Vol 4, Issue 12

A plurality of Texas voters think the state should be spending more on public and higher education, but those numbers hide differences between conservatives and liberals, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

A bill overhauling a future system to grade Texas schools and districts on an A-F scale is now law.

Speaking to hundreds of educators ahead of a special session packed with education bills, House Speaker Joe Straus chastised the Senate for underfunding school finance reform.

A high school senior reflects on his unlikely victory over an incumbent school board member, and what his generation is bringing to Texas politics.

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 Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Spell Better in Just 5 Minutes a Day.

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.

The current education budget deficit in Wyoming is $478 million for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 with future legislation almost certain to include drastic cuts to the education budget overall.

As districts around Maine prepare to welcome the Class of 2021 this fall, educators are grappling with both policy and practice in the classroom.

In Lansing, Michigan, where more than 16,000 refugees have settled over the past 40 years, the scars of fleeing danger and oppression are an everyday part of their community.

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.

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