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Mike Miles, state-appointed superintendent of Houston ISD, is at the center of the investigation.
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Argyle ISD in North Texas extended Superintendent Courtney Carpenter's contract through 2029. Carpenter joined the district in 2023 and previously worked at Carroll ISD.
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Sherman ISD superintendent Tyson Bennett was suspended amid a third-party investigation into the now-reversed policy preventing transgender students from acting in certain roles.
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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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Scholastic created a separate fair category for diverse books, which it says is to help schools navigate the complexities of book bans. Librarians accused the company of caving to censorship.
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday the latest special session will focus on school vouchers and the creation of a state deportation force, two highly controversial issues that have failed in previous special and regular sessions.
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The state’s teachers’ union said in a statement it would stand by the state’s public school teachers who “teach the truth.”
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The governor promised political consequences if lawmakers cannot pass legislation allowing for publicly subsidized school vouchers before March primaries.
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A federal judge in Austin temporarily blocked a new state law restricting which books are available in school libraries. The state then appealed. But whether or not the law is upheld, efforts to censor what students can read have intensified in Texas.
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The delay comes as the agency faces a legal challenge to the way it's evaluating school districts.
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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.
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Camille Rodriguez plans to keep the Fort Worth school board focused on improving student achievement.