4 hours agoWatch U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talk about the effects of the pandemic and more at 2 p.m. at The Texas Tribune FestivalCardona will talk about how students, teachers, schools and districts have fared during the pandemic — and what happens now.
1 day agoWith Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s blessing, lawmakers fast-track property tax cut proposalTax relief for property owners joins a packed to-do list for Texas lawmakers — which includes redistricting, COVID-19 vaccine mandates and a spending plan for $16 billion...
3 days agoWatch Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp talk about the pandemic, college football and more at The Texas Tribune FestivalSharp talked about how higher ed survives the pandemic, the obstacles to running a world-class public university and the future of college football.
3 days agoTexas’ ban on school mask mandates draws federal investigation for possibly violating the rights of students with disabilities
Watch Texas lawmakers Larry Taylor and Harold Dutton discuss education and the Legislature at The Texas Tribune Festival
How a Black high school principal was swept into a “critical race theory” maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburb
Texas schools have reported more coronavirus cases in less than two months than they did in the entire 2020-21 school year
At least 45 districts shut down in-person classes due to COVID-19 cases, affecting more than 40,000 students
GOP bill targeting how race, slavery and history are taught in Texas schools heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk
Texas lawmakers send Gov. Greg Abbott a bill that funds virtual learning, but could leave out many students of color
GOP's so-called critical race theory bill advances as bill to restrict transgender student athletes stalls in House committee
Texas extends pandemic benefits for families whose kids have lost access to free or reduced-price meals
“I wanted to teach differently than I had been taught”: How some Texas educators practice anti-racist teaching
Live COVID-19 updates: Texas’ back-to-school season marked by mask mandate battles, rural districts’ closures
Joe Biden takes aim at states blocking mask mandates, setting Gov. Greg Abbott up for showdown with feds
Texas’ controversial new social studies law prompts McKinney school officials to cancel Youth and Government class
Live COVID-19 updates: Attorney General Ken Paxton takes the state's mask mandate ban to the Texas Supreme Court
‘How are we different than other kids?’: A transgender student wrestler fights legislative efforts to restrict participation in school sports
Several local mask mandates in Texas allowed for now as legal challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban mount
Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning mask mandates in Texas schools faces lawsuit, defiance by big-city districts
Analysis: Schools open in Texas with unvaccinated K-6 students and months of learning loss to overcome
Texas teachers say GOP’s new social studies law will hinder how an entire generation understands race, history and current events
With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19
Martin Luther King Jr.’s son says Texas Republicans are misrepresenting his father’s words in effort to whitewash history
Texas Senate advances bills limiting education about race, access to abortion-inducing medications. The House is still sidelined.
To block voting legislation, Democrats put bail bills, legislative funding and other measures in peril
After hours of impassioned testimony, Texas Senate panel advances bills limiting the school sports teams that transgender athletes can join
Texas educators of color say law limiting how America’s history of racism is taught further silences marginalized voices
Texas Senate bill seeks to strip required lessons on people of color and women from “critical race theory” law
Texas students of color returned to in-person learning at below-average rates. Experts say the reasons are nuanced.
