WYLIE, Texas — Wylie ISD, led by Superintendent David Vinson, is part of a coalition aiming to revamp the State of Texas' public education code — specifically Chapter 37, which governs student ...

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Jolene Sanders thought a private school could give her son with autism the kind of specialized attention he needed. So she searched for a good school with a good program. “Well, it doesn’t exist,” she ...

State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) speaking on SB 38 before the Senate State Affairs Committee, March 24, 2025. Expanded protections and support for virtual education programs across Texas has ...

A judge ruled Thursday that the Texas Education Agency can release its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings for the state's public school districts, overturning a previous injunction issued in ...

Senate Bill 17 (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) was signed into law by the Governor in June 2023. The law created a new section 51.3525 of the Texas Education Code and went into effect on January 1, ...

Texas has ended its decades-long policy of extending in-state tuition to students without legal status. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday the state had filed a joint motion with the U.S.

Following the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas lawmaker is seeking to eliminate the Texas Education Agency, responsible for overseeing public ...

The bill would cut subjects concerning inequality from the Texas Education Code. Some lessons on the civil rights movement, white supremacy, the women's suffrage movement and Martin Luther King Jr.

The Texas Education Agency has placed the University of North Texas’ educator preparation program on probation for the second consecutive year. According to the TEA’s accountability system for ...

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-year ...

Texas – Texas schools have adopted a new curriculum called Bluebonnet Learning, sparking conversations across classrooms, homes, and community spaces. Developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), ...