Texas may be known for football but the state also has a rich history of producing some of the country's best in all manners of sports. With as big as the state is, there's no shortage of schools ...

An agenda driven by conservative priorities, schools’ financial duress and teacher needs led to an $8.5 billion boost, new discipline rules, more Christianity in classrooms and a DEI ban.

Texas schools will be allowed to implement harsher disciplinary actions for student misconduct. The bill extends in-school suspension durations and eases restrictions on out-of-school suspensions ...

Smithville Independent School District contains 4 schools and 1,885 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 50%. Also, 38.6% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body ...

Schools in Texas are struggling to get and keep certified teachers in the classroom, educators say. The Texas Education Agency said that for the 2024-2025 school year, an estimated 30,000 first ...

Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville) announced he had filed the ... Texas teachers are not indoctrinating kids and Texas schools are not providing litter boxes," Talarico said. "I think the most ...

A Texas bill, known as the FURRIES Act, would ban non-human behaviors in public schools, including the use of litter boxes and wearing animal accessories. Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill's author, claimed ...

The bill would bar middle and high schools from letting students wear ... announcement said the superintendent in the Central Texas town of Smithville had reported a “furry-related incident.” ...

As much of the state slept on Tuesday night, some Texas ... of Smithville ISD, which is in his district. In announcing he had filed the bill, Gerdes cited concerns that schools were providing ...

But the Smithville school district issued a public ... or even present, in Texas schools. Both Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have backed the “Forbidding Unlawful ...

The 250 some Catholic schools in Texas enroll 64,000 students — more than 20% of all private school enrollment in the state. Catholic schools typically charge less than other private ...