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Latest education news

Below are links to articles produced by newspapers, TV and radio stations in Texas and across the country to provide you with a snapshot of what's happening in education.

Monday, April 15

• McAllen ISD helping students with special needs (KRGV)
• Killeen ISD outsources substitute teacher management program (Killeen Daily Herald)
• Tyler ISD launches app to monitor children's screen time, activity on devices (Fort Bend Herald)
• Argyle ISD’s $512M bond looks to accommodate growth (Community Impact)

Friday, April 12

• Another West Texas school district is moving to a 4-day week, will Lubbock ISD follow? (KYFO)
• Central ISD proposes $28.4 million school bond (Lufkin Daily News)
• UT Austin students want answers on the DEI-related layoffs of at least 66 employees (KUT)
• 'Who's going to be fired next': Texas university, legislative leaders decry DEI ban layoffs (KERA)

Thursday, April 11

• Consumer Reports asks USDA to remove Lunchables from schools' lunch menus (NPR)
• Some South Texas school employees could be barred from holding elected office after fraud investigation (Texas Tribune)
• Dallas ISD student files civil rights complaint alleging antisemitic bullying (KERA)
• Lake Travis ISD faces $1.5 million lawsuit over peanut allergy incident (KUT)
• Many men don’t finish college. This North Texas school is trying to reverse the trend (Texas Standard)

Wednesday, April 10

• Most 18-year-old Texans aren’t signed up to vote despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools (Texas Tribune)
• Abernathy ISD moving to four-day school week beginning in 2025 (KCBD)
• Mike Miles says HISD may backtrack on plan to add English-only track at two popular immersion schools (Houston Chronicle)
• Socorro ISD Board of Trustees appoints Interim Superintendent (KVIA)
• Spring ISD trustees nix 2% administrator salary cuts in split vote (Community Impact)
• This AI Tool Cut One Teacher’s Grading Time in Half. How It Works (Education Weekly)

Tuesday, April 9

• Texas will use computers to grade written answers on this year’s STAAR tests (Texas Tribune)
• Houston lawmakers call for state hearing to address alleged violations of state law in HISD (Houston Chronicle)
• Fort Worth ISD extending pre-K school hours for next school year (WFAA)
• Austin ISD parents, students share once in a lifetime moment during a solar eclipse (KXAN)

Monday, April 8

• New organization aims to promote 'honest' Texas history (Texas Public Radio)
• Biden seeks student debt relief for millions (NPR)
• Two Denton school district principals indicted on charges of illegal electioneering (Texas Tribune)
• In St. Louis, a historic teacher pay hike, and bigger questions about the future (PBS NewsHour)

Friday, April 5

• Higher teacher pay, fewer central staff positions planned for Dallas school budget (Dallas Morning News)
• A new Texas law allows schools to hire chaplains as counselors. So far, only one school has opted into the program. (Texas Tribune)
• Austin ISD talks position cuts as they face budget deficit (KXAN)
• This year, colleges must choose between fast financial aid offers, or accurate ones (NPR)

Thursday, April 4

• Houston ISD teachers call in sick to protest Mike Miles’ reforms, teachers’ union urges non-participation (Houston Public Media)
• ‘Just try to be in the moment’: Bill Nye shares eclipse insights & tips ahead of his trip to Texas (Texas Standard)
• FWISD school nurses recently completed over 22 hours of training. Here’s what that means to students (KERA)
• Missy Testerman Makes Immigrant Students Feel Welcome. She’s the National Teacher of the Year (Education Week)

Wednesday, April 3

• What’s Missing From States’ Reading Laws? The Role of Content Knowledge (Education Week)
• College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say financial aid can numb sticker shock (PBS NewsHour | AP)
• UT-Austin announces round of firings in latest step to comply with Texas’ DEI ban (Texas Tribune)
• 1.7 million Texas households are set to lose monthly internet subsidy (Texas Tribune)

Tuesday, April 2

• State Board of Education again delays discussion on whether to approve new Native studies course (Texas Tribune)
• Crowley ISD shares design of new high school as elementary nears completion (KERA)
• Austin Community College will offer free tuition to high school grads (KUT)
• Brianna Young wins KENS 5 EXCEL Award for Judson ISD (KENS)
• El Paso ISD announces 2024-25 initiatives: bilingual education, resource centers, algebra (KFOX 14)
• Spring Branch ISD parents raise $570K to fund programs cut in budget crisis (Houston Chronicle)

Monday, April 1

• Behind the scenes of Houston ISD teacher evaluation rollout: TEA called classroom observation approach ‘odd,’ liaison said training sessions ‘much larger than is recommended’ (Houston Public Media)
• Fort Worth ISD board approves contract to start closure of Forest Oak Sixth Grade (KERA)
• How AP African American Studies Works in a State That Limits Teaching About Race (Education Week)
• Why Oregon schools' pandemic recovery lags behind much of the nation (NPR)
• Schools in the path of April’s solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment (PBS NewsHour | AP)

Thursday, March 28

• Lake Travis ISD emerges as a battleground for school book bans (KUT)
• To save money, Denton ISD freezes hiring and postpones opening of new elementary (KERA)
• Local school districts preparing for eclipse (KBTX)
• As Texas students clash over Israel-Hamas war, Gov. Greg Abbott orders colleges to revise free speech (Houston Public Media)

Wednesday, March 27

• HISD outlines 10 priorities for 2024-25 school year in draft action plan. Here's what it says. (Houston Chronicle)
• State leaders say Texas is poised to pass school vouchers in 2025 (Community Impact)
• Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD to begin testing water samples for lead at several campuses (12 News)

Tuesday, March 26

• Houston ISD grapples with community backlash, educator confusion over new performance evaluation systems (Houston Public Media)
• Over 1,200 students competed at the Texas Science and Engineering fair (KBTX)
• 5-year-old Ulises Rodriguez Montoya identified as student killed in Hays CISD bus crash (KUT)
• New digital SAT is shorter, more adaptive for students (NPR)

Monday, March 25

• Frisco ISD officials consider weighted GPA expansion to include dual-credit courses (Community Impact)
• Pflugerville ISD sees improved reading skills thanks to new AI reading program (KVUE)
• TEA report exposes widespread failings at Socorro ISD (El Paso Times)
• Dallas ISD students prep to open first student-run food truck in Texas (CBS News)
• On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for science (NPR)

Friday, March 22

• Tyler ISD announces campus Teachers of the Year (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
• KISD teachers honored by superintendent and community partners (KCEN)
• Arlington ISD cuts 275 positions as COVID dollars expire. Employees raise questions (KERA)
• Lufkin ISD school board considers staffing and declining enrollment (Lufkin Daily News)
• Lindale ISD teachers receive more than $29,000 in classroom grants (CBS 19)
• Houston ISD reverses course on mid-year principal screenings after community calls to ‘reject this system, reject this superintendent’ (Houston Public Media)
• Richardson school board votes unanimously to close four schools in the next few years (KERA)
• Biden cancels nearly $6 billion in student debt for public service workers (NPR)

Thursday, March 21

• Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is two House votes away from passing school vouchers (Texas Tribune)
• Sanger ISD switching to four-day week next year (KERA)
• 10% of students impacted by San Antonio ISD’s school closures are leaving the district (Texas Public Radio)
• AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education (NPR)
• This year it's a slow crawl to financial aid packages for students (NPR)

Wednesday, March 20

• Texas State Board of Education faces takeover by GOP challengers backed by influential donors (Houston Chronicle)
• Klein ISD student detained, expelled after bringing loaded gun on campus (Houston Public Media)
• North Texans speak out for Northwest, Lewisville ISD teachers targeted online (KERA)
• Teachers Hate All Those Meetings. Can Principals Find a Workaround? (Education Week)

Tuesday, March 19

• Mike Miles defends controversial Houston ISD principal evaluation system as calls for his removal ramp up (Houston Public Media)
• TEA oversight looms as San Antonio districts enter difficult budget talks (San Antonio Report)
• Jasper ISD votes to return to five-day week for 2024-2025 school year (12 News Now)
• Science teacher explains safe ways to view the eclipse (KXXV)
• How one school is centering social-emotional learning (PBS NewsHour)

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