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In Texas schools, a crisis of arrests of kids as young as 10
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (1413+ words) Authorities made 8,000 arrests or criminal citations made in 168 Texas public school districts from the 2021-22 through 2024-25 school years, according to...
At least 10 UTSA students displaced after tornado rips through North Side apartments
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (24+ words) Work crews remove broken limbs from the parking lot of The Oasis student housing complex following Wednesday's tornado. The University of Texas at San...
Texas education board from San Antonio threatens suit against GOP colleagues who trashed her online
2+ week, 4+ day ago (26+ words) The Texas State Board of Education voted last week on controversial changes to the K-through-8th curriculum. A State Board of Education member from San...
School closures are escalating across Texas. ‘It's not a local failure.’
2+ week, 6+ day ago (509+ words) At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texas since late 2023, as districts face budget crises amid state funding shortfalls, according to data gathered by the public school advocacy organization Our Schools Our Democracy....
Mandated Bible stories in reading lists, revamped history for Texas public schools approved
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (1316+ words) Board members debate and vote on amendments during the State Board of Education meeting in Austin on Friday, June 26, 2026. Texas will require Bible...
San Antonio member of State Board of Education says new curriculum proposal offers dishonest view of history
3+ week, 1+ day ago (725+ words) A Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) member representing San Antonio is raising the alarm about statewide curriculum changes that could require Texas students to learn Bible verses in class and receive a whitewashed version of U.S. history. The Republican-led SBOE…...
San Antonio ISD's new superintendent was accused of test cheating scandal at previous job
3+ week, 1+ day ago (348+ words) In a 5-2 vote, San Antonio ISD’s board of trustees on Wednesday selected Adrian Bustillos as the sole finalist to replace retiring superintendent Jaimie Aquino. In the early 2010s, El Paso ISD, where Bustillos was serving as assistant superintendent, was accused of…...
Less diverse history, more Bible stories in public schools get initial OK by Texas board
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1049+ words) Margaret Hale, a clinical professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Houston, offers public testimony at a the State...
Which Bible passages are in Texas’ proposed student reading list? Here’s what the selections reveal.
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1185+ words) An open Bible in a chapel at the Capitol in Austin on March 17, 2025. The State Board of Education is preparing to vote next week on requiring Texas...
Texas college watchdog received nearly 70 complaints, opened one investigation, records show
4+ week, 1+ day ago (62+ words) Students wait at a bus stop on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 12, 2025. A new state office received 69 complaints about Texas...