Mike Morath

Disability Rights Texas sued on behalf of 14 Texas schoolchildren, arguing the governor's executive order forces schools to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Enrollment has fallen as schools and families grapple with pandemic closures and health concerns. Next semester, the declines could start hitting district budgets.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath says despite recent improvements in public education, it's not enough. At the Dallas Regional Chamber lunch…

Just as school is kicking off across the state, school districts and individual campuses in Texas got their report cards Thursday. Education leaders…

Two teacher associations sued Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath and the Texas Education Agency on Wednesday, arguing they rolled out a law…

In exactly a week, Texas will give its school districts official grades for the first time, rating them on a scale from A through F, with state officials…

More than 100,000 Texas students were affected by computer glitches on standardized tests this year, tens of thousands more than previously estimated,…

Poverty may be playing a bigger role than ever in education. That’s according to education leaders and thinkers who gathered in Dallas on Monday for an…

Very few school districts in Texas tie teacher compensation to performance evaluations. But in Dallas, whose merit pay system is in its third year,…

Jennifer Fuller, an Arlington high school English teacher, won a national education honor worth $25,000 Wednesday.The Milken Educator Award came as a…

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in Dallas this week to talk about how the state’s schools are doing -- and the impact Hurricane Harvey has…

In a bittersweet victory for educators seeking edits to the state's proposed A-F system for grading Texas public schools and districts, the House Public…