AUSTIN, Texas — A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session.

Emily Dempsey, 89, has been a member of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape May, New Jersey, her entire life. Born in November 1936, she was baptized a few months later in the one ...

Texas House Democrats rebuked their Republican colleagues in unusually personal terms Saturday over a bill that would ban Texas schools from authorizing clubs on “sexuality or gender identity ...

A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...

"When it comes to Texas in our public schools, our educators are invited to partner with our parents, not the other way around when it comes to raising the next generation of Texas leaders ...

The Texas House and Senate are on the verge of granting final approval to a bill that would ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs in public K-12 schools. Senate Bill 12 ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas House lawmakers gave the thumbs-up to a $8.5 billion school finance bill, which some in leadership called the largest investment in public schools in the state’s history.

Throughout Thursday night's finals, the 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, looked like a champion in waiting. Then he nearly threw it away. But even a shocking moment of overconfidence couldn't ...