Kristen Barton | Fort Worth Report
Kristen Barton is an education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. She has previous experience in education reporting for her hometown paper, the Longview News-Journal and her college paper, The Daily Toreador at Texas Tech University. To contact her, email kristen.barton@fortworthreport.org.
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House Bill 3 mandates armed guards on Texas campuses. Why some Fort Worth schools struggle to complyLawmakers entered the latest legislative session with demands to improve school safety after a shooting in Uvalde left 21 dead and 17 injured — the deadliest in the history of Texas. -
Fort Worth ISD librarians conducted inventory on books for two weeks and 120 books currently are under review to determine how they comply with House Bill 900 — a law that requires districts remove sexually explicit books from libraries and parental consent for some with sexual references. -
A patriotic gnome statue stands tall on a teacher’s desk at Fort Worth’s Key School and Training Center. Instead of students, teachers are seated at desks shouting adjectives that describe the gnome. Together, they will construct a descriptive paragraph. -
Low-income households can qualify for free or reduced-priced lunches in public schools thanks to a federal free and reduced lunch program. Applications are open in school districts across Tarrant County for those who wish to participate in the program. -
School board extends contract but keeps salary the same. -
The state is probably not coming to the district to take over the department, but it could be more heavily monitored. -
The superintendent says this is just phase 1. -
As the Como community in Fort Worth grapples with gun violence, parents are left trying to raise children in a city where gun violence among youth is on the rise. -
The small private school in Fort Worth is serving students with disabilities with individualized curriculum and small class sizes. -
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Fort Worth ISD is navigating declining enrollment, a financial deficit and a new superintendent – all while trying to ensure a good education for thousands of children.
