The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) has released a new report revealing that, over the past two decades, withdrawals from public schools in the state to homeschooling have jumped 228 percent.
A Texas homeschooling coalition says it saw an “immediate” uptick in interest from new families after the state announced schools would reopen.
The number of Texas teachers accused of sexual misconduct with students soared for the 10th consecutive academic year, resulting in a staggering 429 investigations opened by education officials in 2017-18.
School districts cannot use state funds to provide education services to unaccompanied alien children (UAC) housed in federal shelters, say Texas education officials.
The FBI is assisting local law enforcement on a case involving a West Texas teacher who allegedly took an underage student across state lines.
A Texas superintendent of schools resigned following a month-long probe into a sexual harassment complaint lodged by a female employee. Outside investigators determined the claims were credible, prompting his resignation.
Federal agents apprehended a former Texas teacher at the U.S.-Mexico Border on an outstanding felony warrant filed against her for alleged sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old male student.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state education officials to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of K-12 students in light of last week’s deadly shooting at a Florida high school.
The U.S. Department of Education determined that a decline in special education services offered to Texas school children resulted from policies instituted by the Texas Education Agency. These policies prevented eligible students from having access to valuable educational programs.
A former Texas border school district superintendent filed a lawsuit late last week alleging the State wrongfully stripped him of three administrative credentials following his 2016 resignation and job reassignment.
A 31-year-old Texas teacher stands accused of having multiple sexual encounters with a 16-year-old high school boy in her capacity as a youth ministry volunteer.
Authorities in the Texas Panhandle arrested a high school football coach late last week on allegations that he crossed the line sexually with a female student.
The former finance director of a West Texas education service center pleaded guilty to felony child porn after a tip triggered a federal investigation that uncovered more than 1,100 lewd images and videos of prepubescent minors on his workplace computer.
The nation’s largest educational endowment, the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF), hit a record high value, topping $41 billion, according to the State Board of Education (SBOE).
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected the adoption of a textbook submitted for a Mexican American Studies (MAS) high school elective because of editorial flaws and factual errors identified by an expert panel of reviewers.
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) meets this week in Austin to vote on a textbook for a Mexican American Studies (MAS) high school elective.
The principal of a Texas border high school, reprimanded for her alleged role in a pervasive test cheating scandal, was promoted to oversee the school district’s curriculum and instruction.
A new study conducted by an environmental watchdog found that nearly 800, or 71 percent, of Texas public and charter schools tested contained some degree of lead in drinking water.
The parents at one Texas high school received some unsettling news on Monday — their former principal hired a band director with a criminal record of lewd conduct, indecency, and the sexual assault of a child.
For the ninth consecutive year, the number of Texas teachers accused of sexual misconduct with students skyrocketed, this time to an all-time high of 302. This reflects a 36 percent increase for the 2016-17 school year.
The deterrent law cracking down on Texas teachers who engage in sexual misconduct with students went into effect on September 1. The law, which also addresses other inappropriate relationships with minors takes effect amid record numbers of cases under investigation
A Texas teacher about to stand trial on two counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 17 stunned jurors by reportedly admitting to the charges before the trial began this week. He decided to let the court decide his fate. His alleged victim, a teenage girl, testified against him.
As the State inches closer to implementing a crackdown law to curb teachers from crossing the line sexually or romantically with students, authorities charged two more Texas education professionals on counts of alleged inappropriate relationships with minors.
School may be out for summer but allegations, arrests, and even indictments of Texas teachers continue over purported dalliances with underage students.
A prominent group of Houston pastors blasted the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District for his idea to add LGBTQ studies to existing U.S. history curriculum.
The fallout continues in a Texas border school district where officials recently reprimanded three more administrators and two former employees for their alleged roles in a seven-year standardized test cheating scandal.
A former teacher in west Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday before a federal judge on child porn charges.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Thursday that crack downs on the vexing epidemic of sexual misconduct by the state’s teachers with students.
Members of the Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to crack down on the state’s epidemic of teacher-student sexual misconduct.
A Texas teacher accused of having sexual relations with multiple high school students, admitted to these lascivious improprieties, even divulging she had three-way sex with two teenagers, according to an arrest warrant released on Monday.
Annual standardized testing begins in Texas this week and state education officials feel confident that the millions of dollars spent on system improvements and upgrades will prevent the many problems experienced last year when administering the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness also known as the STAAR.
While President Donald Trump champions “school choice” on a national level and Governor Greg Abbott pledges to sign such a bill into law should one make it to his desk, some Texas homeschoolers question one piece of proposed school choice policy before the Legislature, Senate Bill 3.
A north Texas high school teacher could face significant time behind bars if found guilty of secretly filming six female students without their knowledge in “various stages of undress.”
Texas lawmakers met Thursday to begin tackling a troubling epidemic–teacher-student sexual misconduct. They discussed proposed legislation that will crack down on the rampant problem ravaging classrooms across the state.
A former high school soccer coach in Texas got 60 days in jail and eight years probation for having sex with a 17-year-old female student.
Police arrested a Texas preschool teacher late Monday afternoon following accusations he sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl in the school’s bathroom.
Another troubled Texas school district surrendered to the state despite an appeal to thwart its takeover and an investigation that revealed internal mismanagement.
Two lawmakers proposed amending the Texas Constitution to shore up protections for private and home school students from state and local regulations.
School choice continues to dominate the national education debate and the Texas 2017 legislative session where two more state lawmakers filed bills, this time to pilot tax credit scholarship programs.
Two Texas legislators filed separate bills that would make permanent a 2015 law that provides temporary relief to high school seniors who do not pass all their standardized tests, yet allows them to graduate.