Education

The surge in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant will keep Lancaster ISD students at home as they start the spring semester next week.

Despite the fastest surge in COVID-19 cases yet fueled by the omicron variant, some of the largest school districts in North Texas are still set to let mask mandates expire next month.

UT Dallas is delaying the start of its spring semester because of the omicron variant. There are no plans for students to return to remote learning, at least not yet.

Dozens of families in Midlothian came together this holiday to help a special education teacher receive new prosthetics. She realized she needed help after encouraging her students to advocate for their own needs.

Dallas ISD is working on a program for babies and toddlers to help close the learning gaps many children have by the time they arrive in pre-K.

The North Texas educator who got swept up in a controversy over critical race theory is now running for a seat on the Texas Board of Education. Former Colleyville Heritage principal James Whitfield filed to run as a Democrat in a heavily Republican area.

Schools in North Texas and across the country have made changes and increased security for Friday because of threatening messages posted online. Dallas ISD believes the messages were designed to cause anxiety and disruptions.

Kaufman High School will be closed on Friday because of a threat of violence on campus. That just happens to be the last day of class before the three-week winter break.

Students at Big Springs Elementary School in Garland are switching to virtual learning to close out the semester because of how many students and staff have tested positive for COVID-19 this week.

In hopes of bringing science to life, Irving ISD recently completed a $250,000 renovation of its planetarium that was built the year before a man first landed on the moon. A lot has changed since then, and the school district decided its planetarium needed to change, too.

A juvenile was arrested for making threats against Marcus High School in Flower Mound. Police said those threats were a hoax, but the consequences are not.

Carroll ISD in Southlake is looking to make a change after a teacher recorded an administrator using the Holocaust as an example of providing "both sides" for students. The district wants to make sure teachers don't record in secret anymore.

Lone Star High School in Frisco ISD canceled classes Monday and Tuesday as police investigated a threat. In a letter to parents, the district originally said it would hold classes with extra security. But then it made the decision to cancel classes for the safety of students and staff.

Dr. Jeannie Stone abruptly resigned from her position as the superintendent of Richardson ISD. She's been there for almost five years.

School districts across North Texas worked overtime to reassure parents that a series of threats spreading on social media are not credible.

The Texas Education Agency is looking into whether Keller ISD gave students access to inappropriate content and whether it failed to properly review library books.