Public education

The tuition assistance program is expected to cover tuition and fees for about half of UTRGV students in the 2020-2021 academic year.

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A new audio series, a collaboration between The Texas Tribune and 1A, explores why students of color in Longview ISD still don't have the same educational opportunities as white students.

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How are Texas school districts using state pre-K funding to expand educational options for 3- and 4-year-olds? It depends where you look.

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Four public schools being run by private organizations under a partnership must drastically improve their state ratings over the next couple of years or else face forced closure.

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Hoping to avoid an undercount of thousands of Hispanic and black Texans, Dallas, Harris and Hidalgo counties believe getting children engaged can bring families to participate in the 2020 census.

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At the same time, hundreds of high-poverty schools received A grades, including many in South Texas. Those are just some of the takeaways from this year's ratings.

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Arguments over standardized tests in Texas public schools obscure another problem with accountability: Why does it take so long to respond when educators think a school isn't educating its students?

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A new superintendent at the helm of Edgewood Independent School District is trying to move the schools beyond their reputation of struggle and dysfunction.

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A school in Texas can fail to meet state education standards for four years before the state shuts it down. A lot of students can go without the education they're due in four years' time.

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Houston ISD, the state's largest school district, is among those that could have its school board taken over by the state, due to consecutive low ratings of one of its schools.

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Not many school districts are partnering with charter schools, in some cases because they know it wouldn't be politically palatable in their communities.

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The change has re-upped a perennial debate over how to help teachers manage aggressive or violent student behavior — without increasing the chances that the state's most disadvantaged kids will be disciplined and then drop out.

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Lots of Texans have great stories and interesting experiences. But some — like Ross Perot — pack more tales into a lifetime than most of us.

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Weeks after state lawmakers wrapped up an education-focused legislative session, Texas teachers heard Democratic presidential hopefuls share their plans to reshape public education nationally.

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Many school districts are seeing smaller gains from the state's school finance law than they predicted. Teachers are fighting to get bigger raises anyway.

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A man who claimed he was a substitute teacher at Santa Fe High during the 2018 shooting told a harrowing story of survival. But the school district says he never worked there.

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Texas lawmakers are boasting about ambitious education and property tax legislation they passed this year, but voters don't appear to be completely sold, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

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The high-priority bill boosts per-student funding and reduces property taxes across the state.

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The bills would, among other things, strengthen mental health initiatives available to children, abolish the cap on how many school marshals can carry guns on public school campuses and allot money to school districts that can go toward “hardening” their campuses.

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The marked difference between the 86th Legislature and its predecessors followed an election year that changed politicians' minds about who deserved their attention.

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