UT Chancellor Cigarroa Resigning
University of Texas chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said that he is resigning because he has accomplished the goals that he set five years ago, not because of political turmoil.
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University of Texas chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said that he is resigning because he has accomplished the goals that he set five years ago, not because of political turmoil.
Democratic candidate for governor Wendy Davis is calling on Texas to settle a school finance lawsuit and convene a special session of the Legislature.
The worst of Monday morning's weather seems to have hit Montague County. Several school districts there were forced to either delay their starts or shut down completely.
Although freeways and major thoroughfares remained for the most part free of ice, a handful of North Texas school districts cancelled classes Friday -- citing icy conditions on side streets, sidewalks and parking lots.
The 600-plus school districts suing Texas say the way the state pays for public education is 'constitutionally and fundamentally broken.'
Many kids across North Texas are spending Friday at home after several DFW area school districts canceled classes because of snow. But not every student got the day off.
Getting to class was tricky, for some University of North Texas students today, after snowflakes coated Denton County. Slick sidewalks made it difficult for kids to walk across campus and slushy roads proved to be dangerous for drivers.
A 23-year old TCU student was found dead in his off-campus apartment Tuesday morning. Today police have arrested a man in connection with the student's murder.
Bill Nye argued that the Earth is "billions and billions" of years old during a debate with Creation Museum founder Ken Ham, who teaches that the planet's age is 6,000 years.
The state is set to begin presenting evidence in the second phase of a sweeping school finance trial. Attorney General Greg Abbott's office plans to call just three witnesses.
A Grand Prairie teacher has been fired amid allegations she berated and bullied students preparing for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test.
Former Dallas Independent School District superintendent Michael Hinojosa is headed back to North Texas.
The 600-plus school districts suing Texas over how it funds public education wrapped up their case, as the sweeping trial's second phase winds down.
The DeSoto Independent School District announced Saturday that students will not have Presidents' Day off.
The Texas Board of Education imposed tighter rules Friday on the citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks, potentially softening fights over evolution, religion's role in U.S. history and other ideological matters that have long seeped into what students learn in school.