Middle School Teacher Fired Amid Bullying Allegations
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.
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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.
The Texas Board of Education approved tighter rules dictating who can serve on panels that review textbooks, a move that could soften ideological fights over what students learn.
The Texas Board of Education has approved a new high school curriculum that drops Algebra II as a graduation requirement for most high school students.
It's a lesson in compassion at The Colony High School in the Lewisville ISD. As a class assignment, students are brainstorming ways to raise money for senior Brian Bravo.
Texas will develop two new math courses high school students can take in lieu of algebra II as it implements a major overhaul in academic curriculum.
The Texas State Board of Education will hold a last round of discussions on Wednesday before finalizing the state's new high school graduation requirements on Friday.
The Argyle ISD is getting closer to allowing some staff members to carry guns on campus. The proposal just needs to go through one final vote on Wednesday evening.
Brandi Koskie finds dozens of photos of her 3-year-old daughter on her iPhone, all taken by the child herself. "Sideways, of the corner of her eye, her eyebrow," Koskie said.
An expert has told Texas' school finance trial that a $3-plus billion boast in state funding hasn't closed the nearly $1,300 gap in per-student funding between school districts in rich and poor areas.
You might call her the original rock star of Plano West Senior High School.
The Houston-based Mulva Foundation is making a $60 million pledge to the business and engineering schools at the University of Texas.