Education-related News
Wednesday, April 25
- Schools wrestle with protecting student privacy on Facebook (PBS NewsHour)
- McAllen ISD repositioning schools (ValleyCentral.com)
- Killeen ISD looks to bolster teacher pay, benefits in 2019 budget planning (Killeen Daily Herald)
- West: Voters to decide proposed $20M school bond issue (KWTX)
- District staff shares recommendation to alter Plano ISD’s class rank practice (Community Impact)
- Oil boom cheers Texas town, but some worry about education (Marketplace)
- Parents dragged, detained during chaotic Houtson ISD board meeting (KHOU)
Tuesday, April 24
- Shutdown of Texas schools probe shows Trump administration pullback on civil rights (Texas Tribune)
- District leaders hope to create Round Rock ISD Police Department (Spectrum News)
- $300K worth of food thrown out in Dallas ISD (NBCDFW)
- Danbury ISD teachers earn $45,000 in grants (The Facts)
- Little Cyprus Mauriceville receives grant to restore nurse clinics (12 News Now)
- More than half of Americans support pay raises for teachers, poll finds (PBS NewsHour)
Monday, April 23
- Houston ISD partnership proposal met with skepticism, questions (Houston Chronicle)
- Teachers share anger, frustration over grants turned into loans (NPR)
- Teachers have been moonlighting in Texas — and elsewhere — to make ends meet (Brookings Institute)
Friday, April 20
- Texas teachers' pay is average. But their pensions are among the lowest in the country. (Texas Tribune)
- Why more than a million teachers can't use Social Security (NPR)
- Abbott: All Texas schools are up-to-date on safety strategies (Houston Chronicle)
- Round Rock ISD Citizens Bond Committee recommends November bond election at meeting Thursday (Community Impact)
- When minutes matter: Fort Worth ISD training teachers on livesaving tool (WFAA)
- Riddick: Midland ISD pursuing continuous improvement (Midland Reporter Telegram)
- Jacksonville ISD recognizes several teachers, staff, students (Jacksonville Progress)
Thursday, April 19
- 'Read Fort Worth' seeks volunteers (NBCDFW)
- If passed, Lufkin ISD bond would address athletic improvements, safety (KTRE)
- Austin students get lesson on how to turn complaints into political action (KUT)
- Brazosport ISD approves 3 percent employee raise, additional stipends (The Facts)
- Sixth-graders in San Angelo schools must take added literacy course next year (San Angelo Standard-Times)
- Socorro ISD working to get money back from absences following string of school threats (CBS4 Local)
- Navarro ISD weighs staggered start for class hours (Seguin Gazette)
- Mesquite ISD’s music education program receives national recognition (Mesquite News)