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Just a few years into her teaching career, Cindy Reyes was considered one of the best in the Fort Worth school district. So it’s not surprising she got a…
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Many West Dallas middle schoolers and teachers headed to a new campus this school year — a high school. Edison Middle Learning Center closed over the…
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From Texas Standard . In efforts to avoid strict state sanctions, Houston ISD, San Antonio ISD and Waco ISD are all school districts that have recently...
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For school districts with chronically failing campuses, a recently passed law that allows them a reprieve from state sanctions was supposed to be a…
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For most kids in North Texas, today's the last day of school. This day has special meaning for the struggling schools KERA's education team has explored…
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The Fort Worth Independent School District took five of its struggling elementary campuses and turned them into leadership academies this school year.…
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The race to save failing schools doesn’t just happen in inner cities. Suburbs like Arlington face the same challenges.Two miles west of the Cowboys’…
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A few years back, the Dallas school district came up with an ambitious plan to save failing schools. Accelerating Campus Excellence, or ACE, pours money…
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Opened in 2011 to relieve crowding at other nearby schools, John T. White Elementary School in Northeast Fort Worth has always been on the state’s…
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Once on the state’s list of failing schools, Pinkston High School in West Dallas has managed to turn things around, meeting state education standards for…
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For five straight years, Thomas Edison Middle Learning Center has failed to meet the state’s minimum education standards.The West Dallas school named for…
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Mitchell Boulevard Elementary is one of five low-performing schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District that has been designated a “leadership…