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Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District trustees recently approved controversial new policies on bathrooms, pronouns, sports, library books and more. Most touched on people who identify as LGBTQ. On Friday, students protested those policies they say target and attack the LGBTQ community.
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A law requires schools to display signs with "In God We Trust" on them if they are donated, but it doesn't mention a required language.
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Tens of thousands of teachers in Texas have left the profession in the last year. The UT College of Education is trying to prepare and retain teachers as they face a range of challenges from low pay to a lack of support in the classroom.
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Any school choice policy must win over rural Republicans, who have historically been against diverting public dollars to private schools.
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The report by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center says authorities missed other opportunities to stop the gunman before he killed 19 students and two teachers in Robb Elementary.
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Ninety percent of survey respondents said they were worried about a shooting happening at their school. Forty-two percent said that the most recent event in Uvalde made them question if they would return to school in the fall.
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Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.
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There has been a groundswell of conservative enthusiasm around school politics in the last few years. Progressives are hoping to have their own source of organization to counter that enthusiasm.
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Texas requires schools to have emergency plans and conduct safety drills. But a lot of decisions about safety are left to school districts and charter schools.
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For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests. But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a “not rated” label.
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Amid a statewide teacher shortage, the Fort Worth Independent School District is ramping up efforts to recruit teachers from Oklahoma and Louisiana.
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The pandemic is driving educators away from the profession, including key areas such as bilingual education.