Students graduating from Construction and Building Maintenance programs at Remington College will have a direct pathway to employment thanks to a new partnership. Remington College announced this...
ISD Student Club Promotes Trans Chest Binders
A Katy ISD student club participated in a clothing drive for children who identify as transgender that included "binders," which medical studies show can cause severe health issues when worn by...
Two Local Colleges Ramp Up Student Readiness
Two local colleges are stepping up to serve their student with readiness initiatives. To enable high school students to earn an associate degree before graduating, Collin College has joined with...
Fired Principals File TEA Appeal
Two former principals who used to work at Fort Worth ISD have formally appealed their recent firings. James Garcia, the former principal of Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School, and Katrina Smith, the...
School Choice Popular Among Texas Youth, Minorities
A new poll shows that school choice policies are generally popular among diverse demographic groups, with urban, young, and minority voters showing the most support. The Texas Trends survey,...
School Gets Creative Amid Poor Reading Scores
One Fort Worth ISD campus is tackling lackluster reading scores with a karaoke session. The M.H. Moore Elementary library has been offering a fun new activity to not only provide students with an...
Fast-Growing District Adopts Longer School Days
One of the fastest-growing school districts in North Texas will have longer school days next fall. Northwest ISD, located in the northwest corridor of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, will be...
Professor Resigns After Israel-Hamas Event
A University of Texas at Arlington professor has resigned after facing pushback from students and faculty over his description of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Morgan Marietta, the then-chair of the...
Ed Tech Spending Didn’t Pay Off, Study Says
A new investigation has shown that despite the feeding frenzy on federal taxpayer dollars enjoyed by tech companies, students benefited very little from the record-breaking spending on education...
ACT Test Scores Hit Three-Decade Low
The administrator of a college admissions test announced some worrying results that suggest high school students are graduating without being prepared for higher education. The non-profit...
Local Student Arrested for Alleged Gun on Campus
A security screening conducted at a Keller ISD school on Tuesday morning apparently uncovered a firearm as well as a controlled substance in the backpack of an 18-year-old student. Armando Jozel...
DISD Partners With Transgender Clinic
Dallas ISD offers students access to a program that enables transgender hormone usage and provides references for sex-alteration surgeries.
SMU Plans Institute for Dallas’ Pegasus Park
Weeks after Dallas' Pegasus Park was chosen by a federal agency to become a regional hub for biotech research, Southern Methodist University has announced it will open an Institute for Computational...
DA Rejects Child Sex Case Targeting Bus Driver
The Dallas County District Attorneyโs Office threw out a child sex crime case made against a school bus driver contracted for Coppell ISD. Although the details of the case have not been disclosed...
DISD Spends to Dodge Accountability Reports
Dallas ISD was among dozens of public school systems to successfully skirt accountability by blocking the release of the latest Texas Education Agency reports last week. Superintendent Stephanie...
VIDEO: Local Students ‘Feel Safer’ After AI Upgrade
High schoolers in Mansfield ISD have weighed in on the new high-tech security system implemented Friday to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. After much deliberation, district officials...
Gov. Abbott Expands Special Session #3 Call
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a new proclamation to expand the scope of the ongoing special session after negotiations with the stalled House of Representatives. As reported by The Dallas Express,...
Gov. Abbott, Others, Push for School Choice
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are continuing to vocally advocate for school choice as the legislature stalls on the issue. Several weeks into the third special session, the school choice...
Special Ed Aide Charged for Alleged Assault
A special education aide at DeSoto High School faces felony charges after video footage allegedly capturing her striking a student with a power cord was turned in to the authorities. Gloria Lowe...
Former Student Takes Over Struggling DISD Campus
A former Dallas ISD student has come back to his old high school to serve as its principal as the campus continues to struggle with academic outcomes. Principal Joseph Pouncy is now heading up...
DISD Launches New Security Department
Dallas ISD is launching an initiative to bolster student and employee safety following its filing for a good cause exception to a state law requiring an armed peace officer to be stationed at every...