A school board leader at a North Texas school has been arrested for alleged sexual indecency with a child. Andrew Wilborn, 43, the president of the Prosper Independent School District (ISD) Board of...
Baylor Professor Criticizes University for ‘Failure’ Regarding Griner Detention
A Baylor University professor criticized the university for failing to bring enough awareness to Brittney Griner's detention in Russia. The WNBA All-Star and Baylor grad was recently transferred to...
Local Parents Upset over School Lunch Quality
The Grand Prairie Independent School District (GPISD) Board of Trustees got a surprise at its monthly public meeting Thursday night, where parents showed up to raise awareness about the allegedly...
Local Parent Arrested for Allegedly Bringing Gun to School
Police arrested a woman on an Arlington ISD campus Thursday afternoon when she allegedly showed up with a gun after hearing her child was involved in a fight with other students. The incident...
DISD Whistleblowers | ‘What Do You Know About School Law?’
As previously reported in The Dallas Express, school districts across the State of Texas are required to submit job contracts valued at $500,000 or more to their Board of Trustees for approval....
Baltimore Allows Education Reform Lawsuit to Proceed
A lawsuit against the Baltimore public school system alleging grade and attendance manipulation is being allowed to proceed after a judge denied Baltimore City and Baltimore City Public Schools'...
Texas Teacher Invents New Classroom Locks
A terrifying school lockdown experience three years ago inspired a Texas teacher to dedicate herself to making schools and other buildings safer. Crystal Salcido, an English teacher in El Paso,...
DISD Whistleblowers | The New Hire
Zachariah Manning's first day working for the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) was just over seven years ago, September 8, 2015, and it seems not much has changed regarding new employees....
SCOTUS Considers College Admission Discrimination Cases
Two high-profile cases before the U.S. Supreme Court focus on the topic of so-called “affirmative action,” which is the preferential treatment of some minority groups specifically based on their...
Local School Fight Stopped with Pepper Spray Pellets
A member of the DeSoto Independent School District is under fire for allegedly firing pepper-ball pellets at students in order to stop an ongoing brawl, reported NBC DFW. DeSoto ISD said the...
ACLU Disapproves of Keller ISD’s New Book Guidelines
On Monday, the board of trustees for the Keller Independent School District (ISD) amended the district's content guidelines for library books, which could result in the removal of some books if they...
Local Special-Needs Student’s Death Linked to Illegal Restraint
Fort Worth police disclosed to a local news outlet that employees of the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) restrained a special needs student last year in a manner that may have caused...
Texas Meat Judging Team Wins 2022 Contest
Students from Texas A&M University successfully brought home the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) International Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest championship for 2022. The Texas...
American Education Week | A DISD Retrospective
This week marks the 102nd American Education Week, an annual week-long affair first started by the National Educational Association (NEA), the American Legion, and the U.S. Department of Education....
Dallas Youth Commission Launches ‘Community Closet’
A new resource launched by the Dallas Youth Commission will provide North Texas students with various hygiene products. Students can stop by L.G. Pinkston High School to take items from the...
Keller ISD Votes to Review ‘Gender Fluid’ Books
In a contentious meeting of the Keller Independent School District (KISD) Board of Trustees on Monday, trustees voted to change the criteria by which library materials are screened. The proposed...
Local ISD to Change Its Bathroom Policy
The Frisco Independent School District (FISD) voted unanimously Monday night to require students to use bathrooms corresponding to their assigned gender at birth. The new policy, brought by...
Local School District Tests ‘Phone-Free Environment’
Parents and teachers at Richardson Independent School District (RISD) think the district's "no-phones" experiment at one of its schools is proving to be a success. RISD partnered with Yondr, a...
EPA Doles out Electric Bus Money to DISD
Dallas Independent School District (DISD) is poised to add 25 electric school buses to its fleet after being selected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive a taxpayer-funded grant....
TEA Proposes New Security Rules
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposed on Thursday that public schools in the state implement a new series of security measures to harden campuses against violent attacks, like the Robb...
Parents Angered by Potential Local School Closure
A recent meeting of the Coppell Independent School District (CISD) Board of Trustees prompted worry among parents who fear the district might shutter one of its best-performing elementary schools....
