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Texas lawmakers hate the STAAR test. Why didn't they kill it?
State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an ...
Civil liberty groups, Texas families file lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 10
The new lawsuit argues Senate Bill 10 violates the First Amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and ...
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Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban
The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel’s most right-leaning Republicans, who criticized the lessons as ...
Here's what pay raises Houston-area teachers will receive from state public education funding
Teachers with at least five years of experience in larger districts can receive as much as $5,000. Here's a look at how much ...
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Gov. Abbott Unveils New Tri-Agency Website to Reinforce Texas' Education-to-Workforce Pipeline
Texas Gov. Abbott launched a new website to enhance connections between education and workforce, designed by TEA, THECB, and ...
Officials approve 2 new North Texas charter schools: Here's where
Two new charter schools were approved to open for the 2026-2027 school year, the Texas Education Agency announced.
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Texas A&M, university systems in other red states will create their own agency to review schools’ quality standards
The creation of the new accrediting agency comes as Republicans have criticized existing ones for reinforcing a liberal bias ...