Posted on · Seven Magnolia ISD students filed a federal lawsuit against the district last week a policy that prohibits boys — and not girls — from wearing long hair.
Posted on · The lawsuit says the students suffered "severe, ongoing, and escalating harms" due to a district-wide policy prohibiting boys from wearing long hair.
Posted on · The bill requiring Texas public school athletes to participate only on sports teams that align with their sex assigned at birth appears poised to become law.
Posted on · Also, a new COVID pill could cut the risk of death and hospitalization by half.
Posted on · District parents and students have watched as the FBISD issued a mask mandate, a mandate reversal, and a court filing in support of a lawsuit seeking to overturn mandates.
Posted on · The U.S. Department of Education announced the inquiry days after the Texas Education Agency quietly updated its guidance to say school districts can’t require masks.
Posted on · Houston ISD and other districts are set to reopen on Wednesday.
Posted on · Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have long threatened to sue school districts that defy Abbott’s ban on local mask mandates. On Friday, Paxton made good on that threat.
Posted on · As of Tuesday, 284 pediatric COVID-19 patients were admitted in hospitals across the state.
Posted on · The bill would pay for virtual learning until September 2023, but won't fund it for students who have failed their STAAR exams.
Posted on · Education and medical experts discuss local back-to-school COVID policies and safety. Plus, a parent in Lamar Consolidated ISD shares her personal story about what her young children are facing as they return to a school without a mask mandate.
Posted on · At the beginning of next month, more than 650 new state laws take effect. Leading up to Sept. 1, public radio reporters from across Texas are explaining some of the most high profile and consequential of those laws. Today: HB 3979, which targets teaching critical race theory in schools.
Posted on · The 4-3 vote from the district's board of trustees mandates all students and staff in Fort Bend County schools must now wear a mask indoors.
Posted on · Houston ISD returns Monday with a mask mandate and some virtual instruction, though it will only serve a few thousand of the district's nearly 200,000 students.
Posted on · A Houston-area high school teacher is connecting with his students in unique ways, but are they "disconnecting" real relationships in the process?