New STAAR Test Results Called 'Sobering'
If the final standards were already in place, more than half the Texas high school students taking the new, more rigorous end-of-course standardized tests would have failed them.
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If the final standards were already in place, more than half the Texas high school students taking the new, more rigorous end-of-course standardized tests would have failed them.
If you have children in the Arlington Independent School District, you may know the district's leader has left and he's taking a lot of money with him.
The Dallas Independent School District has already announced an anticipated $38 million budget deficit for the 2012-13 school year –– but four cabinet members will see salaries that range from $182,000 to $220,000.
Texas high school students can pass most of the state's new STAAR end-of-course exams this year by answering fewer than half of the questions correctly.
The White House is partnering with dozens of colleges, including many in Texas, to provide new students with easier-to-understand information on costs and financial aid.
Many students are looking for summer jobs. But this year, some teens are getting extra help thanks to the City of Dallas, two local nonprofits and Bank of America grant.
A team from the University of North Texas plans to chase Venus from Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday during the planet's rare transit across the sun.
Hundreds of Fort Worth teachers leave their schools this week not knowing when -- or if -- they'll return. Major scheduling changes district wide mean new assignments for the teachers, maybe new teaching roles including being moved to substitute teacher.
Social networking giant Facebook is reportedly considering a plan that would allow children under 13 years of age to have their own online Facebook profile pages. What do you think?
Food allergies are a life-or-death issue for many kids, and it's a daily struggle for parents trying to protect their children. But schools across Texas are trying to make the fight a little easier.
Dozens of area high school coaches went to the hospital Wednesday night. It wasn't for treatment but rather for training to detect concussions among student athletes.
A teacher in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District has been arrested for having an improper relationship with a minor.
Not only is today the last days of class for students at nine schools in the Dallas Independent School District, but it's also the last day the campuses will exist. DISD is shutting the doors of the schools for good.
A Houston mother is irate at her 5-year-old daughter's private school after the child lost the tip of her pinky in a screw hole on a schoolyard sign.
Hundreds of students in the Keller Independent School District are preparing for upcoming graduation exercises, but more than a dozen students are not being allowed to participate in activities.
