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As they continue to deal with staffing shortages and student absences, some smaller Texas school districts are temporarily closing for at least a few days. Several are also taking advantage of the holiday weekend by staying closed through next week.

This is a reversal of the Texas Education Agency’s previous guidance, which didn’t explicitly require school districts to notify parents of a close contact with the virus.

Disability Rights Texas sued on behalf of 14 Texas schoolchildren, arguing the governor's executive order forces schools to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A school finance bill in 2019 boosted funding for districts, but the pandemic has since added layers of financial uncertainty.

The Texas Education Agency rolled out a new A through F accountability system Wednesday that measures the academic performance of school districts.The…

In exactly a week, Texas will give its school districts official grades for the first time, rating them on a scale from A through F, with state officials…

The Texas Education Agency released a preliminary plan for reforming special education Thursday.In the plan, the TEA addresses federal concerns about…

After a federal report blasted Texas for failing kids with disabilities, educators and public education advocates are pointing the finger directly at…

Nearly 94 percent of districts and around 88 percent of public schools in Texas have met minimum education standards in the final year before shifting to…

There’s a rating Texas schools do not want – improvement required. Under a new state law, schools that have received this rating at least two years in a…

For four decades most adults wanting to learn to English have turned to Texas public schools. That will change next summer, causing immediate confusion…

The Dallas school board will ask the Texas Education Agency to look into an incident last month at Dade Middle School. That’s when Superintendent Mike…