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Hebron High School chemistry teacher Rachmad Tjachyadi has resigned, saying the negativity from outside Lewisville ISD took a toll. A review by the district found Tjachyadi didn’t violate any policies when he wore a dress to the school’s Spirit Day.
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Democratic candidates for federal, state and local office discussed top issues and pitched themselves as the best nominee to vie for key offices during the November general election.
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A teacher at a public school near Houston has a secret classroom bookshelf largely made up of challenged titles. Many of the books deal with race, sex and gender.
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The LaPoynor school district frequently flies a Christian flag, but may not be running afoul of the Constitution because it says students are choosing to raise it.
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The funding crunch for Texas schools happened even as residents in Denton paid more in property taxes, which doesn’t automatically come back to Denton ISD campuses.
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Plaintiffs claimed that the 2023 law, which required book vendors to rate the explicitness of sexual references in materials sold to schools, was unconstitutionally broad.
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Senate Bill 5 would send an extra $800 million to public schools for security upgrades over the next two years. But the measure is at risk of becoming the latest casualty of the rift between the Texas House and Senate.
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Some Texas public school teachers say they have to do side jobs in order to be able to live.
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The Keller school board unanimously picked its own Chief Human Resources Officer, Tracy Johnson, to be the district's next superintendent. Johnson has 22 years in education as an elementary teacher and administrator across several north Texas districts.
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PEN America has tracked a nationwide growth of laws and bills that — since 2021 — have impinged on educational free speech rights. The organization says 2023 saw 22 state legislatures approve more than 100 bills it calls “educational gag orders.
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The district revealed its latest deficit numbers for the 2024-25 school year during a meeting this week.
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A version of the bill that would send public money to private schools passed through a Senate committee on Thursday. Gov. Greg Abbott made such legislation one of his top priorities in this fourth special legislative session.