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Education

A growing number of Texas school districts are suing the TEA. Here's why.

Education

Texas school bus flipped onto its side, students expected to be OK

A dozen people including 10 students were taken to the hospital after a car and a school bus collided. The bus was flipped on its side.
Education

Texas student suspended over hairstyle again

Darryl George has spent weeks in in-school suspension at a Houston-area high school this year.
Crime

Texas high school shooting: Victim's mother and shooter's mother both took the stand Wednesday

Jurors are hearing more testimony as they decide how to sentence the 16-year-old who shot and killed another student at Arlington Lamar High School last year.
Local News

Family of Texas student suspended over hair length files complaint with CPS; district asks court to intervene

Attorneys representing the George family have told KHOU 11 they filed a formal complaint with Barbers Hill High School. CPS has confirmed they are investigating.
Education

Plano ISD considering future of student enrollment

Plano ISD is taking a look at its future. The district is considering how its enrollment rates could impact the district in years to come.
Education

Texas special session: Lawmakers to tackle school vouchers, one of Gov. Greg Abbott's biggest priorities

There will be another special session to tackle one of Governor Greg Abbott's biggest priorities - school vouchers.
Education

North Texas school district addressing shrinking enrollment

The school board voted to create a planning advisory committee.
Texas News

Texas CROWN Act: Student suspended again for his hair despite new law

The Barbers Hill High School junior was initially suspended the same week Texas outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles.
Nation World

A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

The son of one of the co-creators of the superhero being gay features prominently into the story. But the school district asked him to not mention it.
Texas News

Two more Texas school districts join lawsuit against TEA

The suit against the TEA centers around how the state assigns accountability grades to districts and their campuses.
Texas News

Gov. Greg Abbott says special legislative session on 'school choice' coming in October

The governor promised political consequences if lawmakers cannot pass legislation allowing for publicly subsidized school vouchers before March primaries.