Big Changes As DISD Starts New School Year
Summer break has come to an end. North Texas kids are heading back to school on Monday morning, and there are some major changes taking place this year in the Dallas ISD.
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Summer break has come to an end. North Texas kids are heading back to school on Monday morning, and there are some major changes taking place this year in the Dallas ISD.
After several weeks of planning, school districts across North Texas are welcoming back students on Monday morning, and the Fort Worth ISD's new superintendent has high hopes.
The new school year is bringing new leadership to some of the biggest school districts in North Texas. Among them is Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Walter Dansby.
Many kids are not happy waking up early on the first day of school. But just for fun, CBS 11 News brought cameras to a family in Allen, to get that reaction on video.
Bus drivers in the Fort Worth ISD went through one last test of their routes before students started arriving for the first day of classes, to ensure that there were no issues.
Temperatures outside are still warm, in the 90s most days, while the air conditioning inside a classroom is in the 60s or 70s. How should you dress your kids to handle both environments?
Top education leaders examining charter schools in the Texas Senate are considering tuition vouchers again to allow families more school choice.
The University of Texas System has approved a new plan that lets presidents and other top leaders at its 15 campuses earn pay bonuses if graduation rates improve or donations increase.
Hundreds of students are already back in class at one area school and for the first time, every student in the incoming senior class calls a different country home.
Statistics show that more Texas high school seniors are hoping to go to college -- although their ACT scores show they might not get in.
Along with a new 20-acre College Park District the University of Texas at Arlington is adding something else new, this time for athletic fans. For the first time in UTA history beer will be sold at sporting events.
Sad days at school are now being linked to illness later in life. As it turns out, those bullies who made your childhood so miserable may also be impacting your health decades later.
Texas students taking the ACT college entrance exam have scored slightly lower than the national average.
Help is only a phone call away for parents in the Fort Worth ISD who have questions as school gets ready to start again for the new academic year.
A complaint by charter school backers affiliated with a powerful business group will be allowed to join five other lawsuits challenging the way Texas funds its public schools, a state district judge ruled Tuesday.