Summer vacation has ended for many students as Monday ushered in the start of a new school year for several North Texas districts. With approximately 38,000 students enrolled, Mesquite Independent...
Harvard Legacy, Donor Admissions May Violate Civil Rights
Several Boston-area civil rights groups have filed a complaint with the Department of Education challenging Harvard Universityโs donor and legacy-related admissions. The complaint alleges Harvardโs...
Local ISD Sued for Discrimination, Retaliation
A local family is suing the Coppell Independent School District for allegedly retaliating against them after they complained about a school assignment given to their son that they considered...
School Book Vendors Oppose Explicit Content Law
A Texas law that will require ratings on sexual content in books used by public schools draws pushback from booksellers.
Two DFW Business Schools Among Nation’s Best
Out of all the business schools in the nation, two local universities rank in the top 10 for graduate earnings, according to a recent study. The Cox School of Business at Dallas' Southern Methodist...
Texas Puts $3.9B University Fund To Vote
Four Texas universities could see a big windfall if voters approve of a proposed higher education endowment of $3.9 billion in taxpayer money. Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation in June that would...
Local ISD Appoints Interim Superintendent
A new interim superintendent is taking over at Keller ISD following the announced retirement of Rick Westfall, who has been at the helm of the district for six years. At a special meeting of Keller...
Dallas ISD Racks Up Lackluster STAAR Scores
Dallas Independent School District is trailing far behind state averages, and student scores show troubling year-over-year trends.
AFL Threatens Suits Over Race-Based Admissions
America First Legal (AFL), a non-profit legal group, has sent letters to 200 law schools across the country threatening a lawsuit if they do not stop considering race in their admissions processes....
TX College Fires Professor for Defining Sex
A professor of biology at a college in Texas who was allegedly fired for telling his class that X and Y chromosomes determine sex believes his First Amendment rights have been violated. Johnson...
UT Austin Rises in World University Rankings
The University of Texas at Austin recently shot up in the latest QS World University Rankings list, jumping from the No.72 spot last year to No.58. QS World University Rankings based its list on an...
DISD Super Criticizes New State Scoring Guide
Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde acknowledged that the district's Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating would likely fall for the 2022-2023 school year under new proposed...
Ed Secretary Defends Race-Based Admissions
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona issued a statement defending race-conscious admission policies at colleges and universities in the wake of the Supreme Court's curtailing of...
Local ISD Adopts New Pronoun and Bathroom Policies
Trustees for Keller ISD passed two policy updates on Wednesday that one left-leaning advocacy organization claims violate federal law. At the school board's meeting on June 28, trustees moved to...
Colleges Look To Maintain Race Considerations
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end affirmative action in university admissions, schools across the country are suggesting they will attempt to continue considering race as...
STAAR Results Show Little Improvement
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released some of the STAAR test scores for the 2022-2023 school year on Friday, which showed little if any improvement over the previous year. In a news release, TEA...
TX Colleges React To End of Race-Based Admissions
Texas universities issue responses to the U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling race-based admissions practices unconstitutional.
South Dallas High School Logs Low Scores
The Dallas Express looked into the student achievement data behind the worst-performing high school in Bad Apple Justin Henry's education district in Dallas ISD, where one subject saw a rate of...
Majority of Texans Support School Choice
Texas residents across multiple demographics generally approve of school choice initiatives, a recent poll from the University of Texas suggests.
Local ISD To Vote on Pronoun, Bathroom Policies
Keller ISD school board members are set to vote Wednesday evening on policies pertaining to controversial LGBT issues, such as preferred pronoun use and bathroom rules. According to the meeting's...
Drag Show at Local School Allegedly ‘Toned Down’
District leaders at a Collin County public school system claim that certain policy changes worked to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit content at a recent LGBTQ Pride event...