/education Education en-US Copyright Thu, 15 May 2025 14:45:00 GMT /education/2025-05-15/texas-senate-proposal-swaps-school-funding-increase-for-teacher-pay-boost-that-favors-small-districts Texas school districts' best chance of seeing a significant increase in per student funding next year now appears unlikely. The school finance package now uses that money directly for teacher pay. Thu, 15 May 2025 14:45:00 GMT /education/2025-05-15/texas-senate-proposal-swaps-school-funding-increase-for-teacher-pay-boost-that-favors-small-districts Camille Phillips /education/2025-05-15/fort-worth-isd-proposes-the-closure-of-these-schools-heres-why-and-where Reynolds, a leader of the nonprofit R4 Foundation, stood at the lectern with a message for Fort Worth ISD trustees: Make the difficult decision. For the sake of the children, she said. Thu, 15 May 2025 14:15:31 GMT /education/2025-05-15/fort-worth-isd-proposes-the-closure-of-these-schools-heres-why-and-where Jacob Sanchez | Fort Worth Report, Matthew Sgroi | Fort Worth Report /government/2025-05-14/texas-house-lawmakers-hear-from-opponents-supporters-of-k-12-anti-dei-bill Members of the House Education Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on a bill that would ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in Texas’ K-12 schools. Wed, 14 May 2025 10:08:00 GMT /government/2025-05-14/texas-house-lawmakers-hear-from-opponents-supporters-of-k-12-anti-dei-bill Bill Zeeble /texas-news/2025-05-14/fact-checking-gov-abbotts-claim-that-public-schools-have-an-all-time-high-of-15k-per-student During his full-throttle push to pass private school vouchers this legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly claimed that funding for public schools 'is at an all-time high.' A TPR fact-check found that to be misleading, based on an analysis of state data and expert interviews. Wed, 14 May 2025 10:03:19 GMT /texas-news/2025-05-14/fact-checking-gov-abbotts-claim-that-public-schools-have-an-all-time-high-of-15k-per-student Camille Phillips /texas-news/2025-05-13/texas-bill-to-overhaul-staar-test-clears-the-house-but-faces-a-skeptical-senate House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how students’ performance compares to national averages. Tue, 13 May 2025 10:27:26 GMT /texas-news/2025-05-13/texas-bill-to-overhaul-staar-test-clears-the-house-but-faces-a-skeptical-senate Sneha Dey | The Texas Tribune /education/2025-05-13/tcu-students-talk-hip-hop-black-culture-amid-national-and-local-efforts-to-roll-back-dei As the university removed mention of DEI programs from its website, TCU students reflected on the Black experience and the meaning of diversity. Tue, 13 May 2025 10:11:20 GMT /education/2025-05-13/tcu-students-talk-hip-hop-black-culture-amid-national-and-local-efforts-to-roll-back-dei Shomial Ahmad | Fort Worth Report /education/2025-05-12/as-texas-targets-dei-and-curriculum-even-womens-universities-like-twu-feel-the-pressure Texas Woman’s University, founded in 1901 by the state to advance women’s education, is now feeling pressured to downplay its women and gender studies program. Mon, 12 May 2025 13:00:00 GMT /education/2025-05-12/as-texas-targets-dei-and-curriculum-even-womens-universities-like-twu-feel-the-pressure Kassandra Araque | Denton Record-Chronicle /news/2025-05-12/dallas-isd-student-code-of-conduct-update-school-shooting Following the shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School last month, district trustees are considering opening locked or secured doors a more serious offense. Mon, 12 May 2025 10:07:00 GMT /news/2025-05-12/dallas-isd-student-code-of-conduct-update-school-shooting Olla Mokhtar /education/2025-05-09/fwisd-proposes-closing-hubbard-heights-now-this-family-is-weighing-their-school-choices Fort Worth ISD mother Maryela Contreras and her husband have seriously contemplated where they want their three children to attend school. Fri, 09 May 2025 14:28:58 GMT /education/2025-05-09/fwisd-proposes-closing-hubbard-heights-now-this-family-is-weighing-their-school-choices Jacob Sanchez | Fort Worth Report /education/2025-05-09/dallas-isd-deficit-budget-uncertainties-texas-legislature Dallas ISD’s deficit of $187 million should be down to $128 million by the next fiscal year after the districts cut positions, services, and supplies. Now it waits for state lawmakers to increase state education funding after they passed a bill creating Education Savings Accounts, which will send public dollars to private schools. Fri, 09 May 2025 10:05:00 GMT /education/2025-05-09/dallas-isd-deficit-budget-uncertainties-texas-legislature Bill Zeeble