Texas Governor Greg Abbott Announces $1.6B In Teacher Raises
Teacher salaries in Texas are currently about $7,000 below the national average, according to the National Education Association.
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Teacher salaries in Texas are currently about $7,000 below the national average, according to the National Education Association.
At 18, Desiree Galloway already knows that it is not the challenges in life that define us, but how we respond.
Same song, different verse for a young Texan. Nihar Janga, an eighth-grader from Austin, took home top honors in the annual National Geographic GeoBee.
The idea is this summer jobs program could result in stronger, safer communities and possibly a reduction in youth violence, the Dallas Police Department said.
Good news for North Texans patronizing Dallas Public Libraries! The City Council has voted to abolish the practice of charging fines for items returned late.
Actor Matthew McConaughey has finally received his diploma from a Texas high school, more than 30 years after graduating.
You don't need an advanced degree to see Tricia Patterson and her mother, Viola Caldwell, do life differently -- and always have.
The Senate's version of the bill would change the way the state develops its funding formulas from using the prior year's property tax values and instead using the current year's.
One year after the deadly mass shooting at Santa Fe High School, Texas lawmakers are on the brink of going home without passing any new gun restrictions.
The factors in the "adversity score" include the student's local crime rate, poverty rate, whether the student has a single parent, median income and the availability of AP classes.
Plans to change the start and end times for school in Grand Prairie were tabled indefinitely by the superintendent and school board.
Tuesday evening, the school board decided to delay a vote on significant changes to the time students at middle and high schools arrive and leave.
Dozens of North Texas teachers are out of a job this morning. Their positions in DeSoto Independent School District were cut to make up a school budget deficit.
Actress Felicity Huffman is scheduled to plead guilty Monday to allegations she paid $15,000 to rig her daughter's SAT score.
"His impact on our campus and on higher education in North Texas, and for that matter across our State, cannot be overstated," said current UTA President Vistasp Karbhari.