Christine Ayala

The president and chief executive officer of St. David’s HealthCare, David Huffstutler, has been elected chairman of Texas Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees.

Houston professor Lex Frieden played a key role in the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. On the law’s 25th anniversary, Frieden, who has used a wheelchair for decades, reflects on sweeping changes in accessibility — and challenges that remain.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Clint Wolfe, program manager for Urban Water Programs at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Age of Sustainable Development.

New data released by the U.S. Department of Education illuminates stunning gains in high school graduation rates.

Hoping to inspire gunmakers to move to South Carolina, a lawmaker there has proposed a bill called the Second Amendment Education Act, which would mandate a three-week gun curriculum for elementary, middle and high schools.

A bipartisan effort to add two voting members to the West Virginia Board of Education would give those seats to parents whose children attend public schools.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Raising Generation RX.

Texas native Karen Garza has assumed the post of superintendent for Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.

Exact causes for the drop in Teach for America applicants are unknown, but the decline in the program’s popularity has sparked debate over whether participants are doing more harm than good inside classrooms.