School Finance Trial Shifts Focus To Efficiency
The lawsuit challenging how Texas public schools receive funding is entering a new phase focused on efficiency.
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The lawsuit challenging how Texas public schools receive funding is entering a new phase focused on efficiency.
Republican legislative leaders in Texas are calling for modest increases in spending for public schools and the overall budget for 2014-15.
The campus of Lon Morris College, including most of its buildings, is set to be auctioned off Monday after the state's oldest junior college filed for bankruptcy last year.
The new head of the Texas Senate's education committee said it's too difficult for the state to close down poorly performing charter schools, but more charter schools should be allowed to open.
Students in Plano have applied for a new school unlike any they have ever attended. Academy High School will be a 21st Century learning environment.
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has called for state-funded specialized firearms training for teachers and administrators to guard against school shootings.
A hit-and-run driver struck and injured a North Texas girl who was waiting for the school bus Friday morning. The incident happened in a semi-rural neighborhood in Johnson County. "
Ashley Menendez is smart and dedicated. She is also one of the students picked to get an ROTC Marine Corps scholarship. Menendez received a full-ride to college.
A North Texas father was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat at a school. It wasn't unusual to see father Ronald Miller, 44, on campus, but staffers say his demeanor one recent day was anything but usual.
The DISD's leader will be in the hot seat on Thursday. Superintendent Mike Miles has been facing allegations of violating hiring practices before he took over for the district.
By many accounts, Texas is already the best state in which to do business. Governor Rick Perry says he wants to cut business taxes further.
83rd State Legislative session gets underway in Austin with a long list of priorities.
McKinney ISD teachers, students and their parents should be heading to school with a little more re-assurance from now on. Every school will get officers.
Possible wrongdoings by Dallas Independent School District (DISD) leaders are highlighted in the latest version of an internal audit. The report will be up for review at a meeting taking place Thursday.
A leader with a North Texas elementary school association has been arrested and charged with theft. Her crime? Stealing thousands of dollars from the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).