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Pre-kindergarten classes for 3- and 4-year-olds will be free for all Dallas Independent School District students beginning next year. Up to now, pre-K has only been free to select students, including those in low-income families or with military parents.

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.

More than 48,000 Dallas ISD students will take the same field trips across the same grades. It's a move new to the district. STEM oriented nonprofit Lyda Hill Philanthropies’ $250,000 grant is making it possible.

Texas families have until midnight Tuesday to apply for newly created Texas Education Freedom Accounts, which use public funds to pay for private schooling.

A 2025 state law created new framework for school districts to offer virtual programs.

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.

Dallas school and city leaders say the historic $6.2 billion bond on the May 2 ballot would continue progress the district has been making after the passage of bond packages in 2015 and 2020.

School districts across North Texas are losing students and closing campuses. But others are building new ones to keep up with rapid growth.

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

Voters will see the largest school bond proposal in Texas history on the May 2 ballot. Trustees say it's needed to upgrade schools and enhance safety and security.

The court's order removes the final barrier to Texas leaders installing a board of managers and superintendent at FWISD.