Teachers and students will arrive at Westlake Academy on August 17 to brand-new modular buildings. The aging, portable buildings on campus have been replaced sooner than expected since the project...
Texas Passes Higher Education Bills
The Texas Legislature recently passed a series of high-profile bills regarding the stateโs institutions of higher education. Now that the legislative session has come to a close, an assessment of...
ISD’s P-TECH Program Sees Rush of Applicants
Over 100 students from across Judson Independent School District (JISD) applied to a new four-year program offering high schoolers the chance to graduate with both a high school diploma and industry...
Substitute Teacher Indicted for Student ‘Fight Club’
A Mesquite Independent School District substitute teacher who allegedly organized fight clubs among her students is now facing multiple indictments. Natally Garcia, a 24-year-old who has since been...
Tarrant County College Has Eyes to Future
Despite recent troubles, Tarrant County College (TCC) is working to revamp its student pathways into the labor market. TTC Chancellor Elva LeBlanc has been striving to attract new students, forge...
Local ISD Discontinues Virtual Academy
Denton Independent School District announced Friday that it would discontinue its online school catering to kindergarten to 8th-grade students learning from home. Denton ISD Superintendent Jamie...
Dallas College Receives Workforce Grant
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Dallas College has received a $468,309 grant award for a workforce development initiative with Gainwell Technologies. Dallas College will use the...
Texas Teacher Prep Program’s Future Uncertain
The future is uncertain for Texas Teachers of Tomorrow (TTT) after a recent court order stopped state education officials from moving forward with their case to revoke its accreditation. TTT asked a...
Local ISD Has Four Schools at Capacity
Frisco Independent School District has four school campuses already at capacity for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. Student enrollment at Nelson Middle School, Lebanon Trail High School, Reedy...
Student Outcomes at Center of DISD Runoff
The question of student outcomes has come to the forefront of the upcoming runoff for the trustee seat in Dallas ISD District 2. As previously reported byย The Dallas Express, the May 6 election for...
Dallas ISD Expands Clear Backpack Policy
Every student in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) will be required to use a clear or mesh backpack next school year per an expansion of existing security protocols. The district...
TX PSF Corporation Board Appoints Acting CEO
The Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation has appointed an interim CEO as its board of directors seeks a replacement for B. Holland Timmins III.
Former SMU Student Arrested for Threats
A former graduate student from Southern Methodist University has been taken into custody and is now facing felony charges after allegedly making threatening statements toward the university's...
School District Suspends Superintendent
The Itasca Independent School District on Monday named an interim superintendent. Keith Boles accepted the position during a special meeting Monday morning. Superintendent Michael Stevens was...
6th Grader Allegedly Assaults Kindergarteners
Rockwall ISD is facing a lawsuit after allegedly giving a sixth-grade boy the opportunity to sexually assault at least six kindergarten girls.
Saturday Garden Tour Raises Scholarship Funds
The Garden Club of Celina is hosting its biannual Home Garden Tour this Saturday to raise funds for high school seniors wishing to study STEM and agriculture at university. On June 3 from 9 a.m. to...
School Bus Driver Stops Man Luring Teen
A Garland Independent School District bus driver sprang to action one May morning when she noticed a strange car following one of her students. Reva, who did not wish to provide reporters with her...
$100,000 Bond Set for Superintendent
Itasca ISD Superintendent Michael Stevens on Friday was charged with online solicitation of a minor. The 47-year-old Stevens appeared in a Harris County, where his bond was set at $100,000. The...
TASB Monopoly Challenged by New School Board Assn.
Texans for Excellence in Education announces service options for local boards of trustees that want to leave the Texas Association of School Boards.
Superintendent Among 7 Arrested in Sex Sting
The superintendent from Itasca ISD near Dallas was one of seven people arrested in an undercover sex sting, Harris County Constable Alan Rosen said. Michael Stephens, 47, was taken into custody for...
TEA Appoints Houston ISD Superintendent
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath appointed a new board of managers to oversee Houston ISD and named Mike Miles, a former superintendent for Dallas ISD, to take the helm of the...