Christopher Ruszkowski will monitor district operations and ensure academic improvement while the state appoints a board of managers, the education commissioner said.
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What to know about 17 statewide propositions on Texans’ ballots Tuesday
A majority of the proposed constitutional amendments address tax cuts for homeowners and businesses.
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Public Education
Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here’s what you need to know.
The Texas comptroller holds tremendous power over the program, including choosing which companies the state will pay millions to help manage it. Voters will decide who runs the agency next year.
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Public Education
Fort Worth ISD takeover was largely based on STAAR test, despite plans to replace it
Both Republicans and Democrats have said STAAR sets students up for failure, raising questions about basing a state takeover on the test’s results.
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Public Education
How a single Fort Worth ISD campus prompted a state takeover
The district has struggled to bring students’ grades up, especially at campuses in low-income neighborhoods with large Black and brown populations.
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2025 Texas Elections
Texas State Technical College looks to voters to fund upgrades for old buildings and tools
Proposition 1 would create an $850 million endowment for the college system and its 11 campuses, which are struggling to accommodate a growing student population.
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Public Education
What you need to know about Texas’ takeover of Fort Worth ISD
A takeover is meant to correct the course of struggling school districts. But it can become a fraught process since the district’s elected school board loses its decision-making power.
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Public Education
Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD, replacing its elected school board
The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.
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Public Education
Texans could begin applying for school vouchers in February
Private schools looking to educate participating students may also have a chance to apply to the program before the end of the year.
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Opening of new Uvalde school marks “bittersweet day” for families and town
Legacy Elementary, which replaces Robb Elementary, where 19 students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting in 2022, will welcome students on Oct. 20.