Education-related News
Monday, Sept. 16
- Despite raises, educators still face financial struggles (Community Impact)
- How we have failed our teachers (CBS News)
- Hear how this Texas school district found itself at risk of returning to a segregated past (Texas Tribune)
- Texas Board of Education to discuss African American Studies course requirements in schools (WFAA)
- School counselor says to look out for bullying warning signs (KVUE)
- Houston ISD appeals school’s failing grade, likely delaying state decision on potential takeover (Houston Public Media)
- Higher Ed: For some teachers, 'It's not a matter of being nice but setting great expectations' (KUT)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to provide free tuition for students with household income under $75,000 (Texas Tribune)
- Admissions scandal highlights 'disconnect' between colleges' message and action (PBS NewsHour)
- Actress Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in college admissions scandal (NPR)
Friday, Sept. 13
- Do Texas teachers have the right to free speech? Anti-immigration tweets have one educator’s fate in limbo (Dallas Morning News)
- Texas is paying more for full-day pre-K. But some school districts are delaying. (Texas Tribune)
- Democratic candidates debate fixes for U.S. education (PBS NewsHour)
Thursday, Sept. 12
- Which Texas high schools earn the most college credit? (Dallas Morning News)
- Head injuries, single-sport focus reason for drop in football participation, coaches say (Austin American-Statesman)
- Big stadiums, bigger bucks: How Texas high schools are exchanging stadium naming rights for much-needed cash (Dallas Morning News)
- Wichita Falls ISD approves waivers for class size and dual credit (News Channel 6)
- When school safety becomes school surveillance (NPR)
- Harrison Keller will be Texas' next higher education commissioner (KUT/Texas Tribune)
- Play outside more to improve health (Cleburne Times-Review)
- Corpus Christi high school students brainstorm ways to curb suicide (Caller Times)
Wednesday, Sept. 11
- Conroe ISD proposes reduced November bond packages (Community Impact)
- Community reacts to PN-G’s $131 million bond proposal (Beaumont Enterprise)
- Close up: Grapevine-Colleyville ISD’s first interactive playground (Community Impact)
- Selena Gomez surprises students at Mansfield ISD (NBC DFW)
- Leander ISD exceeds 22:1 class-size ratio in 18 schools; board approves waivers to be submitted to TEA (Hill Country News)
- Spring Hill ISD trustees approve new pre-K aide position (Longview News-Journal)
- 13-year-old Grand Prairie student wins award for poem about school shootings (WFAA)
Tuesday, Sept. 10
- Edcouch-Elsa ISD makes changes after data breach (The Monitor)
- Chillicothe ISD adds portable translators for teachers and students (News 6)
- Teacher uses art to help students cope with mass shooting (KXXV)
- Winters ISD programs focus on students, teachers alike (Brownwood Bulletin)
- Austin ISD board raises questions of multiyear proposal that shutters 12 schools (Austin American-Statesman)
- How colleges can keep students from dropping out (KERA)
Monday, Sept. 9
- Charter schools fly below the radar on spending and transparency rules (Texas Monitor)
- Sulphur Springs ISD to hold hearing on targeted improvement plans for 3 primary campuses (KSST)
- Ector County ISD getting proactive on attendance (Odessa American)
- Cameron ISD approves budget with tax decrease, teacher raises (Cameron Herald)
- Gladewater ISD, GEDCO enter partnership to offer students job skills (Longview News Journal)
- The Magic School Bus is back — and it’s tackling evolution (PBS NewsHour)
- Austin parents say they're shocked and disappointed as they confront potential school closures (KUT)
Friday, Sept. 6
- More than 200 Texas school marshals prepared to respond to active shooter incidents (Houston Chronicles)
- Austin ISD wants to close 12 schools, expand academic programs throughout the district (KUT)
- Cy-Fair ISD launches new STEM, Spanish pilot programs in 2019-20 (Community Impact)
- Leander ISD to add 18 new special education positions this school year (KVUE)
- Rusk ISD: New budget includes salary increases (Jacksonville Progress)
- Lago Vista ISD adopts budget, tax rates for 2019-2020 school year at special meeting (Hill Country News)
- The hotter the planet grows, the less children are learning (PBS NewsHour)
- Wheatley High School’s principal: “I’m confident that we’re going to get there” (Houston Public Media)
Thursday, Sept. 5
- A lot falls on school counselors when it comes to processing and preventing tragedy (Texas Public Radio)
- Students, staff return to Odessa High School with heavy hearts following mass shooting (KCEN)
- Congress promised student borrowers a break. Education Dept. rejected 99% of them (NPR)
- Dripping Springs ISD okays land purchase for new campuses (Hays Free Press)
- Abilene educators recognized as Region 14 Teachers of the Year (Big Country Homepage)
Wednesday, Sept. 4
- Texas education commissioner puts Houston, other districts on notice for failing grades (Houston Public Media)
- La Joya ISD approves nearly $396 million budget, including big raises for teachers (Progress Times)
- Tomball ISD looks to accommodate higher enrollments at Willow Wood Junior High, Wildwood Elementary as new school complex gets underway (Community Impact)
- Katy ISD changes district grading policy to remove "D" letter grade (ABC 13)
- More money coming to schools for tech courses that let students start building careers (KXAN)
- Families, not just students, feel the weight of the student loan crisis (NPR)
- 5 ways to help your new kindergartener feel at ease (PBS NewsHour)
Tuesday, Sept. 3
- Premont ISD hits milestones in ratings, salaries and student growth (Alice Echo News Journal)
- Child trauma notification system expands to more San Antonio schools (Texas Public Radio)
- Denton ISD enrollment up 8%, due in part to new all-day pre-K (Cross Timbers Gazette)
- Teacher becomes first woman to serve as superintendent in Klein ISD (ABC 13)
- Lufkin ISD to install devices to detect vaping (KTRE)
- Following the UK, the US is now on the verge of losing its measles-elimination status (TechSpot)