by Valerie Muñoz | Jan. 7, 2025 | State
While some Texas school districts are advocating for a new system of funding based on student enrollment, public policy experts say the process would force taxpayers to pay for “ghost students.” A ghost student is a student who appears on a school’s roster but has...
by Valerie Muñoz | Dec. 23, 2024 | State
A new proposal would require schools to notify parents if a teacher or other employee observes their child engaging in acts of self-harm. House Bill 1704 by State Rep. Nate Schatzline (R-Fort Worth) defines self-harm as attempted suicide, the expression of suicidal...
by Valerie Muñoz | Dec. 19, 2024 | State
The Texas Library Association has released the program for its 2025 annual conference featuring topics like challenging obscene “book bans” and supporting “LGBT” advocacy. On the first day of the conference, both school and public librarians can listen to...
by Valerie Muñoz | Dec. 19, 2024 | Investigations, Raider Scorecard, State
Texas Tech’s architecture library collection houses books that espouse critical race theory in a section called “Social Justice and the Built Environment.” The diversity, equity, and inclusion push in university library collections could be attributed to a 2022...
by Valerie Muñoz | Dec. 17, 2024 | Local, Metroplex
A former high school teacher has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child and having an improper relationship with a student. Alainee Simonson, who taught at the Killough campus of Lewisville High School, was arrested by Grapevine police on Friday,...
by Valerie Muñoz | Dec. 9, 2024 | State
In light of the upcoming legislative session, Texans are taking notes on ideas for education reform being proposed by other states. Texas Education 911, a grassroots group that advocates for parental rights, transparency, and accountability in government education,...
by Valerie Muñoz | Nov. 27, 2024 | State
A proposed measure by Republican State Rep. Steve Toth of The Woodlands would require school districts to enforce “single-sex” bathroom spaces and changing facilities. Under House Bill 1014, multi-occupancy bathrooms would be designated for use based on biological...
by Valerie Muñoz | Nov. 26, 2024 | State
As the legislative session approaches, lawmakers have filed legislation to eliminate explicit books from public school libraries. Last session, State Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Frisco) authored the READER Act, which required vendors to rate their books for explicit...
by Valerie Muñoz | Nov. 19, 2024 | East Texas, Local
A middle school principal in East Texas has been arrested and charged with possession and promotion of child pornography. Chad Dwight Barrett, a 56-year-old principal at Hardin Junior High School in Liberty, was arrested on November 14 following a police investigation...
by Valerie Muñoz | Oct. 10, 2024 | State
Conservative fiscal policy advocates are raising questions about the salaries of the highest-paid school administrators in Texas. According to a recent analysis of the 2023-2024 school year, salaries for the highest-paid school principals in the Houston area ranged...
by Valerie Muñoz | Sep. 19, 2024 | State
Citizens testified to Texas senators this week that despite the legislature’s passage of a law prohibiting sexually explicit books in public school libraries, these materials are still present. “HB 900 is not being implemented,” anti-smut advocate Bonnie Wallace told...
by Valerie Muñoz | Aug. 15, 2024 | Aggie Scorecard, State
A newly released final contract between Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University at Qatar, and the Qatar Foundation reveals new information outlining the state-led Qatar Foundation’s role in research. The 2021 contract, obtained by Campus Reform, includes a...
by Valerie Muñoz | Aug. 14, 2024 | Austin, Local
Two open-concept bathrooms built as part of a new extension in Brushy Creek Elementary have caused concern among parents, who saw them just one day before their children began school. The restrooms upstairs and downstairs are without doors separating the male and...
by Valerie Muñoz | Aug. 9, 2024 | State
The Texas Association of School Administrators has announced its top ten Honor School Boards. One of them has faced numerous scandals this year. TASA is a taxpayer-funded lobbying organization representing administrators of member school districts. In TASA’s...
by Valerie Muñoz | Aug. 6, 2024 | Local, Metroplex
Carroll Independent School District has refused to negotiate with the U.S. Department of Education over civil rights complaints that could require the district to re-implement diversity trainings. The four students who lodged the complaints with the department’s...
by Erin Anderson | Sep. 4, 2020 | State, Uncategorized
Texans who want to weigh in on the state’s revised curriculum standards for health education—including controversial sex education standards—need to act fast. The deadline for registering to give public testimony during next week’s meetings to revise the standards is...
