Prosper Independent School District officials rang in the construction of the districtโs fourth high school last week with a ground-breaking ceremony. Speaking on August 4 at the event on Prairie...
Armed School Guard Law Kicks in This Fall
School districts across Texas must soon guarantee that an armed security guard is stationed at every one of their campuses in order to comply with a new state law taking effect in September. Both...
New Medical School May Boost DFW by $4B
Administrators predict that Fort Worth could see an annual economic boost of $4 billion from the freshly accredited medical school at Texas Christian University by 2030. TCU expects an estimated...
Fired Texas College Professor Speaks Out
Another professor at St. Philip's College in San Antonio was reportedly fired due to student and faculty complaints about his political beliefs. The instructor in question was Will Moravits, a...
Final School Campus Intruder Audits Released
The Texas School Safety Center has published its final report on its random intruder detection audits of schools across the state, and almost a quarter of audited campuses need some kind of...
Classical Charter Growth Hints at School Choice Support
Texas parents are increasingly pulling their children out of traditional public schools and enrolling them in classical charter schools, suggesting growing support for school choice in the Lone Star...
Programs Seek To Check DISD Learning Loss
Community organizations in Dallas are pitching in to help students overcome the learning loss that occurred as a result of the educational disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its...
Do ISDs Have To Report Abuse Cases To Parents?
State law seemingly does not require public school systems to notify district parents when allegations of abuse have been made against a school employee, according to an education attorney. As...
‘Left-Wing’ Nonprofit Runs DISD Summer Camp
Dallas ISD has partnered with an allegedly biased non-profit organization to host summer camps for K-5 students ahead of the 2023-2024 school year. As previously reported by The Dallas Express, the...
Cruz Wants JROTC Out of Schools With China Ties
Legislation is being introduced in Congress that would ban the Department of Justice from authorizing junior reserve officersโ training programs at any private schools with ties to the Chinese...
Local University Spotlighted for Grad Programs
University of Texas at Arlingtonโs kinesiology department is getting some profile from Study International, a global education resource. The website recognized the department for its graduate...
Court Upholds In-State Tuition for Unlawful Migrants
A Fifth Circuit ruling allows U.S. citizens who live outside Texas to continue paying more in tuition at UNT than unlawful migrants who live in-state.
Nationwide Test Score Decline Raises Alarm
Students across the country fell behind academically last school year, raising concerns over whether any progress has been made in overcoming learning loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According...
Local School Helps Teens in Addiction Recovery
A study by the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics found that the number of teenagers abusing drugs in the United States increased drastically in recent years, putting a spotlight on how...
Parent Throws Chicken Feed at School Board
A concerned parent in South Carolina reportedly expressed his frustration with a local public school district by throwing bags of chicken feed at school board members. David Cook had been trying to...
Local Organization To Hold Literacy Clinics
Many students across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex have struggled academically following the COVID-19 pandemic, and now a Fort Worth education group will be holding literacy clinics to help...
North Texas School Start Dates
Summer is quickly waning for students and educators across North Texas, with barely a month of vacation left for some independent school districts. The start dates for the upcoming academic year...
Former DISD Super Pays Houston Educators Late
The recently appointed superintendent at Houston ISD found himself at the center of a payroll controversy Wednesday. The direct deposits for as many as 2,000 Houston ISD employees were not dispersed...
North TX Schools Nab $3.5M in Taxpayer Grants
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that several educational institutions in North Texas would receive more than $3.5 million in state taxpayer-funded grants. A total of six schools will split eight...
UNT Offers Free Music Lessons to DISD Schools
A local college has had some Dallas Independent School District (DISD) students singing a new tune. The University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton has given students at participating DISD campuses...
Local ISD Designates More Phone-Free Campuses
Four more campuses in Richardson Independent School District (RISD) have been slated for a cell phone-free pilot program next school term, making five total in the district. In line with the...