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Newly hired Dallas Schools Superintendent Mike Miles is completing his revamped School Leadership Team, and it does not include a large number of DISD administrators who anticipated being re-hired under the plan.
A coalition of top Texas business leaders said that it's worried public backlash against standardized testing could hurt the state's efforts to hold public schools more accountable.
First the head of the Fort Worth ISD announced a district headquarters shake-up, then the district approved a $600 million budget for the coming school year, now Walter Dansby is out to give a monetary reward all district employees.
Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles continues to add high-ranking and high-paid executives to his staff.
Texas A&M is buying the law school at private Texas Wesleyan University, a purchase that sets up a public law college in the metroplex and fulfills a long-sought goal for officials at one of the nation's largest universities.
Fort Worth's Camp Carter YMCA is expanding its vision: to bring summer fun and technology to a special group of blind and visually impaired students. Twelve middle, high school and vocational students from across North Texas are joining sighted students for a week long technology camp.
Even though the school year just ended, Tarrant County officials are alerting low-income parents to sign up for a back-to-school event that will take place right before 2012-2013 classes begin.
The DISD is conducting two online surveys in an effort to get input from the public related to the district's decision making policies and parental involvement.
Education leaders in Texas are airing grievances and raising long-term questions about the state's new standardized test. Much of the discussion focused on poor scores.
Top education leaders in Texas are to hear testimony on the state's new standardized test and its effects on students, teachers, instruction practices and graduation rates.
A day camp called Flight School 2012 is helping kids who have set their sights on the sky, looking to become aviators, rocket scientists, or just learning the basics of aviation.
The amount of Texas students currently attending summer school has increased because of the growing number of ninth graders who have to retake state assessment exams.
The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.
Children's math abilities may have as much to do with their bellies as it does with their brains. A study finds that obese kids are more likely to be worse at math than their skinnier peers.
A summer camp in Dallas is bringing America's pasttime back to the inner city. RBI Camp is a free baseball camp started four years ago by a couple of brothers, Miles and Louis Andres.