Complaint Alleges Texas Charter Schools Abusing Visa Program
A complaint filed with Texas education officials accuses a charter-school network of abusing a visa program to import large numbers of Turkish teachers to the state.
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A complaint filed with Texas education officials accuses a charter-school network of abusing a visa program to import large numbers of Turkish teachers to the state.
A 62-year-old man who once was a special needs teacher in the Mansfield Independent School District will spend the next 60 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
A textbook proposed to help teach the cultural history of Mexican-Americans in Texas public schools is under scrutiny by scholars, some of whom decry the effort as racist and not a reflection of serious academic study.
Parents, supporters and protestors are expected to gather again in Fort Worth tonight. The transgender bathroom issue is expected to come up during the Fort Worth Independent School District school board meeting.
A retired Texas schoolteacher who claims President Barack Obama is a gay prostitute is the front-runner in a Republican primary runoff for a seat on the influential state education board.
From homeless shelter, to a top tier university: a DISD Senior dreaming of becoming a film maker, is already re-writing her life story.
A group of Texas parents want a judge to scrap results from a statewide standardized test that is under new scrutiny after a computer glitch this spring lost thousands of student answers.
The meetings on the controversial topic will take place from June 2-June 9 at four Fort Worth ISD high schools starting at 7:00 p.m.
When colleges pick their graduation speakers, many strive to put a celebrity behind the podium. It can bring prestige. It can bring publicity. And it can bring a steep bill.
Police are looking for the person/persons suspected of firing gunshots near a Fort Worth Independent School District campus. It was just after 12:00 p.m. when there was a report of shots fired near Wedgwood 6th Grade Center.
The Abernathys say they've tried punishment, counseling, even calling police.
Jody and Neil Waddell answered their sons' challenge when the parents were pushing them to go to college.
School board members have announced the plans for four public forums to be held as early as next month on the topic.
Thousands of low-income students in nearly two dozen states will soon be able get federal grants to take college courses while still in high school, part of a program the Obama administration plans to begin this summer.
Cash-strapped districts across the state must find a way to move forward with a complicated school finance system, whether that's pressuring lawmakers for more money or finding a taste for raising property taxes.