public education

The Fort Worth ISD board of managers will consider backing the program change at their April 28 meeting.

The Texas comptroller’s office will conduct a lottery the week of April 27 to determine which additional families can receive education savings accounts.

Staff learned late Friday. Families were called to a meeting as Fort Worth ISD weighs closing a decades-old newcomer campus.

Federal tax filings show the Texas Public Policy Foundation gave $70,000 to a university led by one of the content advisers guiding the drafting of the new social studies curriculum.

The Fort Worth-area district recorded its smallest growth in a decade as families moved into a record number of homes last year.

Research questions long-term gains from Texas’ school interventions. However, some Fort Worth leaders point to Houston as proof they can work.

The application period, set to close Tuesday night, must now remain open until March 31, according to an attorney representing Islamic schools.

In order to qualify for up to $20,000 in additional funding for students with disabilities, Texas families seeking vouchers must obtain personalized evaluations from public school districts, which in many cases could be helping those families leave for private schools.

The board approved Mark Ramirez’s departure as the district state takeover as the district restructures programs and staffing.

The Modern Collaborative Studies program at Dunbar High School takes art students on repeat visits to the Fort Worth museum.

Administrators stress that Texas students already have broad religious rights as schools face a March 1 vote deadline.

Denton ISD plans to bring back its online programming after pulling the plug on its successful virtual academy in 2023 when two laws meant Texas schools wouldn’t get funding for online schooling.