Tag: Education
Fired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violated | Houston Public Media
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Months after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her...
Texas faith leaders divided over school prayer, Bible reading periods as deadline for SB 11 approaches | Houston Public Media
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Texas public school boards and charter school governing bodies have until March 1 to decide whether to set aside time for...
Texas Education Freedom Account applications open Wednesday: How to apply
article AUSTIN, Texas - Texas parents can begin applying for the new "education freedom accounts," for publicly funded private schooling starting...
Texas dropped ABA law school accreditation after 4 decades. Can it come up with a better system? | Houston Public Media
Nelson Locke thinks he might have inspired some of this.
The 75-year-old lawyer spent three years asking the Texas Board of Law Examiners to admit...
Abbott directs education commissioner to investigate Austin ISD student ICE protests
article AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called on the state's education commissioner to investigate a series of student-led...
Austin weather: School closures, delays for Monday, Jan. 26
School district closures/delays Local perspective: Lake Travis ISD The district says it anticipates resuming regular operations on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Harlandale ISD...
Jury acquits former Uvalde school officer in first criminal trial tied to Robb Elementary shooting | Houston Public Media
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A Nueces County jury on Wednesday...
Houston ISD parents praise schools but question district’s direction, new survey shows | Houston Public Media
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Houston ISD is reporting overwhelming favorability among parents in the district from its winter family sentiment survey, but respondents reported lower...
Former NCAA players and fixers charged over rigged basketball games, prosecutors say
PHILADELPHIA – A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball...
Texas students compete for $2,500 scholarships in environmental video contest
article AUSTIN, Texas - Take Care of Texas is running a contest for middle school and high school students to help protect...
