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Parents and educators in Texas are working hard to provide kids with the best education possible, fighting disparities and ...
But a new study suggests rural Texas might have a thing or two to teach the rest of us about how to better get along.
The co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation says Texas has no right to dictate how or whether kids worship.
Over 250 laws took effect immediately after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed them, including measures banning cellphones in public schools, clarifying when doctors can perform emergency abortions and ...
The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel’s most right-leaning Republicans, who criticized the lessons as ...
State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an ...
Supporters call SB 12 a victory for parental rights. Critics say it silences LGBTQ+ students and promotes discrimination. The bill is now on Gov. Abbott’s desk.
According to the Texas Department of Health Services, the agency received exemption requests for nearly 153,000 students in the 2023-2024 fiscal year, up from 136,000 the previous year and nearly ...
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Texas public schools are one step closer to receiving new state money after the Senate on Friday unanimously approved an $8.5 billion funding package, a deal born out of ...
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2, more commonly known as the school voucher bill, into law. According to S.B. 2, it will go into effect Sept. 1, 2025, and ...
Texas GOP wants to ban kids from playing dress-up: Yes, really Lone Star Republicans propose ban on "non-human behavior" in school — it's another stealth attack on LGBTQ rights ...
SB 2 also does not require that participants take the same state standardized tests administered to public school students each year — the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR.