Texas Board OKs Paid Trips To Charter Schools
The Texas Board of Education has given approval for its members to take all-expenses-paid trips touring out-of-state charter school networks seeking approval to operate in Texas.
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The Texas Board of Education has given approval for its members to take all-expenses-paid trips touring out-of-state charter school networks seeking approval to operate in Texas.
The push to house hundreds of unaccompanied children in shelters across North Texas could come down to a key visit to a vacant school in Grand Prairie on Friday.
Grand Prairie residents will learn more about Dallas County's plan to house undocumented children who have crossed into Texas illegally.
The chancellor of the University of Texas System insists a lack of trust and communication led him to press for the resignation of the president of the Austin flagship campus.
Sanders joined 105.3 The Fan to defend Prime Prep Academy, saying the school is suffering for the illegal actions of a former co-founder.
A federal appeals court panel ruled that the University of Texas can continue using race as a factor in undergraduate admissions as a way of promoting diversity on campus.
The Texas Education Agency is taking steps to shutdown the charter school started by former Dallas Cowboy Deion Sanders. TEA officials have "started the revocation process" against Uplift Fort Worth -- the sponsoring entity of Prime Prep Academy.
More than 300 people have signed a petition to protect the historic West High School building from being demolished.
A new state law allows trained school staff members to carry guns on campus. The training program started Monday at Tarrant County College's northwest campus.
A Fort Worth school district audit has deemed more than $2.7 million worth of computer equipment and technology as unnecessary or unused.
UTA is hosting its 14th annual Texas Cross weekend. The university invites students from all over the country to come out and race formula cars.
Efforts to eliminate extra pay for teachers who earn advanced degrees are gaining momentum in a small but growing number of U.S. schools.
One of the most anticipated shopping weekends of the year has been announced.
Mesquite Police are looking for an unidentified man who is suspected of stealing copper from several air conditioning at a local elementary school.
It's a first of its kind study involving sexual assault cases at colleges and universities. The report found that more than 40-percent of schools have not conducted a single sexual assault investigation in the past five years.