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More Texas schools are investing in online student surveillance. But does it work?

Uvalde’s school district is one of several statewide using online monitoring of student writing and messaging. But it’s not a perfect solution.

1 day ago

H-E-B donates $10 million to replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after mass shooting

The timeline is still unclear for demolishing the school building. The district has plans to replace it with a memorial park.

2 days ago

Supreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion

The court ruled a Washington state coach was praying as a private citizen when he knelt after a game on the field, not as an employee of the district.

Graduation in Uvalde gives tragedy-stricken town a night of normality

A month after their graduation was postponed by a mass shooting, Uvalde High School seniors finally got to celebrate their graduation on Friday.

Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response

The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school.

Texas ag commissioner proposes armed guards at school cafeterias

Experts said the plan, announced at the state GOP convention on Saturday, is not realistic and possibly not legal.

Before the school shooting, Uvalde was known for a 1970 Hispanic student walkout. Its aging participants fear its spirit and memory are fading.

When a popular Hispanic teacher didn’t get his contract renewed at Robb Elementary School in 1970, hundreds of students decided to boycott school for weeks in what they called a stand against pervasive discrimination.

Locks on 340,000 exterior school doors across Texas will be checked as part of Uvalde shooting response

Texas has more than 1,200 school districts, but the education commissioner promised plans for the review will be completed this summer.

‘If there’s kids in there, we need to go in’: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools — but not clear orders

The Texas Tribune has reviewed law enforcement transcripts and footage that federal and state investigators are examining after the May 24 tragedy.

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Texas rejects more rigorous teacher certification exam

The Educative Teacher Performance Assessment was designed to better prepare new teachers, but faced pushback from people who thought it would create barriers for people of color to enter the profession.

Texas State Board of Education rejects conservative-backed Heritage Classical Academy charter school for third time

Two Republicans joined Democrats to veto the charter school application, including a Republican board member who lost reelection to a candidate endorsed by a PAC with financial ties to Heritage’s board chair.

Texas high school students slightly improve on some standardized tests — but haven’t fully regained ground since the pandemic

Students saw improvement in the STAAR tests for Algebra I, Biology and U.S. History.

Explore education outcomes in Texas public schools

Each year, approximately 300,000 students begin eighth grade in a Texas public school. Use our database to learn about the education outcomes of these eighth grade cohorts, including higher education enrollment and graduation rates.

Uvalde was a mental health desert before a school shooting prompted Texas to respond with resources

After the May 24 school shooting, mental health help is now pouring into Uvalde, where a fourth of residents are uninsured and counseling options are few and far between.

Almost 100 Texas school districts have added their own police departments since 2017, but not everyone feels safer

Officials have called for more armed officers on campuses in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. Experts and some parents, though, say more law enforcement on campus doesn’t necessarily make schools safer.

She survived the Santa Fe shooting, then visited Uvalde to comfort the newest members of a growing circle linked by tragedy

Wounded in the Santa Fe High School shooting, Flo Rice has found an online community of mass shooting survivors who help each other cope and heal. Uvalde residents are starting to join them.

At first conference after Uvalde shooting, Texas school police chiefs discuss how their profession is changing

The Texas School District Police Chiefs’ Association met just weeks after the second-worst school shooting in U.S. history.

Five takeaways from Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo’s interview with The Texas Tribune

This week, Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo and his attorney granted an exclusive interview to The Texas Tribune to detail his version of what happened inside Robb Elementary School on May 24, when a shooter killed 21 people.

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Robb Elementary students will be relocated to two other schools this fall, superintendent says

At a news conference Thursday, Superintendent Hal Harrell outlined the plan to move students but would not take any questions regarding school police Chief Pete Arredondo or investigations into the shooting.

Texas teachers union survey finds that school employees don’t want to be armed

The survey, conducted by Texas American Federation of Teachers, comes two weeks after the Uvalde school shooting as Republicans call for more school employees to be armed.

Fourth grade Uvalde survivor testifies that she covered herself in another student’s blood to survive shooter

Miah Cerrillo, 11, was among the small group of Uvalde survivors and community members who testified at a House hearing Wednesday, offering details about the incident and the devastation to those left behind.

Texas Republicans want to arm more school employees, but few districts are opting in

Since Texas launched the school marshal program in 2013, just 84 school districts out of more than 1,200 have armed school staff. Educators say the program’s lack of popularity shows that teachers don’t want to be the ones to defend schools from mass shootings.

Kyle Rittenhouse now says he’s going to Blinn College, after Texas A&M said he’s not a student at their school

Rittenhouse corrected himself on Monday saying he was attending the Brenham-based community college. Over the weekend, he made a splash when Texas A&M refuted his claim he was an incoming Aggie.

At first meeting since massacre, Uvalde school board takes no action on police chief

Chief Pete Arredondo has been faulted for a slow response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

Police chief who led the response to the school shooting in Uvalde had no radio at the scene, reports say

The revelation is the latest to point to deficiencies and missteps in authorities’ response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. Police opted to wait for reinforcements and tactical gear, taking more than an hour to confront and take down the shooter.

For the children who survived the Uvalde shooting uninjured, trauma will take time to heal

Uvalde offers mental health resources for the victims and considers rebuilding the school where the shooting took place as the community tends to its invisible wounds.

Uvalde school district’s police chief didn’t know about 911 calls coming from inside the school, lawmaker says

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said the commanding officer at the scene of the shooting was not informed about the calls that Uvalde police were receiving, calling the lack of coordination a “system failure.”

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Texas was building a program to find troubled students and prevent school shootings. It hadn’t reached Uvalde yet.

Created in 2019, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium identifies distressed students and refers them to mental health services.

Gov. Greg Abbott instructs school safety officials to conduct “unannounced, random intruder” audits of Texas public schools

Abbott has tasked the Texas School Safety Center with conducting in-person, unannounced audits of public schools to see how quickly staff can enter a building without being stopped and detect weak points.

Five injured victims remain hospitalized one week after Uvalde school shooting

A 10-year-old girl is still in serious condition at University Hospital in San Antonio while the rest of the injured patients at various hospitals have been discharged or are hospitalized in good condition.

Uvalde students and staff not returning to Robb Elementary School after deadly shooting

The district’s superintendent said students will be moved to other campuses but did not confirm reports that the Robb Elementary School building may be razed.

Narratives, and blame, shift again as dysfunction engulfs shooting probe

The Texas Department of Public Safety said a local police chief had stopped cooperating. It also walked back a statement that a teacher had propped open a door used by the shooter to enter the school.

Analysis: History suggests attention on gun policy will fade well before the November elections

In addressing mass shootings, Texas’ top officials have tailored their responses to the wishes of some of their most outspoken voters. The results haven’t changed because we haven’t changed.

Uvalde’s “back-the-blue” values collide with outrage over police response to Texas’ worst school shooting

The conservative, predominantly Hispanic town has long supported law enforcement. But some wonder how — or if — the heavily criticized response to the shooting will change that.

‘This is not us’: Tight-knit Uvalde, rooted in Texas history, navigates incalculable grief

Residents of this town, which is nicknamed “the Crossroads of America,” grapple with the horror of losing 21 lives.

Trump and Cruz propose “hardened” one-door schoolhouses. Experts say that’s not a credible solution.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republicans argue that gunmen can be stopped by locking all but one door and posting guards at schools. School officials and safety experts say that’s not realistic.

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21 lives lost: Uvalde victims were a cross-section of a small, mostly Latino town in South Texas

Loving children and beloved educators were killed at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.

Uvalde shooting pushes Texas teachers to breaking point

Tuesday’s school shooting is a tragic end to a terrible year for Texas teachers who faced two COVID-19 surges, staffing shortages, school boards fights, book bans.

Watch: Grief shattered Uvalde; it has united it, too

Uvalde is grieving the loss of 19 students and two teachers after Tuesday’s devastating shooting at a local elementary school. In this video, residents say their town will never be the same, but they will help each other through the healing process.

Authorities took an hour to stop Uvalde gunman, raising questions about law enforcement response

Officials clarified the timeline of the shooting Thursday after giving varying accounts. They refused to answer many questions about the tactics.

Texas already “hardened” schools. It didn’t save Uvalde.

After the Uvalde mass shooting, GOP leaders are again pushing to boost school security. But similar legislation after a 2018 school shooting has fallen short of its goals, and experts said there’s no evidence such tactics work.

Uvalde has prayed for victims elsewhere. Now, mourners here pray for one another.

Bleachers of the Uvalde County Fairplex were packed with young children, families and other community members Wednesday night in a mass vigil for the victims of Tuesday’s school shooting.

Texas has some safety requirements for public schools — but leaves most of the particulars up to education officials

Texas requires schools to have emergency plans and conduct safety drills. But a lot of decisions about safety are left to school districts and charter schools.

A day after school shooting, Uvalde’s tight-knit community prays, donates blood and grieves

Many in this small South Texas town of about 15,000 residents had ties to Robb Elementary, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers on Tuesday. A day later, residents sought to help and begin healing their community.

‘What do we say?’ Texas parents struggle with kids’ questions over Uvalde shooting

As the news of the Uvalde shooting spread through schoolyards and homerooms on Wednesday, experts advise openness when talking with kids.

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Texas law enforcement provide some details about Uvalde school shooting, but many questions remain

The governor said the 18-year-old gunman shared each step of his rampage on Facebook, but the social media giant says they were private text messages — not public posts.

Texas school board association breaks from national group over letter requesting help from Biden administration

An independent investigation released last week showed the National School Board Association planned to ask the Biden administration for National Guard troops and the military to be sent to school board meetings.

Texas A&M board takes next step toward Fort Worth expansion

The board agreed to spend $85 million on a law and education building and another $85 million on a research and innovation center.

Texas will resume grading public schools based on students’ STAAR test results

For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests. But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a “not rated” label.

Texas librarians face harassment as they navigate book bans

As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point.

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