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?
Posted on · Just days before Houston ISD begins its new school year, one parent spoke with Houston Public Media about concerns he has for his child on the autism spectrum.
Posted on · The HISD Board of Education's vote to support the superintendent's proposed mask mandate was the clearest sign yet that the state's largest school district was prepared to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott.
Posted on · Plus, a chart-topping musician and actor shares his personal experience with a breakthrough case of COVID and why he credits his vaccination with saving his life.
Posted on · The accused teachers are required to report to an HISD location all day every day until the investigation concludes. Many are found to have done nothing wrong.