportedly, aim to eliminate Head Start. The federally-funded program is designed to promote school readiness among young children from low-income families and serves more than 65,000 kids across Texas.
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Dr. Nolan Estes led the district from 1968 to 1978. During that time, He successfully desegregated the school system and established a network of magnet schools, charter schools and early childhood centers.
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Hundreds of students and recent graduates in Texas have had their legal status changed by the U.S Department of State over the last few weeks.
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Fort Worth ISD believes it isn’t at risk of a state takeover, district officials told the Fort Worth Report after the April 24 release of new Texas Education Agency ratings.
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With the Texas Education Agency’s release of 2023 A-F grades, most area districts fell one grade. Fort Worth and DeSoto dropped two, from a B to a D.
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Fourth-grade teacher Danyelle Liggins noticed a pattern as she scrubbed through previous Fort Worth ISD school board meeting footage.