Education

Around a third of all AISD students have returned to in-person learning.

The district says it wants to check on students in person before they're off for summer vacation. Exemptions will be made for those with medical conditions.

The new emails reveal more powerful donors and alumni than were previously known who mobilized on the issue in June right after the student athletes went public with their demands to get rid of the song.

Some AISD families have been waiting for more than a year to get their children evaluated. Disability Rights Texas called the delays a "direct violation of the timelines established by federal and state law."

Monday's announcement comes after thousands of borrowers with disabilities had their federal student loans erased, then handed back to them during the pandemic.

As schools reopen — either fully or for hybrid learning — teachers are getting the chance to meet their students face-to-face.

A Pearland teen is speaking out after a majority of her peers responded to a survey saying they thought about committing suicide. The findings are in line with what mental health professionals are saying: Teens are facing a mental health crisis.

The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.

Precise numbers are hard to come by, but several factors — including school closures and parents working from home — appear to have led to an increase in households that are homeschooling.

In many places, the 6-foot guidance was interpreted as requiring schools to operate on part-time schedules in order to reduce class sizes. A 3-foot rule would allow many more schools to reopen fully.