Laura Isensee
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Back-to-school shopping has been different this year for Annette Holder, whose son Clayton is an incoming freshman at Santa Fe High School.The school’s…
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Several hundred people gathered Wednesday night at the Santa Fe Junior High School football stadium to grieve and try to understand the school shooting…
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More Houston schools opened Monday than previously expected — nearly 250 out of about 280 total. For students and teachers, back-to-school brought an extra burst of joy, relief, and other emotions.
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Gov. Greg Abbott spoke for almost an hour Tuesday in his “State of the State” address. Almost as notable as the contents of that speech were the hot...
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Texas Supreme Court justices ruled the school funding system constitutional, and they aren't requiring any legislative changes. But they also said the state's 5 million schoolchildren deserve better.
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How much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part, on local property taxes. And many states aren't doing much to level the field for poor kids.
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Whites and Asians get most of the spots in the city's gifted and talented program. One researcher describes it as being "segregated by race and income."