Education

A Keller ISD mom claims that state Rep. Nate Schatzline shared her home address in a tweet, putting her family at risk.

The controversy comes after activists led the school to change the title of a building named after eugenicist E. E. Davis.

As the Texas GOP is pushing for school vouchers, Democrats are demanding greater investment in the state’s public schools and teachers.

Buckle your seat belts: The anti-DEI crusade in Texas is starting to gain traction.

Mesquite ISD joins the growing list of Texas school districts considering moving to a four-day school week.

Librarians are apparently next up on Texas conservatives’ chopping block.

Gov. Greg Abbott is leading the charge to rid Texas of DEI policies, but Black and Mexican American state lawmakers are calling on him to reverse course.

When the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) changed how it will approach the topic of school vouchers for the current legislative session, it took many by surprise. One of the more surprised people was board member Aicha Davis, a Democrat who represents District 13, which includes parts of both…

Southlake’s Carroll Independent School District and several others in North Texas are the subjects of ongoing civil rights investigations by the U.S. Department of Education. Currently, there are eight open investigations of Carroll ISD.

Texas teachers could see a sizable spike in salary and receive paid parental leave if certain state lawmakers have their way.

Alex Stein, a local controversial comedian, has announced that he’s running for Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees Place 7.

State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, a Houston Democrat, announced  on Wednesday morning a new bill, House Bill 51, that aims to abolish Confederate Heroes Day as an official Texas state holiday. The occasion, established in 1973, falls annually on Jan. 19, which is also Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a state holiday…

With the 88th Legislative session set to begin in less than a week, one North Texas state representative continues to fill the docket with some rather eye-catching filings. Frisco Republican Jared Patterson, who has already filed bills to abolish the city of Austin and ban minors from social media usage,…

With each year, the news in Dallas seems to introduce as many questions as it does answers. Bills filed in the Texas legislature, elections, proposed ordinances, all-day city council committee hearings and things of that nature are all certainly notable in their own way, but for the most part, we…

In November the University of Texas System Board of Regents adopted a version of the Chicago Statement, calling it a formal commitment to freedom of speech on its campuses. Released by the University of Chicago in 2015, the Chicago Statement, formally known as the Report on the Committee on Freedom of…

The Supreme Court may not get around to ruling on President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan until later next year. That’s why his administration is extending the pause on student loan repayments for seemingly the last time.

A lawsuit filed in Texas seeks to halt President Joe Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan because there was no public input before its approval.

Texas leads the country when it comes to banning books in schools, according to a new report published by a free speech advocacy group. PEN America’s new report found that Texas ranked first in the number of titles yanked from school bookshelves across several districts, citing “political pressure” from state…

While watching the vice presidential debate in 2020, history professor Lora Burnett started to tweet from her living room in conservative Collin County. Then-Vice President Mike Pence wouldn’t stop talking when the female moderator had repeatedly and kindly asked. Burnett, who’d been scrolling through her Twitter feed and reading comments…

After a final vote on Friday, Texas will likely delay changes to how social studies is taught in public schools.

In a blow to Collin College, a federal court has ruled that a former professor’s lawsuit against the school can proceed.

Many Texas school are underperforming when it comes to mental health, especially in the wake of school shootings like Uvalde, but Dallas ISD seems to be hitting the mark.