The state’s cuts to public school funding in 2011 have disproportionately affected low-income students, a new study finds.
Texas colleges urge voting participation
Nineteen Texas colleges have signed on to a national effort to increase voting rates among college students.
As Houston ISD recovers from Harvey, most board members up for election
More than a dozen candidates are vying for seats on Houston ISD’s school board next month as the city and its schools continue to recover from a devastating natural disaster.
Donald Trump Jr. speaks at University of North Texas
“We are not putting other countries before us,” Donald Trump Jr. told a University of North Texas audience this week.
On-campus rape reports rise at Texas’ largest universities
From 2015 to 2016, Texas A&M University saw a 131 percent increase in reported campus rapes.
Briscoe Cain talk canceled following campus protest
Students, criticizing Cain’s stance on transgender rights, said the lawmaker should not have been given a chance to speak.
Texas Tech student charged with murder of campus police officer
The student allegedly shot the officer after police conducted a welfare check.
DACA repeal could oust 2,000 Texas teachers
A DACA repeal would hit bilingual educators especially hard.
The Bookshelf: Oct. 12, 2017
In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights “Off the Charts.”
School to remove Robert E. Lee from name
A Bexar County school board voted to change the name of a high school named in 1958 for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.



