Fort Worth ISD Starts School Year With New STEM Academy
In the Fort Worth Independent School District, what's old is new again. The new I. M. Terrell Academy for STEM and Visual and Performing Arts is considered a gem for the district.
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In the Fort Worth Independent School District, what's old is new again. The new I. M. Terrell Academy for STEM and Visual and Performing Arts is considered a gem for the district.
In a letter from the Texas Attorney General, the state demands Fort Worth ISD give parents access to the curriculum for the human sexuality class.
Fort Worth ISD rented five digital billboards in Phoenix that advertise a starting teacher salary of $52,000. It did the same thing in Oklahoma.
After a Consumer Justice investigation into the perks found in superintendent salaries, many viewers wanted to know if other administrators were receiving the same bonuses. While they don't get the perks, they do get six-figure salaries.
Fort Worth ISD believes it can convince teachers in Oklahoma to come here. Teachers in that state took part in a nine-day strike over funding.
The Fort Worth Police Department held a news conference to release video and a still shot of a person of interest in the case involving the assault of a 13-year-old girl near a school bus stop.
A teenager on her way to school Thursday morning was assaulted while walking to a school bus, police say.
Several small businesses are owed tens of thousands of dollars after construction at three Fort Worth ISD schools.
Schools in Fort Worth ISD, Crowley ISD and likely other districts, will be opening the buildings early so students don't have to wait in the cold when they get dropped off.
The Metroplex stayed clear of icy roads as winter weather moved through North Texas, but the frigid temperatures still played a big part in the morning for some students.
Amazon associates in North Texas delivered $15,000 worth of backpacks filled with school supplies and $24,000 to support science, technology, engineering efforts to six schools in Dallas and Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth ISD wants the U.S. Congress to "get going" and deal with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
SB4 may not have gone into effect today as scheduled; but nonetheless, demonstrations are taking place throughout North Texas denouncing the new law.
Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center was used as a similar shelter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Nearly two dozen North Texas school districts head back to class on Monday, including the 87,000 students in the Fort Worth ISD. The new school year brings some changes for Fort Worth.
Some 10,000 underserved students are expected to make their way to downtown Fort Worth today for the Tarrant County Back To School Roundup.
It's time to start getting ready for kids to go back to school.
During a board meeting on Tuesday night, Fort Worth ISD superintendent Kent Scribner is expected to recommend that a new campus be built to ease overcrowding at Tanglewood Elementary School.
The Fort Worth Independent School District is giving you the chance to purchase gently used pianos and other string instruments.
Superintendent Dr. Kent Scribner said at the next school board meeting on Tuesday, June 27, he plans to recommend the district build a new K through fifth grade school in the attendance zone of Tanglewood Elementary.
With school out for the summer, food has become a concern for many North Texas families. But there are programs in place to make sure that kids receive the same kind of meals that they do during the school year.
Western Hills High School in the Fort Worth ISD was placed on lockdown Friday morning after reports of a student with a gun on a bus. Police were able to locate the student and the weapon.
During the camp, students will be exposed to various collegiate campuses, business environments and community service projects
The schools – Mitchell Blvd. Elementary School, John T. White Elementary School, Como Elementary School, Logan Elementary School, and Forest Oak Middle School --- will hire new teachers and administrators from a pool of educators who have been identified as the most highly-qualified in the district.
Fort Worth school leaders are pushing an ambitious plan to pour $4.5 million dollars into a handful of campuses that have been rated low performing for years.
