'Ready For College' Summer Camp Offered For Fort Worth 8th Graders
During the camp, students will be exposed to various collegiate campuses, business environments and community service projects
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During the camp, students will be exposed to various collegiate campuses, business environments and community service projects
During last week's marathon state budget debate, the House voted 103-44 to prohibit using taxpayer funding for private schools, expressly forbidding vouchers.
A Faberge egg and the jeweled elephant designed to fit inside it will be reunited for the first time in almost a century thanks to a loan from Queen Elizabeth II to a Texas museum.
A House proposal to tack onto the state budget a repeal of a law offering in-state tuition at Texas public universities to some high school graduates who came to the U.S. illegally has failed on a technicality.
Grand Prairie ISD is considering a dual program with UT Arlington that would greatly benefit future nurses.
On Thursday night, critics are planning a protest rally at district headquarters at 7:00 p.m. to keep up the pressure on the school board regarding concerns about Nichols Junior High.
Texas lawmakers are pushing for tougher sexual assault reporting requirements on college campuses in response to the ongoing investigations into Baylor University's handling of sexual assault allegations involving its football program.
The Texas Senate has endorsed freezing tuition rates at public universities for two years and making schools meet performance benchmarks before raising them again.
Texas lawmakers have started working on bills overhauling special education. A committee on Tuesday is discussing proposals prohibiting the state from capping the number of students eligible for special education instruction.
The case of 10 Texas high school students charged with sexual assault in a hazing scandal involving athletes will now be investigated by the Texas Rangers and the Texas Attorney General's Office.
Serene Nijem, a fifth-grader at Olive Tree Montessori Academy, Fort Worth, is the regional winner in the Take Care of Texas art contest for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Massive storms forced the Mansfield ISD to cancel classes on Wednesday. Students did have school on Thursday, but some parents were not made aware of that plan until just hours before the bell rang.
The Texas Senate has voted to require high schools to provide instruction on how to best interact with law enforcement in traffic stops and other situations. The bill now goes to the Texas House for consideration.
With severe weather blowing through North Texas overnight, several schools across the North Texas area were left without power Wednesday morning.
Students across North Texas are taking the STAAR test on Tuesday. It has been one year since problems plagued the standardized test, and nearly $20 million worth of changes were made.