Education

The organization helps Latina girls finish high school and get to college. It also teaches mothers how to better support their daughters.

Texas State's Palestine Solidarity Committee and Chabad at Texas State speak out on free speech policy that defines antisemitism.

Rich Heyman, who teachers courses in the Department of American Studies and the College of Liberal Arts, was arrested while driving near his home Wednesday.

Travis County is looking to pass its largest bond package yet.

Texas had over 90 challenges of over 2,300 books, nearly double the number of attempts as the next state on the list.

The school board voted unanimously Thursday to keep Matias Segura on through June 2024. Originally, the board had planned to hire a new superintendent by the end of May.

Texas lawmakers are set to consider legislation this year that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their kids to nonpublic schools. Democrats and rural Republicans have previously blocked efforts to get school choice bills across the finish line.

Education Austin is asking the district for a $12 per hour raise for all classified employees and a 12% increase in base pay for all certified employees, such as teachers and counselors. That percentage is significantly higher than the raises AISD has proposed at this point for teachers.

The new lessons AISD introduced this fall start in kindergarten and run through high school. But not all students will participate. Parents and guardians must opt their kids into the lessons because of a state law Texas lawmakers passed in 2021.

Now that four new trustees have officially joined the Austin ISD school board, they are moving quickly to select a new interim superintendent. Their goal is to name someone for the job by Dec. 15.