In this week’s Q&A, we interview Jill Allor, a professor with the Department of Teaching and Learning at Southern Methodist University.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Marcus Gary, field operations supervisor at the Edwards Aquifer Authority and chairman of the South Central Texas Water Research Interest Group.

A bill that would have affirmed the legality of some popular fantasy sports sites in Texas died this legislative session, continuing a murky legal landscape for players in the state.

Lawmakers passed broad reforms this year that would increase transparency and conduct among their own ranks. But watchdog groups say they didn't go far enough.

Accusations of racism, threats and violence shot through the lower chamber on a tense last day of the regular legislative session.

The threat of legislative overtime looms over lawmakers' heads, as the two chambers struggled to reach consensus on key bills.

After Rep. Dan Huberty said he wouldn't accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 21, the lower chamber voted to seek a conference committee. Sen. Larry Taylor, chairman for the Senate Education Committee, was not on board.

Statistician William S. Sanders established the foundation of how we track teacher performance in the U.S. today.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Addicted to Reform.

Florida's governor may tank the state's K-12 budget provisions that increase spending by just $24 per student next year.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Jonathan Schwartz, associate dean of graduate studies for the College of Education at the University of Houston.

In the state of Washington, K-12 enrollment in virtual schools is expanding far beyond the rural communities they were first marketed to serve.

A charter school in Massachusetts has reversed a policy that banned students from wearing hair extensions on campus.

After paying more than $14 million to create a platform to administer its standardized reading exam for elementary students, Iowa is scrapping the testing software.

The president’s budget proposal for the fiscal year 2018 includes a 13.5 percent cut in education spending.

After several failed attempts and compromises during the legislative session, Rep. Helen Giddings finally succeeded in getting the House to pass a measure that targets "lunch shaming" in schools.

Lara McDaniel was devastated when her 7-year-old son died in an accident. An investigator didn't allow her to see her child's body until three days after his death — after an autopsy had been conducted.

The House is expected to take up bills on maternal mortality and the state's voter ID law as the Senate deliberates passage of bathroom restrictions for transgender students and property tax reform.

A bill slated to hit the Texas House floor on Tuesday would bar hospitals and health plans from differentiating between physicians who have undergone a widely-used recertification process and those who haven't.

After being denied by the House Freedom Caucus multiple times, a measure to let schools give meals to students without money in their accounts was revived as an amendment to another bill.