Texas STAAR results improve in math and reading after pandemic dips There had been fear that after another school year of COVID-19 disruptions, scores would not improve. The Texas Tribune · Jul 1, 2022
At Uvalde hearings, Texas lawmakers zero-in on truancy reforms DALLAS — Signs of brewing trouble stain the academic history of the young man who would go on to kill 19 children and two teachers in Texas’ deadliest school shooting. Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022
At Uvalde hearings, Texas lawmakers focus on truancy reforms DALLAS — Signs of brewing trouble stain the academic history of the young man who would go on to kill 19 children and two teachers in Texas’ deadliest school shooting. Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022
Locks on 340,000 exterior school doors across Texas will be checked as part of Uvalde shooting response Texas has more than 1,200 school districts, but the education commissioner promised plans for the review will be completed this summer. The Texas Tribune · Jun 22, 2022
Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas DPS director says Steve McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children during the school shooting. The Texas Tribune · Jun 21, 2022