Scaling back STAAR, boosting public school funding and teacher quality focus of Texas bills
A flurry of bills filed in the Texas House on Thursday tackle public school funding, STAAR tests, teacher quality and a ...
Texas lawmaker moves to outlaw medical research on corpses without consent after NBC News investigation
The University of North Texas Health Science Center dissected and leased out hundreds of poor people’s bodies without their ...
What are Texas’ plans for a school voucher-style program? Here’s a look at the proposals
Public school advocates oppose any plan resembling school vouchers saying such programs drain resources from the campuses ...
Warming shelters open in north Texas as temperatures drop
Warming shelters across north Texas have opened this week as an arctic front brings colder-than-normal temperatures to the ...
North Texas high school closes due to broken heater
A North Texas high school closed Thursday due to a malfunctioning heater as frigid temperatures linger. Three broilers at ...
North Texas school district closed for the rest of the week due to frigid temperatures, illnesses
BLUM, Texas — A North Texas school district is closed for the rest of the week because of absences related to cold ...
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U.S. Marshals arrest 18-year-old high schooler in connection with fatal shooting of 18-year-old James Rust in Dallas
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on Moonstone Drive, according to the Dallas Police ...
LIST: Here's all the North Texas school district closures and delays
We're tracking schools in North Texas either staying open, delaying class start times or closing for the day entirely.
North Texas student dies by suicide after bullies threaten to call immigration enforcement
An 11-year-old North Texas student reportedly died by suicide after bullies allegedly threatened to call immigration ...
Girl, 11, dies by suicide after bullies said ICE would deport her family
Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, 11, reportedly died by suicide after bullies at Gainesville ISD told her ICE would deport her parents ...
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School Closings: Some North Texas districts delay start of class Wednesday
Some North Texas school districts are delaying the start of their day on Wednesday because of dangerously cold temperatures.
Extreme cold hits North Texas but impact limited so far
The coldest weather of the winer has descended on the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex although the area has so far been spared from widespread chaos on the roads.