State Textbook Review Rule Change Approved
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.
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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.
A teacher and coach at Wakeland High School in Frisco has been arrested for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 14 year old girl.
Armed staff members will soon be walking the halls of schools in one North Texas school district. The Argyle ISD school board has approved a plan to allow certain teachers and other staff member to carry concealed firearms.
An anonymous caller has made a general threat against the University of Texas at Arlington.
The University of Oklahoma has issued a campus wide alert warning about a shooting on its Norman campus.
There are new problems for the Prime Prep Academy in Dallas. The school's interim superintendent said that dozens of laptop computers have been stolen.