STAAR Won't Impact Students' Grades This Year
Texas high school students won't have to worry about new standardized testing known as STAAR affecting their grades this year, thanks to a one-year wavier signed Friday by the state's education chief.
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Texas high school students won't have to worry about new standardized testing known as STAAR affecting their grades this year, thanks to a one-year wavier signed Friday by the state's education chief.
The rooftop of a suburban high school is not a location that companies usually consider prime advertising real estate. But in Humble Independent School District, it may be. The district's high school is directly in a flight path for Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport.
The Texas House Public Education committee is gathering to discuss the success and failure of charter schools statewide.
A new University of Texas report says the school can raise four-year graduation rates to 70 percent with better early academic advising for students and other proposals, such as offering flat-rate summ
An early morning drug bust at TCU has led to the arrest of multiple students of the Fort Worth college.
The head of the Texas Senate Education Committee said she supports postponing requirements that new state standardized tests count toward 15 percent of high school students' grades.
Interim Superintendent Walter Dansby was named the sole finalist last month. But by state law, he could not be officially hired until now.
The district is still struggling with budget cuts.
On a chilly winter day, Kim Wolff's AP Environmental Science class is on the move.
By the time we hear about child abuse in the news, it's almost always ended in tragedy.
After coming close to having to shut its doors at the end of the last decade, Paul Quinn College has turned itself around, attracting students to the South Dallas campus for a unique college experience.
First Lady Michelle Obama brought her message of healthier eating to Dallas students Friday morning.
First Lady Michelle Obama is in North Texas for a second day to thank a DISD elementary school for a job well done in the arena of healthy eating.
A judge, vilified by Republican presidential hopefuls for banning prayer at a Texas high school graduation, delivered an unusual response on Thursday.
President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students.