Education-related News
Monday, Feb. 18
- San Benito schools plan for innovation (Valley Morning Star)
- Mission CISD on the road to become District of Innovation (Progress Times)
- Coppell ISD says it follows the law regarding immunizations (Coppell Gazette)
- Austin ISD to vote on sex ed curriculum changes (Spectrum News)
- Humble ISD celebrates 100 years with speeches, sparks (Houston Chronicle)
- Seguin ISD approves projects for $64.7 million in school building bonds (News4SA)
- Katy ISD takes new take on auto shop class (Houston Chronicle)
- South San ISD board president points to new developments for need to increase enrollment (KSAT)
- Dumas ISD boosting safety and security (KVII)
Friday, Feb. 15
- Texas' school finance system is unpopular and complex. Here's how it works. (Texas Tribune)
- School readiness study moves forward with more funding, findings (UT Dallas)
- South San staff set preliminary $14 million price tag to reopen schools (Texas Public Radio)
- Dallas trustees wrangle over pre-K charter school partnerships (Dallas Morning News)
- Texas school district makes big, expensive changes to security after nearby school shooting (KXXV)
- Texas lawmakers push to extend the school year (ABC 13)
- Federal watchdog issues scathing report on Education Department's handling of student loans (NPR)
- Spring ISD to offer free mobile immunization clinics in February (Community Impact)
- Parkland teacher who survived shooting calls arming faculty ‘asinine’ (PBS NewsHour)
- Ira ISD wins $10k in Powerade video competition (KTAB/KRBC)
- San Antonio ISD’s dual credit program gets $1.5 million donation (San Antonio Express-News)
- Student builds device to help visually impaired student (KLTV)
- New tools released to help 8th graders select high school tracks (KXAN)
- Royse City High School teacher recognized as February’s excellent educator (NBCDFW)
Thursday, Feb. 14
- Nine months after the Santa Fe school shooting, lawmakers want to ‘harden’ schools without changing gun laws (Texas Standard)
- The state of Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency items: Will property tax and school finance get reformed? (Texas Tribune)
- NPR's Special Series: Parkland School Shooting, One Year Later (NPR)
- A year after Parkland shooting, can anonymous tip lines help students keep schools safer? (PBS NewsHour)
- Opinion: Learning to be the ‘new me’ after the Parkland tragedy (PBS NewsHour)
- San Antonio ISD superintendent doubles down on criticism, highlights ‘turnaround’ schools (Texas Public Radio)
- Clarendon CISD starts new security step Tuesday (Clarendon Live)
- South San ISD considering plan to reopen old West Campus High School, two more schools (Fox San Antonio)
- Sulphur Springs auto tech classes give students ‘a little edge’ (Sulphur Springs News-Telegram)
- $martpath program helps students, teachers with financial literacy learning (KLTV)
- Denver teachers reach tentative deal to end walkout (NPR)
- A high-crime neighborhood makes it harder to show up for school (NPR)
Wednesday, Feb. 13
- How will Texas lawmakers pay for school finance reform if they cap property tax revenue? (Houston Public Media)
- Pflugerville ISD and Hutto ISD redraw attendance zones ahead of the 2019-20 school year (Community Impact)
- Katy ISD loses hundreds of teachers in three years (Houston Chronicle)
- UIL orders internal investigation at Duncanville (WFAA)
- McAllen ISD teacher named state finalist In H-E-B Education Awards (KVEO)
- With ongoing state probe, Houston school board may delay superintendent search (Houston Public Media)
- La Joya ISD student speaks out on school’s ‘water park’ (Progress Times)
- New Austin ISD Sex Education Plan would span grades 3 through 8 (KXAN)
- Waco ISD rolling out new security system for visitors (Waco Tribune-Herald)
- College Station ISD to introduce new curriculum focused on mental health (KBTX)
Tuesday, Feb. 12
- Why performance pay is at the heart of Denver’s teacher strike (PBS NewsHour)
- Austin ISD is going to close or consolidate some schools. Here's how the district's going to do it. (KUT)
- Austin trustees push back against school closure timelime (Austin American-Statesman)
- Edna ISD taking steps to keep students healthy during flu season (Crossroads Today)
- Calallen ISD hopes to make it tougher for students to use e-cigarettes on campus (Alice Echo News Journal)
- Lewisville ISD aims to sell 11 pieces of district property (Community Impact)
- Cy-Fair ISD calls for $1.7 billion bond election (Houston Chronicle)
Monday, Feb. 11
- Analysis: The challenge of reining in property taxes at no cost to schools (Texas Tribune)
- Denver teachers go on strike after failing to reach pay deal (PBS NewsHour)
- School shooters: What's their path to violence? (NPR)
- Literacy app from SMU-LIFT team wins multi-million dollar grand prize (KERA)
- Cleveland ISD voters to decide on largest bond in district's history this May (Bluebonnet News)
- Waco ISD aims to offer three meals a day at every school (Waco Tribune-Herald)
- Parents question whether shooting drills traumatize kids (The Associated Press)
- Southeast Texas teachers working second jobs to make ends meet (KFDM)
Friday, Feb. 8
- Texas’ savings account is poised to hit $15 billion. How much will lawmakers spend? (Texas Tribune)
- Klein ISD launches free program for students who didn't graduate due to standardized testing (KHOU)
- Beaumont ISD campuses prepare for charters’ expected mid-spring arrival (Beaumont Enterprise)
- Georgetown ISD looks to better prepare students for a changing future (Community Impact)
- Six recent measles cases in Texas include five children (Dallas Morning News)
- Alice ISD seeks bond election approval, could lead to consolidation of schools (KZTV)
- Denisse Aguilera wins EXCEL award for Edgewood ISD (KENS)
- Itasca ISD cancels classes due to illness (KCEN)
- Fort Worth ISD school engineering young entrepreneurs (Fox 4)
- Sanford-Fritch ISD closing due to flu (KVII)
- East Texas school districts canceling classes due to illness (KLTV)
- Richardson ISD greenlights new electoral process with unanimous approval of majority single-member district map (Community Impact)
- Classes canceled Friday in Plainview for flu and stomach bug (EverythingLubbock.com)
- Resume issues? Need an internship? This organization can help (NPR)
Thursday, Feb. 7
- Santa Fe survivors are expecting results from the Texas Legislature (Texas Tribune)
- Texas Panhandle school districts enforce policies to combat hazing (ABC 7)
- TxDOT studying Central ISD school zones (KTRE)
- Plano ISD trustees delay decision on honors designation for future fine arts courses (Community Impact)
- Kermit ISD partners with Proximity Learning (Big 2/Fox 24)
- Texas A&M, Bryan ISD partnering in teacher residency program (KAGS)
- Higher Ed: Couldn't We All Use A Little Help? The Impact Of Effective Mentoring (KUT)
- Southside ISD kindergartner will have her artwork displayed at State Capitol (KTXS)
- Absences related to flu cause Mount Vernon ISD to cancel class Thursday, Friday (KLTV)
- Mumford ISD ranked among top 26 districts in the nation (KBTX)
- More than 200 students learn more about being a teacher (MyHighPlains.com)
- Weatherford ISD discusses full day prekindergarten (Weatherford Democrat)
- Governor congratulates Premont ISD in Facebook video (KIII)
- Lindsay ISD board calls for $19.9M bond election (Gainesville Daily Register)
Wednesday, Feb. 6
- Watch Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State address (Texas Tribune)
- Dallas ISD trustee wants moratorium on new charter schools (Fox 4)
- Threat of a state takeover intensifies for Houston ISD (Houston Public Media)
- More Texoma schools close for widespread flu (KFDX/KJTL)
- Marshall ISD requiring high school, junior high students to wear IDs for safety — or face punishment (Longview News-Journal)
- College credit in high school saving families hundreds of thousands of dollars (News4SanAntonio.com)
- Illnesses on the rise, Slaton ISD uses Professional Development day for extra cleaning (KCBD)
- K-4 students in Carroll ISD to use iPads for the 2019-20 school year (Community Impact)
Tuesday, Feb. 5
- Gov. Greg Abbott names school finance, property tax reform emergency items (Texas Tribune)
- Kinder High School inaugurates new downtown Houston campus (Houston Public Media)
- 5 takeaways on the state of Dallas schools (Dallas Morning-News)
- San Antonio man files cyberbullying lawsuit against son's classmates (Texas Public Radio)
- East Central ISD implements service letting families track school buses (KENS)
- Krum ISD touts apps designed to improve safety (Denton Record-Chronicle)
- Wichita Falls ISD to save around $40,000 a month with dark fiber project (KFDX/KJTL)
- Northside ISD elementary school evacuated due to possible gas leak (KSAT)
- Garland ISD launches app for anonymous tips (Fox 4)