Many of the most elite private schools in the Houston area will close their applications months before the school voucher ...

On Tuesday, applications opened for private schools interested in participating in Texas's voucher program. It's called the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA). Private schools are not ...

The former Houston ISD superintendent was the first Black person to lead the Department of Education and helped launch the No ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed an $8.5 billion provision for schools into law this year, capping the massive educational reform agenda of Texas’s 2025 legislative session. While some bills did not pass, the ...

House Bill 8, which was passed by the Texas Legislature over the summer, will replace the STAAR test with three shorter ...

The introduction of a new school voucher program in Texas is stirring fear and frustration among local school districts, with ...

Mesquite ISD's special education department has achieved the highest rating from the Texas Education Agency, whilst serving a ...

The Texas House of Representatives' Committee on Public Education holds a hearing on Aug. 12, 2024, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. The Texas House's priority proposal that would let families ...

Texas receives billions of dollars annually from the Department of Education, and with efforts by the Trump administration to close or shrink the federal agency, it’s unclear how Texas education might ...

Interested families can begin applying for the program in February, and those accepted will receive thousands of dollars in state funds to send their children to a private school or homeschool them.

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Schools across the state were issued 2023 A-F accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency last month, showing every district in North Texas dropped in scores – some more than others.