Fort Worth school leaders met privately in Austin with state officials a week after Texas took control of the 67,500-student district.

Dallas ISD’s superintendent told parents of Woodrow Wilson High School students that principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett, who was removed as the school’s leader following an incident with racial elements, will not return.

Coppell trustees voted not to close another elementary school. Now, the district struggles for other solutions to fill an $8.5 million deficit.

A takeover is an intervention by the Texas Education Agency commissioner who replaces an elected school board with a slate of appointed members.

Principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett said in a letter the decision to hold a meeting and the "subsequent discussion that transpired was not appropriate." An interim principal will serve in her place as the district investigates the matter.

Dallas ISD’s Citizen’s Bond Steering Committee has been meeting since March to plan its next bond election. It’s expected to top 2020’s $3.5 billion package, which remains the largest voter-approved school bond in Texas history.

The state's largest school district, Houston ISD, was taken over in 2023. It may offer a glimpse at Fort Worth's future.

Fort Worth’s local and state leaders said they want transparency and accountability as the state takes control of the school district.

Texas launched its second-largest public school intervention after years of struggling academics.

If a takeover occurs, the state will strip Fort Worth's nine locally elected trustees of their decision-making authority. Morath would appoint a board of managers.

A Waco judge this week made permanent a block on a state law that required book vendors to rate materials based on their sexual content and references.

Fifth grader Jesus Cruz squinted at an image of a spiral galaxy, his voice rising just enough to catch the visitor’s ear.