School District Refunding Recently-Imposed Extracurricular Fee
Kids returning to class at Weatherford ISD in a few weeks were facing having to pay $60 if they wanted to be in athletics or band.
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Kids returning to class at Weatherford ISD in a few weeks were facing having to pay $60 if they wanted to be in athletics or band.
Does your current job play to your natural abilities? A testing center in Dallas is helping people match their skills with an appropriate career path.
The DeSoto ISD School Board voted 3-2 Monday to part ways with embattled superintendent Dr. Kathy Augustine, who was placed on paid leave after her first day on the job.
Scores of North Texas parents are rushing to get their kids immunized before school starts. The last minute push was evident at a Tarrant County immunization clinic on Monday.
The Fort Worth Independent School District is growing so fast that they've added an online tool to help direct parents to the right campus.
State records show that Texas school boards have paid more than $7.7 million in severance pay over the past few years to buy out the contracts of superintendents.
Teenagers across North Texas are learning that the hardest part about obtaining a new driver's license is walking through the DPS doors.
Governor Rick Perry has ordered the creation of a new collaborative online university. Perry signed an executive order Wednesday that initiates the Western Governors University Texas.
High school band camps started this week in many North Texas school districts. But this year the extreme heat has led to changes for what is usually a regimented schedule.
An assistant football coach at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano collapsed and died following the first day of practice this season.
High school student athletes are hitting the practice field this week, with temperatures still reaching into the triple-digits each day.
Thirty-three Dallas ISD schools are now rated "academically unacceptable," which is the lowest rating on the state's 4-step scale.
School districts in North Texas and across the state are bracing for an unusually long list of poorly performing schools, when the district accountability ratings come out in two days.
More than 1.5 million students attended Texas colleges last year, but the state must do more to encourage minority enrollment.
DeSoto ISD trustees don't want controversy, but that's the one thing guaranteed with Kathy Augustine's hire. But now, to go forward without her could generate even more controversy over paying her to leave.