Perry Calls UT Tuition Freeze A "Good Message"
Governor Rick Perry said Tuesday that the University of Texas at Austin's tuition freeze sent a "good message" about not raising college costs.
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Governor Rick Perry said Tuesday that the University of Texas at Austin's tuition freeze sent a "good message" about not raising college costs.
A new hands-on education project had dozens of North Texas business executives busy this morning, volunteering at an elementary school in the Dallas Independent School District.
TCU is trying to light the imaginations of some fourth graders. Hundreds of students sat in a science building auditorium Monday with lights dimmed. On the stage, a TCU chemistry professor promised the kids that even though there was no visible evidence of chemicals in a long glass tube there were, indeed, chemicals there.
A month-long Sexual Assault investigation by police in Prosper culminated Monday with the arrest of five teenagers, including the son of an Major League Baseball star.
Proper dress can by a "knotty" problem for growing boys, but a Duncanville middle school is offering special mentoring in a male rite of passage: tying a necktie.
Nearly half of the students at one North Texas elementary school were out sick today. An illness started spreading through Carroll Elementary in Frisco on Tuesday, and today 330 of the 700 students were absent.
The president of the Denton ISD school board is explaining the lack of a nationwide search for a new superintendent.
Gone are the days of audio and video-based baby monitors –– if University of Texas at Arlington researchers have their way.
Arlington school officials are surveying damage at Bailey Junior High after vandals broke in. It was both a fire and intrusion alarm that brought police to the school around 3 a.m.
A vending machine company is trying to bring organic and healthy alternatives to the community, and they are starting with area schools.
Armed with what they say is their strongest weapon, inside Mount Olive Baptist Church, community leaders turned to prayer. The community came together to combat the growing problem of bullying.
The executive director of the United Educators Association says he is seeing a growing trend of teachers being impersonated online and students hacking into the Facebook and Twitter accounts of instructors.
The founder of a Fort Worth anti-violence group has invited parents and community leaders to an event aimed at alleviating bullying in city schools.
Student loan interest rates could soon skyrocket, and many graduates are already winding up delinquent on their loans. So, is a college degree still worth the money?
A new campaign in Dallas, backed by powerful public officials, is targeting broader investment in public education, from cradle to eventual career.