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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will detail his legislative priorities for this session this morning in his State of the State speech.In a joint address to the…
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Thousands of people will rally at the Capitol today to call for more K-12 options as part of National School Choice Week. But inside the Capitol, the…
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Top Texas lawmakers this year are proposing allocating billions of more dollars for public schools, but a portion of those dollars will likely have…
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From Texas Standard:Monday, about 34,000 teachers will walk off the job in Los Angeles – a move described as "historic." It echoes what happened almost a…
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From Texas Standard:When Texas lawmakers arrived in Austin Tuesday, they were probably at their most optimistic – the process of debating and passing…
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From Texas Standard:Still hot off the presses is a list of 34 recommendations that's meant to guide Texas lawmakers to find ways to fix the state's public…
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An early estimate shows Gov. Greg Abbott's proposal for a school finance fix would provide three times more dollars for property tax relief as it would…
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It’s a typical summer day at Emily Herrington’s house in Northeast Austin. Her two daughters, Penly, 7, and Laurel, 3, are playing with their kittens and…
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From Texas Standard.On October 2, 1989, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s school finance system was unequal. The case was…
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From Texas Standard.Teachers have walked off the job in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma – and there are rumblings that Arizona could be next. Their…