A Dallas area school bus driver beaten by 7th and 8th grade students is finally speaking out. The assault was captured on surveillance a video that has surfaced from last February. The driver is now, asking officials to press criminal charges and he has hired an attorney.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott quickly responded to a second synagogue being attacked by anti-Semitic vandals in San Antonio. The attack comes only days after hateful graffiti and other acts of vandalism terrorized another nearby Jewish community.
The Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) suggested rule changes last week that would alter the criteria for public school superintendent certification. The proposal drew the ire of a lone education lobbyist.
The vote on a controversial proposed LGBT anti-discrimination policy change to a North Texas school district’s existing policy was postponed Thursday night.
A Texas Jewish community was rocked by what law enforcement is investigating as a hate crime. Unmistakable widespread anti-Semitic vandalism defaced a subdivision and the neighboring Orthodox synagogue, tagging property with hateful ethnic slurs, curse words, “KKK,” and worse.
Texas House leadership squashed education reform legislation that would have sped up the time to “repurpose” chronically failing public schools during the recent 84th Legislature. Instead, they aggressively pushed for progressive community schools.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced its statewide public education accountability ratings. Although favorable, showing most school districts and charters fared well, these results were compiled using changed criteria and relying on less reported information.
The latest high school graduation rates for Texas tell a good story of record-breaking rates. However, they may not tell the future story given new graduation requirements.
A Texas man, who called himself a “mentor to youth,” was arrested this week on charges of sexually molesting some of the young male members in his youth group. The “youth mentor” is currently serving on parole in connection with a violent felony in connection to aggravated assault on a police officer.
The summer months saw a disturbing surge of teacher sexual misconduct with students as the start of the new school year starts is just a few weeks away.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) rolled out an ambitious college and career plan that intends to boost college degrees and/or other post-secondary credentials in the state 60 percent by 2030.
First Lady Michelle Obama told visiting students, “We’re counting on you to be that next generation to take over all that we’re doing.” Mrs. Obama’s remarks came while she was hosting Celebrating Innovations In Career and Technical Education at the White House earlier this summer.
Under a new “reverse transfer” program, two million students could be eligible to retroactively receive associate’s degrees. Community colleges are a pathway into four-year universities but it seems many students transfer from two-year to four-year institutions without first completing their associate’s degrees.
Exxxotica “does Dallas,” the weekend of August 7 through 9. The triple-X rated sexpo, open to anyone aged 18 and up, bills itself as the “largest adult event in the USA dedicated to love & sex.” But not everyone agrees that the upcoming three-day sextravaganza belongs in the “Big D.”
Julian Castro, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), stirred up some controversy at a San Antonio high school named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. In recent weeks, he called for a name change. Not everyone agrees with the former San Antonio mayor.
Mexican grown cilantro, contaminated by human fecal matter, caused over 200 cases of a parasitic illness in Texas. This disturbing news comes in a statement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a statement on Monday.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott vetoed an estimated $193,000 annual membership to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) as part of the state’s discretionary spending budget last month.
The White House honors nine illegal immigrant school teachers today. Four of the recognized teachers hail from Texas.
Texas leads the pack of desirable states in which Americans choose to live but people leave one Texas border city more than any other community in the United States.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said that because of the failure of education, his city is not a viable destination for many companies, including the high tech industry. His remarks came during a conference of five North Texas mayors who participated in a workforce skills “gap” panel that focused on the role of local city and business leaders in public education.
Texas never adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) but teachers use Common Core-aligned instructional materials (IM’s), says Education Week. They called out the Lone Star state as one of four non-Common Core states where the Fed Led Ed agenda “crept into the classroom.”
The founding superintendent of one of the most successful charter schools in Texas history and her husband were indicted on charges of embezzling more than $2.6 million intended to benefit school programs for its enrolled students.
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) voted 14-0 on Wednesday to look at alternatives to the redesigned high school equivalency exam, the General Education Development (GED). Education advocates, test-takers and teachers testified before the board this week to discuss the many problems associated with the latest version of the nearly 70-year-old test.
Teacher union-backed activists in one Colorado school district work furiously against a September deadline to oust a conservative, three-member majority in a fiercely politicized recall effort to regain control of the school board.
While the nation bickers over the Confederate flag, two local artists saved the day for the American flag at one Texas border school. They seek to paint a 313.5-foot-wide-by-26-foot-tall tribute to Old Glory that comes after months of infighting that nearly tore a community apart.
