Texas lawmakers consider putting Ten Commandments in public schools—again
Texas senator Phil King is planning to bring back legislation requiring Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments ...
Fact check: Are Texas school districts paid to use the TEA's Bible-infused Bluebonnet Learning?
The bill was created after the Texas Teacher Vacancy Task Force recommended that funding, professional learning and support ...
Temple High School senior awarded scholarship for making video explaining how public education impacted him
Temple High School senior Chase Herrington, 18, won the scholarship for “Celebrating Texas Public Schools” through Friends of ...
Education groups pushing for public school funding ahead of TX legislative session
The 89th Texas Legislative Session gets underway tomorrow and education will be front and center as conservatives look to ...
Texas businesses going to bat for Texas schools with 'Fund Schools First' initiative
Schools are a crucial part of a region’s economic engine.And when districts are chronically underfunded, the workforce of ...
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Texas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth as lawmakers, pastors prep for “spiritual battle”
Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center ...
How the battle over book bans is playing out in North Texas schools
The American Library Association has tracked a national surge in book bans over the past several years, with Texas at the ...
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Proposal to display Ten Commandments in public schools back on Texas legislative agenda
The new Texas legislative session that started Tuesday in Austin is set to test the boundaries between church and state. One of the major efforts will be a fresh bill seeking to mandate the placement ...
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The Texas Legislature is back. Here’s what we’re watching.
From debating school vouchers and improving the state’s water supply to reining in property taxes, the GOP-led body will look ...
The school voucher fight is decades old in Texas. Will it finally pass this session?
But Ovida Molina, president of the Texas State Teachers Association and a former middle school teacher in Alief says any ...
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Central Texas districts talk about legislature's school funding
Many local school districts are hoping to see lawmakers increase school funding, after failing to do so last session. FOX 7 ...
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The rise and fall of Louisiana’s IDEA charter schools — and what it means for Baton Rouge
The demise of IDEA Public Schools Louisiana leaves behind questions about why the charter school network could not replicate ...