Dallas Cowboys player talks mental health with Dallas ISD
Defensive tackle Solomon Thomas talked with some Dallas ISD students this afternoon about the importance of mental health. He called it "a conversation we don't have often enough."
Children At Risk's Texas school rankings 2024–25: Best schools and top-performing districts revealed
Children At Risk’s 2024–25 Texas School Rankings highlight statewide academic gains, recognize top-performing and high-poverty “Gold Ribbon" campuses, and reveal significant improvement across the region despite years of stagnant school funding.
Dallas ISD principal removed after a segregated meeting
Dallas ISD removed the Woodrow Wilson High School principal following controversy over an academic meeting held only for Black students that parents felt was discriminatory and unfairly assigned blame for the school's performance rating.
DISD removes Woodrow Wilson principal following controversial meeting with Black students
Dallas ISD removed the Woodrow Wilson High School principal following controversy over an academic meeting held only for Black students that parents felt was discriminatory and unfairly assigned blame for the school's performance rating.
2 arrested after bullets hit Dallas middle school
Two men have been arrested following a shooting that led to bullets flying through the windows of a local middle school.
Texas School Ratings: Check your school and district's 2025 grade
The Texas Education Agency released its latest school accountability ratings on Friday morning to help parents understand how well their schools are preparing students for success in the classroom and beyond. Did your child’s school make the grade?
Arlington ISD claims error with TEA caused lower-than-expected school ratings
Arlington ISD is appealing its new accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency after a submission error prevented the inclusion of improved test scores for several schools.
Arlington ISD error with TEA causes low school ratings
Arlington ISD is appealing its new accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency after a submission error prevented the inclusion of improved test scores for several schools.
North Texas students head back to school with changes
It's the first day of school for more than 20 districts across North Texas! Teachers and students are navigating the new academic year, which brings significant changes and some new challenges.
North Texas students head back to school with big changes
It's the first day of school for more than 20 districts across North Texas! Teachers and students are navigating the new academic year, which brings significant changes and some new challenges.
Dallas ISD track star, state champ dies unexpectedly before senior year begins
Just days before 17-year-old Roy Hughes was to start his senior year at Lincoln High School, his family is mourning the loss of the star student and athlete.
Mental health experts and Dallas ISD prepare students for new phone-free classrooms
Dallas ISD will use locking pouches to enforce the new Texas law banning student cell phone use during school hours, with a mental health expert advising that students and parents should expect an adjustment period.
Mental health experts on for phone-free classrooms
Dallas ISD will use locking pouches to enforce the new Texas law banning student cell phone use during school hours, with a mental health expert advising that students and parents should expect an adjustment period.
Texas students face major changes as new education laws take effect
New Texas education laws banning cell phones and requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms are among the changes now in effect for the upcoming school year.
Dallas ISD new teacher academy and backpack giveaway
Leaders at Dallas ISD are welcoming a new class of teachers. They're kicking off the new school year in style. Dallas ISD is making sure students in southern Dallas have everything they need ahead of the upcoming school year. The district's Resource Center South held a backpack giveaway for families this evening.
New Texas law requires schools to ban student cellphones
Students in Texas will be banned from using cellphones in public schools next fall. Districts will have to come up with new policies over the summer to either prohibit phones or prevent students from using them during the school day.
Texas Education Agency shows improves scores
Data from the Texas Education Agency shows reading language arts scores improved across every grade level, with the largest improvements in fifth grade. That grade was in kindergarten learning to read when the pandemic shut down schools.
2024 Wilmer Hutchins High School shooting sentenced to 5 years in prison
A Dallas teenager who was charged in the 2024 shooting at Wilmer Hutchins High School in Dallas has pleaded guilty.
Teacher shot in Wilmer Hutchins High School attack speaks out on trauma and future in education
The Dallas high school teacher says a stray bullet entered a classroom and grazed her on the right side of her face, just inches away from her right eye during the April 15 school shooting.
Teacher shot in Dallas ISD school shooting speaks out
The Dallas high school teacher says a stray bullet entered a classroom and grazed her on the right side of her face, just inches away from her right eye during the April 15 school shooting.