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A new bill being considered by state lawmakers says Texas schools could offer stipends of up $25,000 to teachers or other staff members who opt to be armed on campus.
For more than a decade, Texas has allowed teachers and staff to carry guns on campus. Several rural districts with limited police resources have been participating in this.
Texas schools could offer up to $25,000 stipends to teachers and staff who accept the dual role of being armed campus "sentinels" with specialized mental health training under a proposal that state lawmakers advanced Tuesday in response to the Uvalde classroom shooting.
To improve turnout, March to the Polls visits high schools in seven North Texas school districts every year to help with voter registration and education.
A group of grieving parents, educators and law enforcement officers talked about the local efforts being made to combat the fentanyl problem with Senator John Cornyn.
Getting a driver's license at 16 isn't the milestone it used to be. Today, more and more teens are putting off learning to drive for a variety of reasons.
The hands-on lab was put on by Engineering Tomorrow, a national nonprofit that provides the supplies and equipment to schools at no cost.
DeSoto ISD is banning backpacks to discourage unruly behavior at the end of the school year. Some parents and students say the ban goes too far.
When a Dallas student was shot last month in the parking lot of Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde immediately began thinking about extra security.
Students in grades six through 12 are no longer allowed to bring backpacks to school starting Monday, April 23 until the last day of school, Thursday, May 25.
Students in grades six through 12 are no longer allowed to bring backpacks to school starting Monday, April 23 until the last day of school, Thursday, May 25.
A Lewisville ISD elementary teacher has been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child.
Families of some of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school shooting are making another plea for tighter gun laws.
The teacher "even instructed a student to monitor the classroom door while the fights took place," according to the district.
The I-Team has learned that at least 83,416 students have been restrained at Texas schools in the last three years.
Forney ISD notified a mother that her 5th grader at Rhodes Intermediate School may have ingested an edible given to him by another student. He thought it was candy.
Help is needed in the classroom – over the last decade, there's been a 60% decrease in enrollment for educational programs.
As schools across Texas face a teacher shortage, many are looking to recruit within their own walls, taking a "grow your own" approach that's gained the recent support of the state's Teacher Vacancy Task Force.
The proposed rule sends a political counterpunch toward a wave of Republican-led states that have sought to ban trans athletes from competing in school sports that align with their gender identities.
A Texas elementary teacher's aide was caught on a school camera physically assaulting an 8-year-old student, yet Richardson ISD did not report the incident to the TEA for nearly four months.
There has been an emphasis on securing doors after the school shooting in Uvalde last year.
State inspectors have tried gaining access to hundreds of North Texas schools as a part of a surprise intruder audit program ordered by Governor Greg Abbott after the Uvalde school shooting.
State inspectors have tried gaining access to hundreds of North Texas schools as a part of a surprise intruder audit program ordered by Governor Greg Abbott after the Uvalde school shooting.
A McKinney ISD school board member is in hot water with some parents who say he maligned the district in front of state lawmakers who are considering a new law relating to the regulation of books sold to, or included, in public schools.
A McKinney ISD school board member is in hot water with some parents who say he maligned the district in front of state lawmakers who are considering a new law relating to the regulation of books sold to, or included, in public schools.
