Ask 2 Live: Everything students and parents need to know about preparing for college during the pandemic

As the school year progresses, high school students and parents are beginning to look at college and careers. Whether it's a local community college or a university out o...

Crosby High School closed for cleaning through end of the week; in-person classes resume Monday

Students and staff at Crosby High School will be staying home until Monday due to campus closure.

If your child attends HISD, you can sign them up to receive free books through Dolly Parton’s foundation

Thousands of students at Houston Independent School District will receive books through country music star Dolly Parton’s foundation.

Multiple students at New Caney High School test positive for COVID-19, district confirms

Students at New Caney High School have reported testing positive for the coronavirus, according to New Caney Independent School District.

Pre-K, Kindergarten students return back to class in Fort Bend ISD

Texas Department of State Health Services withdraws data on school infections, citing ‘issues’

The vast majority of known coronavirus cases among Texas public school students who have returned to classrooms in person this school year were found in older students, n...

Conroe ISD makes system adjustments following cyber attack

Conroe Independent School District officials had to make some changes to their network following a cyberattack meant to overwhelm the system.

La Porte ISD will provide free meals to all students, district says

The La Porte Independent School District announced this week that all of its students will begin to receive free meals after the U.S. Department of Agriculture extended t...

Two Houston-area universities see record enrollment amid coronavirus pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities, across the country and in the Houston-area, have been forced to pivot and innovate to the likes of which they’ve never experie...

Navigating senior year during pandemic, hundreds of teachers complain to union and more: All the back-to-school updates for Houston-area schools

KPRC 2′s back-to-school coverage aims to give parents, staff members and teachers a comprehensive look at how Houston-area school districts plan to reopen amid the corona...

Teachers from these Houston-area school districts made most complaints to union of COVID-19 protocol violations, discrepancies

The Texas State Teachers Association released the information collected from an online survey of teachers in Texas that claims hundreds of COVID-19 protocol violations in...

What you need to know about college applications, financial aid and more amid pandemic

With so much focus being on the big debate of remote learning vs. in-person, parents of some high school seniors are working hard to make sure precious time isn’t lost wh...

ACLU warns 500 Texas school districts to revise discriminatory dress codes

The Texas arm of the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter Wednesday to nearly 500 school districts across the state asking them to revise dress code policies that...

This university in Houston has been named one of the top colleges in the country for 2021, according to new ranking

Rice University ranks no. 7 on the list of 2021 Best Colleges in America based on an analysis by Niche, a ranking and review site.

Mum masks are Texas’ newest trend for homecoming amid pandemic

Just like everything else in 2020, homecoming is going to look a bit different for Texans.

What you need to know about Katy ISD’s new coronavirus dashboard

The Katy Independent School District has been working on a plan to equip staff, students and parents with resources and updated information to gear up for the start of th...

Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees vote to delay in-person learning

Katy ISD to open rapid COVID-19 testing site for employees to help mitigate spread of virus

The Katy Independent School District announced this week that will open a COVID-19 rapid testing site for its employees to help slow the spread of the virus as students p...

Texas schools must file weekly reports with state on COVID-19 cases

Starting Sept. 8, Texas will require school districts to file weekly reports on new COVID-19 cases among students, teachers or staff, state education officials announced ...

See what 5 health experts say about the state’s coronavirus data backlog and what to expect as schools reopen

After state officials this month disclosed hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests had not been previously reported — a backlog that has distorted metrics used to gaug...

Texas State University welcomed students back in person Monday. Campus was a ghost town.

Omar Cruz, a 19-year-old sophomore, stocked up on bottles of disinfectant for himself and his roommate in anticipation of the first day back on campus at Texas State Univ...

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Zoom gets glitchy as thousands of students return to school

Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educato...

Parents of special education students desperate for kids to go back to in-person learning to prevent regression

For parents of students with special education needs, the back to school debate is about more than preventing the spread of the coronavirus. For the parents of children w...