For students of Boston Public Schools, summer school has traditionally meant overcrowded classrooms and condensed academic catch-up.

In Detroit, where funding can only stretch so far, the reality is that some pre-K classrooms are far more supported than a room just down the hall of the same school.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced the launch of a two-year investigation into a number of federal agencies, including the Department of Education.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: Scientists discuss the implications of editing genes, an oil family's legacy in Fort Worth and an interview with Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.

Scientists behind CRISPR discuss the daunting responsibility of altering evolution.

There’s a raging debate about which is better, teaching hospitals or non-teaching hospitals.

In Fort Worth alone, the Moncrief family has donated $100 million toward UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Seton Healthcare Family and Dell Medical School are part of a Texas consortium aiming to learn why some people develop the memory-destroying disease and others don’t.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Programming the Brain.

Dr. Genevieve Konopka with the O’Donnell Brain Institute discusses how it could help develop new therapies for epilepsy or memory disorders.

U.S. residents made nearly 3 billion retail trips to buy over-the-counter products, but in the wrong dosage or combination they can be deadly.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Zebra mussels are found in Canyon Lake, a debate on the benefits of off-channel reservoirs and an interview with Marcus Gary of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

The Water Update is a collaboration between the Texas Tribune and Texas Water Journal covering key upcoming meetings and events, important personnel moves, and significant developments with regard to water at the Texas Legislature and water agencies.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change.

The discovery, confirmed last week by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, marks the body of water as the southernmost affected lake in the state.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Trump's proposed border wall threatens wetlands in Presidio, a controversy at the comptroller's office over handling of rare species and an interview with Kate Zerrenner of the Environmental Defense Fund.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: President Donald Trump calls for deep cuts in education spending in his proposed budget, an appreciation of a pioneer in teacher evaluation and an interview with Jonathan Schwartz of the University of Houston.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: Texas lawmakers consider making it easier to get experimental drug treatments, using 3D printers to treat infertility and an interview with Zoltan Nadasdy of the University of Texas at Austin.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: A closer look at the regulatory structure of interbasin transfers, the Senate moves to protect the San Marcos River and an interview with Ashleigh Acevedo, an attorney at Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.

The Texas Agricultural Land Trust presents a summit May 17 with the goal of preparing the millennial generation for taking over stewardship of rural, working lands.