education

Opportunities for A.P. classes, which give students a leg up in college admissions, are lacking in rural high schools. A new law aims to address the divide.

The Texas State Board of Education is expected to decide Friday which science textbooks to approve for public schools.

The "science of reading" is returning to the limelight, and Oklahoma schools and universities are using those techniques to teach literacy to the next generation.

Oklahoma’s public school system showed consistent levels of academic results but weakening growth in the 2022-23 school year compared to the year before.

Wednesday night’s development comes after months of fierce infighting between GOP lawmakers — and with less than a week left in the current special session. Lawmakers only have until Tuesday, Nov. 7 to send legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters is again taking aim at teachers’ unions, this time with the announcement of an Oklahoma State Department of Education public awareness campaign he says highlights teacher unions’ positions on issues.

Tuesday was the last day for the Texas House to take an initial vote on Senate bills. Legislation to require the Ten Commandments in public schools did not make it to the floor by the midnight deadline.

The initial proposal, passed by the Senate last month, included language that would effectively terminate tenure offers across the state. But the version approved Monday by the House dropped the ban.

In the wake of a contentious fight over an education budget compromise only unveiled this week, lawmakers are making more time for themselves.

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