Education

The district is now planning on getting seniors back into classrooms starting Monday.

Teachers in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Coppell got a big thanks from students after they all worked together in tough circumstances during the pandemic.

With just less than nine weeks to go in the school year, four out of ten DISD seniors are not ready to graduate.

For now, the problem with online testing appears to have been resolved, but parents and teachers say they don’t have much confidence it won’t happen again.

Board president Michelle Moore and vice president Todd Carlton allegedly broke the law by participating in a secret text message group about the district’s proposed Cultural Competence Action Plan.

The Texas Education Agency suspended online testing for those affected while the test vendor works out the issues. Many school districts say they’re waiting on TEA guidance to find out what are the next steps.

Two Carroll ISD board members in Southlake were arrested on a charge of violating the Texas Open Meetings Act.

A Dallas ISD teacher is reflecting on his first year of teaching at the district. He started last fall during the pandemic and never expected to be teaching Dallas ISD students.

A North Texas superintendent is apologizing for the hurt caused to Asian Americans by a racist question on a middle school social studies quiz.

Dallas ISD has a new initiative to hire teachers that reflect the heavily Hispanic student body and help provide role models that students may not be getting at home.

Texas A&M Commerce will expand and take over the top two floors of a building right across from the NorthPark Center.

The Plano school district is taking on allegations of racism after being pressured into action by a terrible story that got national attention.

The quiz asked, “Which one of these Chinese norms is true?” It was followed by answers referring to etiquette in a restaurant, punishment for children who steal candy and the consumption of certain animals.

ROTC programs are high school staples, but what about similar military-style programs for our youngest students?

With the news of the Pfizer vaccine being 100% effective among kids between 12 and 15, educators are hoping it will free more students to return to the classroom this fall.

The district is located in Johnson County south of Fort Worth and it said there are some exceptions on removing mask rules, mostly related to music classes.

Advocates of the change spoke out during Monday night's school board meeting. They argued the name Keller Indians is offensive.