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A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little more than a week to go before the deadline.
Police in Irving are offering safety and self-defense classes to young girls, to teach them about scary situations and how to survive in the face of danger.
A North Texas school district has apologized to a high-school valedictorian whose microphone was switched off during a graduation ceremony when he deviated from prepared remarks.
Several Dallas Independent School District leaders are on their way out, while others are getting new positions.
According to officials with teacher association groups that represent the 10,000 Dallas ISD teachers, an estimated 1700 teachers have either tendered resignations, retirement notifications, or received contract non-renewal notification from the district.
The University of Texas at Arlington warned students on Wednesday morning to stay away from campus, after unconfirmed reports of an armed man who was traveling to the school.
The Perot Museum has opened an environmentally friendly summer exhibit designed to let visitors -- not museum employees -- create the exhibit.
It's been exactly one week since administrators with the Joshua ISD silenced the graduation speech of the class valedictorian, because he made religious references. Now the high schooler has retained the services of a non-profit legal group.
CBS 11 and TXA 21 are proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Stephanie's Day, a special event designed to help families of children with autism.
High school yearbooks are full of memories, but in one North Texas district, they're also full of embarrassing mistakes. The Legacy High School yearbook is filled with memoires. But this year the keepsake has a few typos.
Cruel and unusual. That's how a group of parents is describing the punishment for truant students at several Dallas-area schools, and they've filed a lawsuit to stop it.
Leaders of an independent alumni association for the world's largest Baptist university have voted to disband the group and turn over duties to the school.
Advocacy groups have filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department alleging Dallas-area public schools are too harsh in their truancy rules.
Results from end of course standardized tests show Texas students faring best in the areas of math and science, but falling considerably short in English and on the writing exam.