The Texas State Board of Education convened in Austin Tuesday to kick off the week's meetings. Colin Dempsey, director of District Operations, Technology, and Sustainability Support for the Texas...
DISD Board Faces Concerns About Safety
Former educators and community members spoke out against perceived safety issues and managerial retaliation against teachers and staff at Dallas Independent School District (ISD) schools during a...
Canceled Drag Show Prompts No-Confidence Vote
The president of West Texas A&M University is undergoing a no-confidence vote after canceling a drag show last month. “We do not take this step lightly,” Ashley Pinkham, faculty senate...
Dallas Foundation Hosts Education Event
The Dallas Foundation hosted a Community Matters event where the main topic of discussion was the post-COVID-19 state of Dallas education. The organization's chief impact officer, Drexell Owusu, was...
DISD Coach Allegedly Punches Student
A Dallas ISD staffer was arrested last Friday after a video emerged on social media showing the man hitting a student. The video shows the staffer apparently punching a 17-year-old student in the...
Teacher Charged for Sexual Assault of Student
A Lewisville ISD teacher was arrested by police Wednesday afternoon, charged with aggravated assault of a child and indecency with a child. The man, Camey Elementary School teacher John Collet, was...
TX School Fund CEO Steps Down Amid BlackRock Controversy
The official responsible for managing financial assets and revenue for Texas public schools is stepping down amid controversy over his handling of state guidance to divest from firms, such as...
Local ISD Hosting Fentanyl Awareness Meeting
The Frisco Independent School District (FISD) will be hosting a town hall meeting for district residents and community members on Thursday in a bid to sound the alarm on the current fentanyl crisis...
VIDEO: UT Dallas Art Takes Over Dallas Skyline
Artwork created by students in the University of Texas at Dallas' projection mapping lab class is currently on display nightly at the Omni Dallas Hotel. Through the end of the month, the students'...
VIDEO: Local Teacher Arrested for Student ‘Fight Club’
A substitute teacher was fired from Mesquite ISD and arrested after a video emerged showing the substitute allegedly encouraging and facilitating fights between students in class. The substitute,...
TX Board of Ed. Discusses Library Materials
The final day of the quarterly meeting of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) was held last Friday when a general convening of the body discussed and voted on education policy. After a musical...
UNT Names New Police Chief
A new chief of police is starting at the University of North Texas beginning in June. Ramona Washington, an alumna who holds a bachelor's and master's in criminal justice from the school and who has...
Mega Teacher Job Fair Held at Esports Stadium
Dozens of school districts banded together on Monday to hold one giant job fair amidst a tight education labor market that is leaving many Texas classrooms without a certified full-time teacher at...
SBOE Committee Tackles SBEC and School Safety
The Committee on School Initiatives of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) convened on Thursday to discuss and vote on several updates to the state administrative and education codes. Only...
SBOE | Committee Considers Innovative Courses
The Texas State Board of Education's (SBOE) Committee on Instruction met on Thursday to take some housekeeping votes and receive a briefing from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on "innovative...
ISD Board Concerned Over Budget Cuts
Houston Independent School District (HISD) school board members are expressing concern over proposed budget cuts to schools, arguing that such cuts could create instability as the district is set to...
State Board of Education Talks Ban on Chinese Affiliates
Confucius Institutes, controversial cultural programs organized abroad by the Chinese Communist Party, have drawn the attention of the SBOE.
Teacher Arrested for Student ‘Fight Club’
A Florida middle school teacher has been arrested for allegedly hosting fights between students on campus during school hours. Angel Drew Footman, 23, a teacher at Griffin Middle School in...
Dallas Activist Calls TEA Commissioner Out
At a public comment forum with the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) on Tuesday, a local public education activist criticized Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath after he...
TEA Commissioner Addresses State School Board
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath spoke to the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) on April 12, the second day of the body's regular meeting. Morath has been serving as the...
Hoax Calls Target Collin College, Texas Wesleyan
Collin College and Texas Wesleyan University were two of at least four Texas colleges and universities that were the targets of hoax calls Thursday, authorities said. Plano police responded to the...