Education-related News
Wednesday, Nov. 13
- Astronaut from class of 1974 inspires Sam Houston High School students (Texas Public Radio)
- Pfluger Elementary teachers tapped for Voya cash award (Hays Free Press)
- Port Neches-Groves ISD takes first steps on bond project (Port Neches News)
- Klein ISD presents 7 rezoning options in preparation for new elementary school set to open in fall 2020 (Community Impact)
- Deer Park ISD program helps students give back to their community (Click 2 Houston)
- ExxonMobil donating $50K to Beaumont ISD for Imelda recovery, STEM education (ABC 12)
- Plano ISD teachers surprised with $125,000 in grants (Plano Magazine)
Tuesday, Nov. 12
- Congressman presents check to Mission CISD (Progress Times)
- Frisco ISD approves longer school days for shorter school year (Fox 4)
- Snyder ISD to close junior high, reopen with grade realignment (Fox 34)
- Over 300 PSJA ISD students hear personal stories, experiences from veterans (KGBT)
- Ector County ISD trustees to discuss full-day prekindergarten (Odessa American)
- With eye on budget savings, Manor school district creates police force (Austin American-Statesman)
- How schools are using the Trump impeachment inquiry as a teachable moment (NPR)
Monday, Nov. 11
- Sams talks Teacher of the Year award (Weatherford Democrat)
- After state takeover news, Houston ISD clams up, leaving parents and teachers scrambling for insight (Texas Tribune)
- Fast-growing Leander school district plans for 12,000 more students in next decade (Austin American-Statesman)
- Caldwell ISD shuts down all school campuses due to flu (KXAN)
- Ector County ISD investing in K-9 unit trained to detect weapons, explosives (News West 9)
- Legislative Budget Board releases performance audit of Houston ISD (Community Impact)
- Experts worry active shooter drills in schools could be traumatic for students (NPR)
- Facing lawsuit, DeVos erases student loans for 1,500 (PBS NewsHour)
Friday, Nov. 8
- Secret Service study explores school shooter warning signs (PBS NewsHour)
- Report: Texas home to more rural students than any other state (Texas Public Radio)
- Amazing Support: College Station ISD Education Foundation hands out $185K in grants to teachers (The Eagle)
- Math looks the same in the brains of boys and girls, study finds (NPR)
- Austin school closures disproportionately affect black and Latino students. Here’s why. (Austin American-Statesman)
- One goal of Austin ISD closing schools is to modernize buildings. What does that really mean? (KUT)
- 130,000 books donated to Fort Worth ISD elementary schools (NBCDFW)
Thursday, Nov. 7
- State to take over Houston ISD by replacing school board and superintendent (Texas Tribune)
- Mesquite ISD alumna returns to district, receives award in first year of teaching (Mesquite News)
- Voters approve Conroe ISD bond for school work; turn down artificial turf plan (The Courier)
- Voters approve Brock ISD bond (Weatherford Democrat)
- $20.8 million Denison school bond passes (KXII)
- Both Midway, West ISD bond packages pass (Waco Tribune-Herald)
- Midland ISD's $569 million bond passes by just 12 votes (CBS 7)
- Burnet CISD bond fails; needs don’t go away, superintendent says (DailyTrib.com)
- Hallsville voters pass $55 million bond for school district (CBS 19)
- Voters support Ysleta ISD’s $425 million bond election (KTSM)
- Voters give schools $359.8 million in bond issues (Beaumont Enterprise)
- Voters approve $10.5 million bond to help Alto ISD rebuild in wake of tornado (KTRE)
- Why colleges are reconsidering their reliance on standardized tests for admission (PBS NewsHour)
Wednesday, Nov. 6
- Texas kids denied special ed supports 52% less likely to graduate from HS, 38% less likely to go to college, shocking new study finds (The 74 Million)
- State denies Houston ISD’s appeal of Wheatley’s ‘F’ rating, raising chance of state takeover (Houston Public Media)
- Texas 2019 constitutional amendment election results (Texas Tribune)
- 2019 Election Results: School bonds pass in Del Valle and Manor, fail in Burnet and Lockhart (KUT)
- Somerset ISD residents approve bond for security upgrades, fine arts center (Texas Public Radio)
- In races for Houston school board, early returns show incumbents trailing their challengers (Houston Public Media)
- $4.5 million bond to address 5-part project in Bellevue ISD (Texomas Homepage)
- Educators learn how to defuse violent behavior in the classroom (KVII)
- Most of nation's top public universities aren't affordable for low-income students (NPR)
Tuesday, Nov. 5
- Laredo ISD school nurses will soon test student heart health (KGNS)
- Pflugerville ISD changes school lunch policy after parent witnesses child being "lunch shamed" (Fox 7)
- Local school leaders concerned with proposed SNAP changes (KSAT)
- Vaping crisis has now reached Texas elementary schools (ABC 13)
- Fort Bend ISD adapts to full-day pre-K implementation (Community Impact)
Monday, Nov. 4
- This school district has been at risk of state takeover for years. Some blame white flight. (Texas Tribune)
- Longview ISD to host final fall town hall on districtwide charter plans (Longview News-Journal)
- TEA final report calls for state takeover of Houston school board (Houston Public Media)
- Austin ISD says four schools stayed on closure list because it wouldn't 'cost extra' to shut them (KUT)
- Arlington school bond includes millions for high school football, softball renovations (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- Round Rock ISD installs new accessible playgrounds for kids of all abilities (KXAN)
- El Paso ISD receives $100,000 grant to better-prepare students for college (KFOX 14)
- Austin ISD students take part in eye-opening campaign on vaping dangers (KVUE)
- Are new accreditation rules for online education streamlined or ripe for abuse? (PBS NewsHour)
Friday, Nov. 1
- Teachers help student with cancer stay in class (NBCDFW)
- Dallas Cowboys, Stars visit schools affected by tornadoes while FEMA surveys damage (WFAA)
- Central Market donating $50,000 to Dallas ISD to help with tornado recovery (KDFW)
- Teachers, tell us how you teach Thanksgiving (NPR)
- Chicago teachers strike ends with tentative deal (PBS NewsHour)
- It's a smartphone life: More than half of U.S. children now have one (NPR)
Thursday, Oct. 31
- Texas, like nation, sees little progress in national report card (Texas Tribune)
- Texas education officials recommend replacing Houston ISD's elected school board (Texas Tribune)
- Texas is the only state with a double-digit rate of uninsured children (Texas Standard)
- Spring Branch ISD adopts 5 percent tax rate reduction (San Antonio Express-News)
- Houston-area charter system to add its first-ever elementary schools (Houston Business Journal)
- La Vernia ISD creates plans for campus evacuations (La Vernia News)
- ‘Inhale, and exhale’: Austin ISD teaches elementary students mindfulness (KXAN)
- Klein ISD’s kindergarten enrollment rate expected to level out; enrollment in charter schools projected to see continued growth (Community Impact)