Judson ISD removed nine hazardous bus routes this school year, leaving some students to walk to school and families questioning their safety.
The high price tag, coupled with less state funding from students leaving the district, raises questions about whether the academic improvements are sustainable in the long run and whether other districts can afford to replicate it.
Appointed a decade ago, the education commissioner insists that when he has direct oversight, academic gains follow. His critics await better student outcomes.
The new accountability data includes student achievement indicators and STAAR scores. Financial data has been updated as well.
Kirk Watson, a former state legislator, says a parent petition could stop the Texas Education Agency from taking over Austin ISD.
Pershing Elementary on San Antonio’s East Side improved from an F to a B and scored 89% on the Texas Education Agency accountability ratings after years of focused work on academics and school culture.
More districts across Texas are at risk of intervention by the state’s education commissioner. Here’s what that means for public schools.
A Port Arthur ISD football player said he was paddled by a coach after missing school and wearing the wrong color practice pants. The district allows corporal punishment. KSAT wanted to know the rules at local districts.
A Port Arthur ISD football player says an assistant coach paddled him three times after he missed school and wore the wrong color pants to practice, raising questions from his family about discipline and parental consent.
Just days after the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released its A-F accountability ratings, schools are focusing on helping students learn and master grade-level skills.
Two middle schools received their fifth consecutive F grades from the Texas Education Agency.
The latest Texas Education Agency ratings show several major San Antonio-area school districts are still facing academic performance challenges.
Thursday’s announcement, which comes a day before TEA publicly releases accountability ratings statewide, moves Austin ISD one step closer to potential state intervention after months of district efforts to avoid it.
Black Texas families weigh whether to send their children to schools with more academic resources — but potentially fewer of their values.
The Waco school district is one of the latest to partner with the Third Future charter network as a last-ditch effort to stave off state intervention.
Property-wealthy districts say recapture gives the state too much control over local finances. But advocates warn that without it, underserved students could end up worse off.
Midland school trustees argue they have minimal control over local taxes and can’t properly serve students as a recapture system redistributes millions of the district’s revenue.
At least one San Antonio Independent School District board member drew concerns about its lone finalist for superintendent on Wednesday during a special board meeting.
The Texas Education Agency launched an investigation into the Judson Independent School District school board in early June.
The Judson Independent School District board voted 6-1 to appoint Ann Dixon as the next interim superintendent, making her the fifth person to lead the district in six months.
State leaders are investigating whether Judson Independent School District leaders violated Texas law, amid several allegations against Board President Monica Ryan and former Superintendent Milton “Rob” Fields III.
The State Board of Education approved the reading lists and K-8 social studies changes after months of debates.
The Texas Education Agency is no longer investigating San Antonio Independent School District’s outgoing superintendent after he was accused of failing to report educator misconduct, according to a letter from the agency shared with KSAT Investigates.
The Texas Education Agency confirmed it is investigating the educator certificate of San Antonio ISD’s outgoing superintendent after he was accused of failing to report educator misconduct.
The Texas Education Agency released spring 2026 STAAR results Tuesday for students in third through eighth grade, showing gains in math and social studies while reading results remained largely steady statewide.
Elementary and middle school students attending Texas public schools showed small gains on state math exams but remained relatively flat in reading.
Texas’ charters continued growing this school year, but the pace slowed. Experts warn that the enrollment drop facing traditional school districts could also affect charters.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has implemented an initial launch of its Educator Misconduct Dashboard, which lays out the numbers of reports being submitted to the agency from all the public and charter schools in the state of Texas.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) rescinded its recommendation to appoint a TEA conservator to oversee North East Independent School District’s cellphone policy Tuesday.
Public school leaders told lawmakers how they're navigating finances, teacher quality and special education after last year’s state funding overhaul.
TEA officials on Thursday denied the district’s request to approve a partnership to run its three chronically failing schools that would have put a pause on the campuses' accountability rating.
The National Board Certification is widely considered the most demanding for teachers. Texas leaders are examining whether it fits the state’s merit-based system.
Houston school administrators say the move would give children who need the support more focused attention. But the U.S. Department of Education worries the plan amounts to segregation.
Senate Bill 546 requires all Texas school districts to install three-point seatbelts on buses. However, many districts have buses both with and without this requirement, and the state is not paying for the upgrades.
Texas wants all school buses to have 3-point seat belts by 2029-30. But the price tag is high for local districts also facing budget challenges.
Former Houston school administrators now work as superintendents or key executives in three districts under Texas’ control. This is Beaumont’s second state intervention in recent years.
The North East Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Monday night to comply with the Texas Education Agency’s guidance on student cell phone use, approving modifications to its existing policy following a state investigation.
All across the United States, students who are blind or visually impaired rely on San Antonio’s Braille Services Center for equal access to education materials.
A special investigation report released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on Thursday recommends that the TEA commissioner appoint a conservator to oversee the North East Independent School District’s implementation of its cell phone policy.
The explorer now shows long-term trends, school funding data, and newly released Texas Academic Performance Reports, among other updates.
Today, we are unveiling our most ambitious update yet to The Texas Tribune’s schools explorer, with more information and added context to help Texans interpret information about our schools.
The Waco school district is expected to be the latest to contract with the charter operator founded by Mike Miles, the state-appointed superintendent of Houston schools.
Third Future Schools will partner with the Edgewood Independent School District to operate Brentwood Middle School after the district’s school board approved the vote on Tuesday evening.
Schools were also directed to cancel or change celebrations of the late civil rights leader amid allegations of sexual abuse.
The threat of a Texas Education Agency takeover was triggered by one of the North Texas district’s schools that had been underperforming for years.
Taxpayers will bear the cost of fixing errors in learning materials published by the Texas Education Agency. The curriculum has drawn attention for its references to Christianity and the Bible.
The second-largest school district in San Antonio is facing the possibility of a Texas Education Agency (TEA) sanctions or a takeover for noncompliance with a new state law banning cell phones in schools.
The state education agency issued guidance to districts after Gov. Greg Abbott directed its commissioner to investigate the student protests of killings by federal agents.
State Board of Education members criticized the publishing errors and postponed their vote on the agency’s request until their next meeting.
North East Independent School District leaders voted unanimously this week to retain their current student cellphone policy, despite warnings from the Texas Education Agency that it may violate a new state law.
The Texas Education Agency received hundreds of complaints about educators’ online reactions to the conservative activist’s death.
Texas has long failed to get most of its students the higher education credentials the workforce increasingly demands. But recent laws that reward schools for helping students succeed later in life could help the state make up lost ground, experts say. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regularly tracks if students enrolled in eighth grade […]
Newly-released state data tracked the long-term outcomes of public school students who enrolled a decade ago.
The top-ranked Celina High School football team is barrelling toward another state championship this month. Its coach is barred from the field.
The three interventions come after the state’s education agency announced plans to take over Fort Worth ISD in October.
The Texas Education Agency notified the North East Independent School District that it now has until Jan. 31 to alter its cellphone policy or face intervention or sanctions from the state.
The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.
The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.
Three school district leaders at The Texas Tribune Festival said the Texas Education Agency’s reliance on state takeovers to improve academic performance threatens local control.
The Harlandale Independent School District has resumed local governance of its board of trustees following the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) removal of a state-appointed conservator this week, a district news release on Tuesday said.
A takeover is meant to correct the course of struggling school districts. But it can become a fraught process since the district’s elected school board loses its decision-making power.
The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.
North East ISD met on Monday to discuss their cellphone ban policy that was approved in August and is currently under investigation by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
The Texas Education Agency is looking into more than 350 complaints against educators or school district staff members regarding comments made or posted about Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
The Texas Education Agency is investigating North East Independent School District’s (NEISD) cellphone ban policy after receiving a complaint that it does not comply with the new controversial law.
After one month of approving a new cellphone ban policy, the North East Independent School District (NEISD) may be forced to go back to the drawing board to revise it once again.
Free speech experts say that when teachers speak in their personal capacity, even on school grounds but outside their official duties, they retain their right to comment on matters of public concern.
Six Bexar County school districts must submit plans to the state for improving performance at poorly-rated campuses — and in some cases, immediately put them into action.
Jourdanton Independent School District’s school board fired a teacher after the instructor made a social media post about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The university's announcement came hours after Gov. Greg Abbott called for the student's expulsion.
The head of the Texas Education Agency says his agency is already reviewing complaints about educators’ social media posts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and he will recommend teachers who “call for and incite further violence” have their certification suspended.
Several school districts have already taken disciplinary action against staff for comments made about the Christian conservative activist’s death.
The Texas Education Agency said it will investigate educators accused of making “inappropriate content” on social media after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
The guidance comes in response to confusion over a new state law requiring schools to notify parents whenever students need health care services.
House Bill 8 scraps the unpopular exam for three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year starting in the 2027-28 school year.
The numbers may grow as the state collects more data. Some districts adopted the plan not for its religious emphasis but for more funding and to better align with teaching requirements.
Just days before the start of the new school year, Bexar County Academy charter school shut its doors for good. But for a group of summer school teachers, the problems didn’t end there.
The state can take control of a school district if at least one of its campuses receives a failing grade five years in a row.
In the 2024-25 school year, 14% of Texas school districts got an A, 71% got a B or a C, and 15% got a D or an F, new state data shows.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced the release of accountability ratings for school districts across Texas, which includes San Antonio-area schools.
The Harlandale Independent School District has taken a step toward full local control by moving from direct oversight by a Texas Education Agency conservator to observation status.
The U.S. Department of Education announced that it would make $250,000 in funding available from Project SERV to support students and the community as they recover from the July 4 Hill Country floods.
Four months since the Texas Education Agency stepped in to replace the school board members and superintendent at South San Antonio ISD, the former superintendent will be released from his contract.
Lawmakers added $100 million to a child care scholarship program but failed to expand access to free preschool for children with disabilities.
