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Texas comptroller requests $2 billion to expand school voucher program
4+ day, 32+ min ago (632+ words) Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is asking state legislators to double the private school voucher program to $2 billion. More than 100,000 students are still on the wait list for vouchers, also known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts or TEFA, driving the need…...
State education board advances anti-Islamic rewrite of Texas social studies lessons
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1020+ words) State Board of Education members on Tuesday preliminarily approved a rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in social studies, largely disregarding pleas from Muslims who testified that schools should teach how people of Islamic faith positively contributed to world…...
Fort Worth arts school takes no action against board chair as some parents protest
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1081+ words) Leaders with the Texas Center for Arts + Academics will take no action against board chair Cheryl Bean as school parents demand her resignation following a now-deleted controversial social media post. Bean, the Republican Party nominee for a key Texas House…...
UT Arlington President Jennifer Cowley to step down, focus on teaching
1+ week, 6+ day ago (721+ words) University of Texas at Arlington President Jennifer Cowley will step down after more than four years of leading Tarrant County’s largest four-year college with plans to now focus on teaching and research. Cowley announced the decision Aug. 31 in an email…...
Texas’ divisive overhaul of high school social studies lessons set to conclude this week
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (574+ words) A rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in history, government and geography is expected to receive final approval this week. The Texas State Board of Education will decide, for example, whether public school students must learn how “biblical imagery…...
UNT’s first class of nursing grads helps grow one North Texas family’s connection to the profession
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1129+ words) Estrella Carretero fiddled with graduation stole in her hands while she waited for her name to be called. Carretero was one of almost 30 nursing school graduates honored earlier this month by the University of North Texas. She and her classmates…...
5 tips to help parents recognize if their student is struggling during back to school season
2+ week, 5+ day ago (156+ words) Kids are back in school, and as that first day excitement fades and schedules become routine, parents and teachers may begin noticing early signs that a student is struggling. Maybe they're suddenly reluctant to go to school, their grades or…...
Dallas library leaders talk about layoffs, shortened hours due to city's $51 million shortfall
3+ week, 3+ day ago (485+ words) The city of Dallas is in a $51 million budget hole, and the Dallas Public Library is one of the highest-profile casualties. The library system will cut some branches' hours and eliminate more than 70 positions, about 30 of which are currently filled,…...
FWISD put cameras in classrooms at struggling schools. Why?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (571+ words) Classrooms in Fort Worth ISD’s lowest-performing schools now have web cameras pointed at students — mirroring takeover changes seen in Houston classrooms. The cameras have alarmed a parent group and teacher association that say families and educators were not notified. District…...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes penalties for schools that keep 'vulgar' books on library shelves
3+ week, 4+ day ago (416+ words) Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday vowed to pass legislation punishing public schools that do not remove graphic books from their shelves by knocking them down a notch in the state’s annual school performance ratings, which the state uses to…...