Democrats in Texas House unveil bill to boost public school funding & teacher salaries

Democratic lawmakers in the Texas House have filed a bill that would give a big boost to public school funding and teacher salaries.

• Oct 20, 2023

North Texas schools come together for Hope Squad conference

Hope Squads are groups within schools that focus on reducing youth suicides. Members are nominated by their classmates as peers they can trust and are trained by advisors.

• Oct 19, 2023

Gov. Abbott says staff is working closely with House Republicans on school choice bill deal

It is a deal that's never been reached in the House, where rural Republicans have repeatedly joined Democrats over the years to reject a bill.

• Oct 17, 2023

Construction to begin on new Uvalde elementary school this October

The Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation is a nonprofit group that has been working with the district to build a school to replace Robb Elementary following the tragic shooting in May 2022.

• Oct 10, 2023

Arlington Public Library chosen as "NASA@ My Library" partner to further STEAM learning opportunities

The library said a program schedule utilizing the kit will become available in the coming months.

• Oct 9, 2023

North Texans demonstrate against taxpayer funds for students to attend private schools

The rally comes days before state lawmakers begin to debate this issue during the third special legislative session called by Governor Greg Abbott, which begins 1 p.m. Monday at the Texas Capitol.

• Oct 6, 2023

2 new options for federal student loan borrowers

CBS News Texas' Keith Russell details a couple of options struggling student loan borrowers have now that they're facing repayment again.

• Oct 4, 2023

Coppell ISD helping seniors prepare for the real world with "adulting" bootcamp

On Wednesday, the district gave all its seniors a jumpstart on all the tasks that are a normal part of growing up.

• Oct 4, 2023

Forney ISD welcomes first students to "The OC," its new 350,000-square-foot campus

It is billed as the biggest career and college school in the nation.

• Sep 27, 2023

North Texas school districts join TEA lawsuit over "A - F" ratings

Several North Texas school districts, including Dallas, Fort Worth and Prosper ISDs joined the lawsuit.

• Sep 19, 2023

Coppell ISD launches first-of-its-kind STEAM program for elementary school students

"There's other programs out there, but nothing like we're doing here," said Mike Yakubovsky, the STEAM instructional coach for Coppell ISD.

• Sep 13, 2023

Texas Education Agency delays release of school accountability ratings

You'll have to wait a little longer to see if your child's school is making the grade.

• Sep 13, 2023

Extended coverage: Texas teachers are leaving the profession in record numbers. They told us why.

It's happening nationwide, but last year Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Education Agency to immediately form a task force to figure out how the state could address the loss.

• Sep 8, 2023

North Texas teachers say lack of respect is driving them to quit: "The disrespect is real"

To get to the bottom of why a record number of teachers in Texas​ are leaving the profession, we spoke to six former North Texas teachers who quit within the last year.

• Sep 8, 2023

Why are Texas teachers quitting the profession in record numbers? Here's what they told us.

We invited six former teachers to our CBS News Texas studios to find out why.

• Sep 7, 2023

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