State Education Panels Mull String Of Bills
Education committees in the Texas House and Senate are discussing a raft of bills, including the possibility of offering expanded "school choice" to students with disabilities.
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Education committees in the Texas House and Senate are discussing a raft of bills, including the possibility of offering expanded "school choice" to students with disabilities.
Threats at Highland Park High School have included notes, bullets and now an email tip. Police say the anonymous email came through Crime Stoppers around 8:30 Monday morning.
Dan Patrick is on a crusade to reshape Texas classrooms in the name of "school choice."
Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and around military bases.
Texas has formally sought a wavier from the U.S. Department of Education to avoid accountability standards imposed by the No Child Left Behind law.
Officials with Collin College evaucated the Spring Creek Campus on Friday morning after a bomb threat.
The police chief of the Lancaster ISD has been indicted on five felony charges. Keith Wilkerson is accused of a number of charges including, sexual assault, insurance fraud and official oppression.
Dallas Schray is the kind of young man that parents dream of having. He's heading to Harvard to play football. But the Hebron High School senior also has a giving spirit.
Upgrades would include an intercom, eight-camera surveillance system, employee card readers and peepholes in every one of it's 1,400 portable buildings.
The University of Texas Arlington hit a record-high enrollment this semester with 33,806 students – a 35% spike.
The University of Texas-Arlington hit a record enrollment this semester, much of which includes the College of Nursing. Its enrollment has nearly quadrupled over the last four years.
School board officials with the Dallas Independent School District will discuss making some major changes to their campus security plans.
Jeb Bush says that when it comes to overhauling public education: "You've got to go big or go home."
Officials with the USPS will be on hand at a Dallas high school to unveil the new Rosa Parks Forever Stamp. The unveiling is part of an event, open to the public, which will include a salute to Parks, speeches, a dramatic presentation and songs.
Students at Highland Park High School will be welcomed with a few changes on Wednesday, after a series of bomb threats forced school officials to close the campus early on Tuesday.