Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Angรฉlica Ramsey received a three-year extension on her contract after only assuming the position last September. The district's school board voted unanimously -- with...
New Charges Against Local ISD Employee
A former local educator received a second criminal charge after his firing from Legacy High School in the Mansfield Independent School District (MISD). 35-year-old Diego Barona was arrested and...
Student Suffers Apparent Fentanyl Overdose
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD faced its second apparent fentanyl overdose in the past several weeks on Tuesday. A letter from DeWitt Perry Middle School in Carrollton informed parents that officials...
DISD Teacher Accused of Improper Relationship
Another employee of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) has been arrested for allegedly having an improper relationship with a student, the second in less than a month. The employee in...
TASB Hints at Legal Action Against ISDs
Letters between the attorneys for the Texas Association of School Boards and the school district that recently left it hint at a future legal dispute.
Cost of Ivy League Education Nears $90K
This spring, high schoolers across the country will start receiving their college acceptance letters. Yet those looking to attend an Ivy League college or a top-tier liberal arts school might find...
TX Lawmakers Call for More ISDs To Drop TASB
AUSTIN -- Some state lawmakers and North Texas school board trustees are calling for an exodus from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) following months of controversy over the...
VIDEO: Local School Website Links to Drag Story Hour
As the Texas Legislature debates prohibiting children from attending drag shows and performances, a local school district provided a direct link on its website to an outside resource containing a...
Local Students Win Reading Contest
March Madness brought a different kind of excitement to the American Airlines Center last Thursday, as third-graders from Mesquite ISD won the title in a reading competition. The "Read to the Final...
Professors Argue Against Tenure Legislation
University professors are pushing against priority legislation in the Texas Senate that would end lifetime tenure at state universities.ย Senate Bill 18, filed by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe,...
Another ‘Obscene’ Book Found at ISD Library
Another "obscene" book was found at a North Texas school library, the latest such occurrence amidst a push by state lawmakers to make it easier to prosecute librarians on obscenity charges. Local...
Local Catholic Schools Upgrade Security
North Texas private schools are reassessing their security measures following the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville on Monday that left three employees and three students dead. The...
Local ISD To Cut Jobs Over $80M Deficit
The Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) is moving forward with job cuts after its board of trustees voted on Tuesday to approve Superintendent Angรฉlica Ramsey's plan to restructure some...
GCISD Legal Battle Over Fired Principal Continues
New court documents in the ongoing saga between former Colleyville Heritage High School principal James Whitfield and the districtโs board of trustees reveal a clearer picture of the lead-up to his...
Texas Students Unprepared for College, Work
An alarming new study by the George W. Bush Institute and the nonprofit Texas 2036 found that student outcomes in Texas are flagging, with school systems leaving kids less prepared for college or...
Local Educator Allegedly Abused Student
A local high school in the Mansfield Independent School District (MISD) terminated the employment of a special education aide who has since been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of an...
DISD Trustees Oppose Texas Voucher Bill
Some Dallas Independent School District (DISD) trustees spoke out against a Texas voucher bill at a school board meeting last week, telling community members to reach out to their state...
Local ISD To Leave School Board Association
SOUTHLAKE -- The Board of Trustees for the Carroll Independent School District (CISD) became the first public school district to leave the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Monday evening,...
L.A. Schools Reach Tentative Union Deal
Following a three-day strike by support staff at the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), a tentative agreement was reached between the district and the Service Employees International Union...
Gov. Appoints 6 to School Safety Center Board
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a new member to the Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) Board of Directors and reappointed five others on Wednesday, including one current member of the Dallas Independent...
Propositions on Ballot in May for Coppell ISD
Coppell Independent School District (CISD) is putting several multi-million-dollar projects up for a vote this coming May. The propositions include renovations that could cost taxpayers between $9.5...