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Austin ISD’s bid to avoid state takeover rejected by Texas Education Agency

TEA officials on Thursday denied the district’s request to approve a partnership to run its three chronically failing schools that would have put a pause on the campuses' accountability rating.

The Texas Tribune

“Classic unfunded mandate”: San Antonio school districts reveal costs of new seat belt requirements

Texas wants all school buses to have 3-point seat belts by 2029-30. But the price tag is high for local districts also facing budget challenges.

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Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas

Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

Texas Observer

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Texas sued for investigating 350 teachers for their comments after Charlie Kirk’s death

Teachers were fired and doxxed amid the threat of investigations from the state, the lawsuit claims

The Independent UK

Texas teachers union sues state education agency for investigating social media posts about Charlie Kirk

The Texas Education Agency received hundreds of complaints about educators’ online reactions to the conservative activist’s death.

The Texas Tribune

Abuse allegations against a legendary football coach’s son fracture a North Texas town

The top-ranked Celina High School football team is barrelling toward another state championship this month. Its coach is barred from the field.

The Texas Tribune

Why some Texas teachers are being forced to “deadname” trans students under a new state law

The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.

The Texas Tribune

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Thousands of fake packages flood npm registry in major attack - here's what we know

The campaign could be in preparation for a malicious attack, or it could be a way to earn crypto tokens.

TechRadar

Houston’s Top Magnet High Schools Could Become Private Partnership Charter Schools, Raising Equity Concerns

Texas' largest school district may even convert its renowned performing arts institution under a program that benefitted the state-appointed superintendent in his previous career.

Texas Observer

How a single Fort Worth ISD campus prompted a state takeover

The district has struggled to bring students’ grades up, especially at campuses in low-income neighborhoods with large Black and brown populations.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Can't Force Book Vendors To Rate Books According to Sexual Content, District Court Decides

Aspects of Texas' READER Act meant to keep sexual content out of school libraries have been judged First Amendment violations.

Reason

Fort Worth ISD Parents Fear the Same Chaos that State Takeover Has Brought to Houston ISD

TEA intervention into locally controlled school districts has become increasingly common—despite mixed results.

Texas Observer

What you need to know about Texas’ takeover of Fort Worth ISD

A takeover is meant to correct the course of struggling school districts. But it can become a fraught process since the district’s elected school board loses its decision-making power.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD, replacing its elected school board

The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.

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Austin’s Children Deserve More than a Test Score

The city's “F” schools overwhelmingly serve mostly low-income African-American and Hispanic children.

The Texas Tribune

Texas teachers, parents fear STAAR overhaul won’t take testing pressure off kids

Skeptics of the replacement, which requires three exams throughout the year, want to see less restrictions on testing day and more teacher input.

Texas Observer

A Wave of School District Takeovers Could Be Coming. Some Past Interventions Ended with More Failing Schools.

Fort Worth ISD is among the districts that could join Houston in having its elected board deposed, while Beaumont and Edgewood ISDs offer a cautionary tale.

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Roughly 280 complaints filed against Texas teachers for alleged comments on killing of Charlie Kirk

Several school districts have already taken disciplinary action against staff for comments made about the Christian conservative activist’s death.

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Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.

A bill scrapping the state’s standardized test heads over to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It would replace STAAR with three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year.

The Independent UK

Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13

The Texas Tribune

1 in 4 Texas school districts sign up for new Bible-infused curriculum

The numbers may grow as the state collects more data. Some districts adopted the plan not for its religious emphasis but for more funding and to better align with teaching requirements.

The Texas Tribune

House Democrats’ frustration with STAAR bill highlights divide over how new test should look

Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.

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Five Texas school districts at risk of a state takeover after ratings’ release

The state can take control of a school district if at least one of its campuses receives a failing grade five years in a row.

The Texas Tribune

Four-day school weeks are on the rise as Texas districts look for teacher perks on a tight budget

More than 500 schools are using four-day school weeks, a dramatic increase from two years ago driven by fierce competition for educators amid a statewide teacher shortage.

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Texas released two years of A-F ratings for schools and districts. See how yours did.

In the 2024-25 school year, 14% of Texas school districts got an A, 71% got a B or a C, and 15% got a D or an F, new state data shows.

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