Fine arts programs—and the teachers who lead them—are one of the jewels of our public school system, arguably the crown jewel ...
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our ...
The state’s school performance ratings rely solely on standardized test results, but Splendora ISD and other districts are ...
What would it look like to give students more options? In South Texas and elsewhere, collaborations among rural districts ...
All of them scored low on the state’s STAAR math test last spring and this school year were enrolled in an intervention course—“math lab”—that meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and some Fridays to supplement ...
Photographer Jeffrey McWhorter first met Roberto Garcia, who came to the U.S. as a child, when Garcia was an undocumented ...
School districts have cut their budgets to the bone. Will the state legislature decide to spend at least as much per pupil as ...
Vouchers are the talk of this year’s legislative session, overshadowing the impending crises faced by the educators serving ...
Many educators are turning to the nonprofit DonorsChoose to help stock their classrooms with paper, pencils, and novels.