Residents Lament Demolition Of Century-Old Elementary School
Residents in Jubilee Park are confused and angry that the city is demolishing a neighborhood elementary school that was built more than 100 years ago.
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Residents in Jubilee Park are confused and angry that the city is demolishing a neighborhood elementary school that was built more than 100 years ago.
Some Texas college students could find themselves looking for new ways to pay for their education. According to education officials, the state has less money to use for financial aid.
The DeSoto ISD School Board took no action Monday night during a closed door meeting that could have determined the fate of its superintendent, who will remain on paid leave.
The DeSoto School Board is set to discuss the future of the new superintendent who came from an Atlanta school system embroiled in allegations of widespread cheating on standardized tests.
A traffic accident sent a Mesquite Independent School District school bus rolling Monday morning. Three people on the bus were taken to an area hospital to be checked for possible injuries.
A former Atlanta public schools administrator may find out Monday if she will remain as superintendent of the DeSoto Independent School District.
Unlike the fiery debate that erupted two years ago, an expected fight over teaching evolution in Texas public schools has likely fizzled.
The debate over teaching evolution in public schools is resurfacing, as the state education board meets to discuss student science materials.
More than half of junior high and high school students in Texas will be suspended or expelled before they graduate. A new study ties that high discipline rate to lower graduation rates, and higher crime rates.
The Texas State Board of Education is meeting this week for the first time under its conservative new chairwoman appointed by Governor Rick Perry.
Third-party transportation services are reporting an increase in demand just one day after Keller ISD became the first school district in the state to charge parents a flat rate for their children to ride the bus to school.
A study found that almost 60 percent of Texas public school students receive punishments ranging from expulsion to in-school suspensions.
The Keller ISD school board approved a plan Monday night to charge students to ride the bus.
The Texas Education Agency is laying off 178 employees this week as part of budget cuts ordered by the state Legislature.
Trustees of the DeSoto Independent School District held a lengthy closed-door meeting that lasted late into the night before Superintendent Kathy Augustine read a statement announcing she was taking the leave of absence effective Tuesday.