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The state’s top teachers group criticized state guidelines for starting the school year Friday, saying they would unfairly punish districts that choose to stick with online instruction amid the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the doctors on the front lines of the pandemic in Austin is making a prediction when it comes to COVID-19 and schools: Expect schools to have COVID-19 clusters when they reopen.

One of the doctors on the front lines of the pandemic in Austin is making a prediction when it comes to COVID-19 and schools: Expect schools to have COVID-19 clusters when they reopen, NBC 5’s Evan Anderson reports.

Rep. Morgan Meyer asked the Texas Education Agency to waive the annual State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness for the 2020-2021 school year in a letter Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the Texas Education Agency issued comprehensive guidelines concerning COVID-19 for the upcoming school year.

School boards are starting to talk about a plan from the Texas Education Agency to adjust school calendars. Starting earlier, ending later and more time built in the middle for extra help and longer winter and spring breaks.

Every year schools look at ways to help more students grow. The ultimate failure for a school is when a child drops out, and walks away from learning.

Every year schools look at ways to help more students grow. The ultimate failure for a school is when a child drops out, and walks away from learning. Despite all the resources out there, students are still dropping out in large numbers. High school student Felicity Martinez said her love for school started with a seed planted at home. “My…

The Fort Worth Independent School District says they’ll appeal a ruling by the Texas Education Commissioner that allows an English teacher to keep her job after she was fired for tweeting to President Donald Trump that her high school was full of students who are in the country illegally.

The Fort Worth ISD teacher who was terminated after she reportedly sent anti-immigrant tweets to President Donald Trump has won an appeal to keep her job.

A substitute teacher has been fired and charged with aggravated assault following the beating of a 15-year-old female high school student in an incident captured on video.

The Texas Education Agency gives the Dallas Independent School District some good marks, but there’s still work to do. The latest academic accountability report gave Dallas ISD an overall ‘B,’ a ‘B for academic growth and an ‘A’ for relative performance, but student achievement and closing the gaps still get a ‘C.’

In response to the mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued eight executive orders Thursday he hopes will prevent future incidents.

Starting this year, Mesquite ISD says it has consolidated or eliminated “about 30” school bus routes to improve efficiency.

The Dallas Independent School District is kicking off the new school year on a note of encouragement. The district showed signs of improvement in their latest state ratings, which were just released ahead of the first day of school.

On Thursday, Texas parents and students found out their schools’ rating – a letter grade ranging from A to F – based on a newly-issued report from the state.

Merakey, which is one of the nation’s largest providers of special education and human services, announced Monday it opened its first “autism center” in Fort Worth to help serve the needs of children and adults with autism.

Several high-ranking administrators have left the DeSoto school district in recent months as officials investigate whether some funneled money to themselves and favorite employees as well as other potential wrongdoings.