15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (759+ words) Julie Harris teaches a personal financial literacy and economics class at Skyline High School in March in Dallas. The Class of 2030 will be required to learn how to budget, save, invest, and more. A personal financial literacy class aims to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (147+ words) “The SBOE chose to teach early Islam through military campaigns, slavery, and female captives. That is not history. That is a selective negative caricature of Islam,” Salman Bhojani, who represents District 92 in the Texas House… Ex-Ravens coach John Harbaugh’s former…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) Pedestrians pictured near Texas Medical Center on June 17, 2026. Some Houston-area school districts are canceling Wednesday classes amid a storm. Some Houston-area school districts announced they will close Wednesday just after Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near the Gulf Coast. Forecasts…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (690+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott arrives at a news conference in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Texas public universities would be required to offer students three-year bachelor’s degrees under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Greg Abbott. The proposed legislation is part…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1395+ words) Marissa Gonzalez was one of the first parents in Texas to receive funding from the state's $1 billion private school voucher program. Her two children have dyslexia, and their family income is below 500% of the poverty level, putting them in the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (788+ words) The federal government is considering giving states more power over Head Start. Providers in Texas worry that will lower childcare standards. Two-year-old Terriona Horton sits with two classmates squishing pink Play-Doh at American Care Academy in South Dallas. She has…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (237+ words) By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JAMIE STENGLE In their Supreme Court brief, the families’ attorneys argue that the law violates basic First Amendment principles governing the separation of church and state. “The question of whether a state may impose scripture on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (948+ words) Lisa Limeri loved her life in Lubbock. A biology professor at Texas Tech University, she earned tenure after half a decade at the institution and was committed to her work teaching students the fundamentals of biology and anatomy. But when…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (713+ words) So Close to Our Goal! We're just $167,798.20 away from reaching $4.4 million. Your gift now makes the difference. Hiring and spending will be impacted, college administrators say. The performance-based model is proving unpredictable in its early years. Texas community college leaders…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (682+ words) A Democratic board member says colleagues harassed her in social media posts during Texas’ debate over how history is taught. The GOP members deny any bullying. A State Board of Education member is threatening to sue colleagues after tensions over…...