Education

A Collin College history professor says she was fired in violation of her First Amendment rights.

On a quiz, a Palestinian-American student faced a question that labeled ‘many’ of her people supporters of terrorism.

A Collin College history professor says state Rep. Jeff Leach is trying to get her fired.

The University of Dallas, a Catholic school, is standing by one of its professors after he wrote a post online that criticized  President Joe Biden’s decision to appoint a trans woman, Dr. Rachel Levine, as assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human services. Levine could make history as the…

Two professors say they were fired from Collin College for speaking out against its COVID-19 reopening plan.

The pandemic has brought an array of challenges, but schools are learning to adjust.

North Texas districts could lose some state funding if the Texas Education Agency begins to count against low school attendance.

The TEA announced Thursday it’s keeping STAAR in place this year, but it won’t affect school ratings.

In a letter Wednesday, 68 state lawmakers asked the Texas Education Agency to cancel this year’s STAAR test because of the pandemic.

Three Dallas ISD schools were celebrated for receiving National Blue Ribbon Scholar awards in a ceremony Thursday.

The pandemic has caused significant learning loss among Dallas ISD students, according to new data.

Collin College became embroiled in controversy after a professor’s tweets were picked up by the right-wing media.

Public outcry is mounting after a Dallas ISD high school English teacher assigned an essay wherein students could explain why Kyle Rittenhouse is a hero.

Marvin Dulaney says he came out of high school as one of the victims of the American education system. “It did not teach me one thing about any African or African-American person who had ever done anything in history,” he says. But Dulaney says the miseducation of Americans about the African-American…

Some school districts already had a tough time recruiting substitute teachers, and the coronavirus pandemic may make it even trickier. Thursday, Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced the district will offer virtual-only courses from Sept. 8 until Oct. 6, with the option of tacking on another four weeks. After that,…

One week after the start of the fall semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stopped offering in-person classes. Within that time, 130 students and five employees contracted the coronavirus, according to NPR. Soon, many North Texas colleges are also opening their doors to in-person learning, and Mimi…

Schools in Dallas County will be online-only until at least Sept. 8, following an order by county health officials. Dr. Philip Huang, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, issued the order Thursday afternoon. The order, which applies to both public and private schools in the county, allows teachers,…

Dallas ISD officials are pushing back on a charter school’s plan to move its Oak Cliff campus to Paul Quinn College. Officials at KIPP Oak Cliff Academy plan to move the high school, which is operating in a shopping center in Oak Cliff, to the college campus in the spring…

When he’s in the office, Aaron Anderson spends most of his day sitting at his desk, wearing his mask and trying to touch as few things as he can. He worries about whether it’s safe to lay out his lunch on his desk, so he doesn’t eat anything from the…

Last week, Jimmy Fallon apologized after a video of him in blackface went viral on social media, sparking outrage nationwide. The offensive practice has also reared its ugly head in North Texas. The Observer has obtained photos of Tami Tobey, a member of the Midlothian ISD Board of Trustees, dressed…

A Dallas ISD student has tested positive for COVID-19, district officials confirmed Tuesday evening. The student, who is enrolled at J.L. Long Middle School, was likely sick with the virus while at school, said Robyn Harris, a district spokeswoman. The student is at home and is doing well, she said…

About 10 years ago, a winter storm passed through North Texas, covering Dallas in a sheet of ice and snow and forcing schools to close for nearly a week. After a few days, Stephen Sekula, a physics professor at Southern Methodist University, started wondering whether there wasn’t a better way…