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Cellphones will be banned at Texas schools starting Sept. 1 under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. House Bill ...

A newly funded state program seeks to provide grants to low-performing elementary schools for tutoring and other ...

Texas education leaders announced on June 25 a new initiative aimed at closing learning gaps in the state’s lowest-performing ...

The renovation jobs located in the Austin Independent School District will cost approximately $114 million combined.

The phrase 'everything is bigger in Texas' has stood the test of time. It may be no truer than the state's production of elite high school athletes in a variety of sports.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is preparing to step into his role as the incoming Chancellor of the Texas A&M University ...

Texas’ Republican-controlled Legislature passed several top GOP initiatives during the regular 2025 legislative session. Lawmakers agreed to create a school voucher program, ban DEI initiatives ...

There are new details in the high-profile case against a Black Texas teenager accused of the stabbing death of a white teen. Then-17-year-old Karmelo Anthony was arrested in April in connection ...

The Midland (Texas) school district has broken ground on a new Legacy High School. The Midland Reporter Telegram reports that ...