Education-related News
Wednesday, Jan. 22
- Richardson teacher helping students embrace living with dyslexia (NBC DFW)
- Brownfield ISD is back open after shutting down for ‘flu epidemic’ (Everything Lubbock)
- Frenship ISD Board of Trustees approves vote for $300 million bond (KCBD)
- Dallas students celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy at annual oratory competition (KERA)
- Parents voice concerns about hours-long school bus route (Houston Public Media)
- Myth busted: Turns out bankruptcy can wipe out student loan debt after all (NPR)
- Teachers union lawsuit claims DeVos 'capriciously' repealed borrower protections (NPR)
- Free English as a Second Language classes to be offered for Cy-Fair ISD parents (Community Impact)
- Winona ISD set to consider adding ‘Gus’ as elementary campus’ emotional support animal (KTLV)
- Fort Bend ISD trustees approve piano technician program for Marshall High School (Houston Chronicle)
Tuesday, Jan. 21
- First-of-its-kind STEM Center about to launch at Berkner High School in Richardson ISD (Community Impact)
- Communication is key to keeping first-generation college students enrolled (Texas Standard)
- A ballot box found weeks after Election Day has flipped a $569 million school bond vote in Midland (Texas Tribune)
- Spring Hill ISD to add new career and technology education classes (Longview News-Journal)
- Walmart Transportation donates $2,000 to Hale Center ISD (MyPlainview.com)
- Dallas ISD bond would designate $40M for social service centers (NBC DFW)
- Thinking about returning to college? A guide for taking the leap (NPR)
- 'You need to act now': Meet 4 girls working to save the warming world (NPR)
Friday, Jan. 17
- Time out: Beaumont ISD’s first-in-Texas suspension rates spark calls for change (Beaumont Enterprise/Houston Chronicle)
- Galena Park ISD bans backpacks following social media threat, ramps up security (Houston Chronicle)
- Teachers turn to Texas Supreme Court in latest attempt to battle Dallas’ merit-based pay system (Dallas Morning News)
- Port Neches-Groves ISD upgrading practice fields to benefit band students, others (The News Port Neches)
- Demographer projects explosive growth in Pflugerville ISD's eastern edges (Community Impact)
- Spring ISD’s Child Nutrition launches ‘Pick 3 Free’ food initiative (The Paper)
- Eight Texas kids killed from the flu so far this season (KVUE)
- Round Rock ISD annual report highlights increasing student diversity, low dropout rates (Community Impact)
- Trump boosts school prayer, faith groups (PBS NewsHour)
Thursday, Jan. 16
- Whitesboro ISD staffer named to national committee (Gainesville Daily Register)
- Tyler ISD Grants for Great Ideas awards more than $90,000 to 37 educators (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
- Northwest ISD considers later start date for 2020-21 district calendar (Community Impact)
- Prosecutor: Texas teen mistakenly killed friend in school (Houston Public Media)
- East Texas school district getting deep clean to protect students from germs (CBS 19)
- Round Rock ISD awarded in school architecture competition (Community Impact)
- Dallas ISD puts new safety plan in place (NBCDFW)
- Plano ISD moves to full-day only pre-K classes, meeting Texas requirements and expanding program (Community Impact)
Wednesday, Jan. 15
- Texas education officials weigh new rules to fast-track charter school expansion (Texas Tribune)
- One student dead, two people in custody after shooting at Houston’s Bellaire High School (Houston Chronicle)
- Tyler ISD Foundation awards ‘Grants for Great Ideas’ to innovative educators (KLTV)
- San Antonio’s 2nd largest school district eliminates class rank for most future students (Texas Public Radio)
- How college test prep favors wealthy students (KERA)
- Canceling student debt is easier than it sounds (NPR)
- Whitehouse ISD wants whole town to wear red on Friday to support Mahomes in AFC title game (KETK)
- Refugio ISD board votes to drop controversial 'Dixie' fight song (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
- New Weslaco ISD initiative allowing children to read books on school buses (KGBT)
- Brazosport ISD reaches for the stars through rocketry program (KPRC)
Tuesday, Jan. 14
- City of Bowie and Bowie ISD partner through internship program (KFDX)
- Austin ISD unveils plan to reduce portable classroom use by 25% (KXAN)
- 'My brother could go to war': San Antonio teens react to U.S.-Iranian tension (Texas Public Radio)
- Pflugerville ISD’s free job training teaches parents plumbing, nursing and more (KVUE)
- Edinburg CISD elementary receives $25,000 fitness grant (KBGT)
- Karnack ISD suffers damage during weekend storm (Marshall News Messenger)
- Volunteers needed to speak to Cy-Fair ISD eight graders about career options (Community Impact)
Monday, Jan. 13
- Needing to move fast, Dallas ISD presses trustees to pick path for storm-damaged schools (Dallas Morning News)
- Canutillo ISD Garcia Elementary student honored for saving neighbor during dog attack (El Paso Herald-Post)
- Wichita Falls ISD school board fine-tune potential 2020 bond package (KFDX)
- Teachers, students, parents rally after state takeover of Houston ISD temporarily blocked (KHOU)
- Fort Bend ISD opens 8 mental health centers on school campuses as students return from winter break (Community Impact)
- Lubbock ISD teams up with GermBlast to spray schools to combat germs (KCBD)
- How making a podcast enriched students' lives (NPR)
Friday, Jan. 10
- Alvin ISD educator has been teaching since she was 12 (ABC 13)
- Students at Odem ISD will leave school on a full stomach (KIII)
- Tyler ISD among schools nationwide dealing with bus driver shortage (KLTV)
- Modernized Austin elementary opens after once being considered unsafe (CBS Austin)
- South Oak Cliff High reopens to stunning reviews (CBS DFW)
- McKinney ISD's enrollment continues to decline (Community Impact)
- What to say to kids when the news is scary (NPR)
Thursday, Jan. 9
- State judge temporarily blocks Texas from taking over Houston school district (Texas Tribune)
- Five Austin students describe what it's like to not know whether their school will close (KUT)
- San Diego schools sue Juul Labs over youth vaping epidemic (NPR)
- Garland ISD step team to open for Blue Man Group (Rowlett Lakeshore Times)
- Farmers can nominate school districts for STEM grants (Corpus Christi Caller Times)