As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warns lawmakers that he will call a special legislative session to address school choice next month, citizens are preparing for the fight ahead. Although passing meaningful school choice legislation was one of Abbott’s—and the Republican...
Fort Worth Independent School District’s Racial Equity Committee (REC) and Executive Director of Strategic Recruitment have allegedly advised the superintendent to hire fewer white employees. According to FWISD Watchdog, the district’s REC and the new Executive...
An alliance of education advocates is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas lawmakers to focus on parent-identified solutions to fix the state’s troubled school system during an upcoming special legislative session. Texas Education 911 is a grassroots movement...
An Austin court has allowed a University of Texas professor’s lawsuit against three McCombs School of Business officials to proceed after a motion to dismiss. Tenured UT finance professor Richard Lowery is accusing defendants Lillian Mills, dean of the McCombs School...
A former secretary for the assistant principal at a high school in south Texas was arrested Friday for allegedly performing sexual acts on a student. Samantha Lee Carranza, who worked at Sharyland High School in Mission, was arrested on charges of sexual assault of a...
LEANDER—Leander Independent School District rejected a donation of pocket constitutions for the district’s 8th graders on the grounds that it violated district neutrality, before reversing their decision following public pressure. The 917 Society is a non-profit...
Last school year, Fort Worth Independent School District paid for music teachers to attend a training course teaching them how to foster an “inclusive” classroom environment. FWISD administrators say they have since discontinued the training. The training course was...
A new report from the American Library Association shows Texas is outpacing other states in challenging explicit books. The report, entitled “Mapping Challenges to the Freedom to Read,” states that Texans challenged 2,349 books in 2022—more than any other state in the...
BRIDGEPORT—A soccer coach at Bridgeport Independent School District resigned after being accused of using a school credit card at The Men’s Club in Houston this summer. According to the Wise County Messenger, J.D. Bales allegedly spent $5,455 at the strip club during...
The Texas Education Agency announced a ‘temporary’ delay in releasing the A-F accountability ratings that are assigned to school districts according to their performance. School districts receive A-F ratings based on student achievement, student progress, and how well...
Dallas Independent School District has confirmed that they will be implementing a sex education curriculum from an organization that promotes cross-sex hormone usage to highschoolers. Last week, an investigation exposed DISD’s expansive communications regarding...
Another Texas school district voted to stop sending “Robin Hood” recapture payments to the state, saying “enough is enough.” Trustees in Keller Independent School District approved a resolution to withhold its next state-mandated recapture payment during a special...
UPDATED September 7 with a statement from Arlington ISD. A North Texas educator has been accused of sex crimes involving multiple students. The Arlington Police Department arrested Anthony Rashad Hawkins, 25, on Tuesday in Grand Prairie. Police say Hawkins is a former...
As parents continue discovering concerns of safety and indoctrination in Texas’ government schools, data from the Texas Education Agency shows that a trend towards homeschooling noticed during the COVID era is continuing. The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC)...
A North Texas school district is coming under fire after officials announced they would be reimplementing COVID-19 mandates and requiring students and staff to test before coming back on school grounds. Garland Independent School District told parents that COVID-19...
A Texas mom is teaching parents how to identify sexually explicit books that need to be removed from their children’s schools, as a new law to prohibit smut in students’ libraries and classrooms is pending in court. Christin Bentley is presenting workshops...
An investigation into Dallas Independent School District has revealed the district’s expansive communications regarding gender identity and sex education. After Texas Scorecard reported that Dallas ISD has a department dedicated to LGBTQ youth last month, a new Open...
A federal judge sided with a coalition of book vendors and said he would block a new law to keep smut out of Texas school libraries. U.S. District Court Judge Alan Albright indicated during an online status call that he would soon issue a preliminary junction blocking...
ROUND ROCK—A local parent has filed a complaint against Round Rock Independent School District over a professional development slideshow where teachers were instructed to withhold certain information from parents regarding their child’s gender “identity.” Recently,...
With the 2023-2024 school year already underway, a new law will soon require Texas school districts and charter schools to hire at least one armed security guard for every campus. House Bill 3 by State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock)—which goes into effect September...
