Fort Worth’s superintendent, who has been criticized for low student performance and promoting "woke" ideology in the district, announced his intended retirement.
“A university’s promise to disregard financial need is meaningless if the institution privileges wealth,” the complaint reads.
Life School Superintendent Brent Wilson said he was unsurprised but "disappointed" by TASB's advocacy against charter schools.
A TEA monitor recommended that the superintendent be placed on leave or investigated — months after the board refused to hear his accuser.
Concerns over allegedly "X-rated" content previously motivated Williamson County commissioners to withhold certain federal relief funds.
The controversial cultural competence action plan proposed by Carroll ISD in 2020 has now been officially rejected as part of the settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed against the board of trustees.
More teachers were working under emergency or provisional credentials, but fewer were inexperienced than in previous years.
Former School Board President Rhonda Skillern-Jones has entered a plea agreement while two others were arrested Thursday in Houston.
Carroll ISD voted 4-3 to decline the participation of local home school students in UIL events, citing concerns about academic performance and a possible influx of participants.
Unofficial results from Saturday’s runoff election indicate that two conservative-backed candidates won seats, while two incumbents fended off challengers.
Following a lackluster response from local school district leaders, parents are increasingly attending school board meetings to read aloud from explicit materials available to students through public schools.
Texas public schools had more teachers and administrators and lower attrition in the 2020-2021 year than ever before.
"We have concluded that the December 1, 2021, Stay Order from the Fifth Circuit case is limited to the parties in the lawsuit," the district wrote.
A district spokeswoman said the review process began before state Rep. Matt Krause's inquiry into books he deemed lewd or racially charged.
Some major ISDs claim the recent ruling does not directly affect their mandates, although the injunction it overturned was statewide.
The Houston private school has informed employees that they must be fully vaccinated by January 4 due to the Biden administration’s requirement for federal contractors.
"The binary choice envisioned by the district court — either stay home or catch COVID-19 — is a false one," the panel wrote.
The laws taking effect on December 2 were passed during the second called session of the Texas legislature.
Texas students at schools without mask mandates test positive for COVID-19 about 0.9 percent more than students under a mask mandate.
The ongoing case is a lawsuit between several disabled students, represented by advocacy group Disability Rights Texas, and the state.
