Jacob Sanchez | Fort Worth Report
Enterprise ReporterJacob Sanchez is an enterprise reporter for the Fort Worth Report. His work has appeared in the Temple Daily Telegram, The Texas Tribune and the Texas Observer. He is a graduate of St. Edward鈥檚 University. Contact him at jacob.sanchez@fortworthreport.org or via .
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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. -
Fort Worth ISD mother Maryela Contreras and her husband have seriously contemplated where they want their three children to attend school. -
The Texas education commissioner issued a letter to FWISD leaders detailing next steps after a now-closed school failed for five years. -
The Texas education commissioner is now officially weighing his options for Fort Worth ISD after a now-closed school triggered the state鈥檚 school intervention law. -
Incumbents Roxanne Martinez, Michael Ryan and Camille Rodriguez were each on their way to an additional four-year term on the nine-member school board. -
Simmons is a literacy specialist. Not for a school district. Instead, he works for the city of Fort Worth assisting with the municipal government鈥檚 after-school and summer reading programs. City officials see the programs, plus new dyslexia screenings, as their way of tackling Fort Worth鈥檚 literacy crisis head on. -
Fort Worth ISD believes it isn鈥檛 at risk of a state takeover, district officials told the Fort Worth Report after the April 24 release of new Texas Education Agency ratings. -
Fourth-grade teacher Danyelle Liggins noticed a pattern as she scrubbed through previous Fort Worth ISD school board meeting footage. -
Five international students attending Tarrant County College had their visas revoked, according to district officials. -
The Fort Worth ISD school board recently flexed its superintendent accountability power. -
Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district restructuring, phonics lessons will be strengthened starting in the 2025-26 school year through the addition of a supplemental program. -
The proposed redesign comes as Fort Worth ISD attempts to turn itself around and home in on improving literacy. The restructuring is part of the district鈥檚 larger effort to put its money where its mouth is and infuse literacy into its nearly $1 billion budget.
