Texas education

The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance public places from the Confederacy.

Texas lawmakers banned cell phones in schools to reduce classroom distractions. A North Texas behavioral health specialist discusses whether the idea can work.

The proposal revives a failed effort from earlier this year and responds to years of legal fights over accountability.

Federal cuts and a lack of dedicated mental health funding from the state could erode programs to address chronic absenteeism, crises and more.

The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel's most right-leaning Republicans, who criticized the lessons as "un-American woke indoctrination."

From funding delayed to a proposal that would mean funding denied, adult education providers don't know what's coming.

The lawsuit says the law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments "unconstitutionally pressures students into religious observance, reverence, and adoption of the state's mandated religious scripture."

The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students' eligibility for in-state tuition. It's unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

Parents with pre-K students are eligible to receive funds in the new education savings account program, marking an expansion of publicly funded early education. The public funds would be used to pay for pre-K tuition at private or community-based child care centers, if they qualify under Senate Bill 2.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10, even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional. Supporters say Christianity is core to U.S. history.