Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos For Education Department
The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie.
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The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie.
The Mesquite ISD has a new initiative aimed at inspiring a love of reading, and two NFL players are lending their star power to the cause. JaCorey Shepherd and De'Vante Harris both played football at Horn High School.
A case concerning a North Texas school district is being heard by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Tuesday. The arguments are related to religion in school settings.
Baylor University has fired a newly hired assistant strength and conditioning coach after he was arrested on a prostitution solicitation charge.
A unique program offered at Sudie Williams Elementary in Dallas helps hearing impaired students overcome obstacles to getting there.
It took her 71 years, but a Lewisville woman finally accomplished her dream at the age of 88-years-old.
It is "Innovation Day" at the University of Texas at Arlington and that means young people on the campus and in the community are being recognized for "innovative and entrepreneurial excellence and success."
It was one week ago when a bomb threat at a North Texas high school had teachers and students on lockdown late into the evening. Today police in Trophy Club confirm they have made an arrest in the case.
The Texas Board of Education has moved closer to tweaking -- but still preserving -- high school science curriculum requirements that teachers and academics say cast doubt on the theory of evolution.
A state Senate committee has approved Gov. Greg Abbott's three nominees for the University of Texas System Board of Regents.
A crowd protesting a far-right commentator's appearance at the University of California at Berkeley hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and sparked a massive bonfire, prompting officials to call off the event.
Racism was the topic Wednesday for high school students from all over North Texas on the SMU campus.
The Republican-controlled board on Wednesday modified language that had asked biology students to consider "all sides" of scientific theory.
Geeks of America, PBS' "Nova" wants you to open up your minds and wallets for a sequel to its sleeper 2012 hit film on the periodic table.
President Trump's ban on people from Iran and six other predominantly Muslim countries has frustrated academics at Harvard University, who feel like they have been robbed of a brain trust.