Peers select History Professor Dr. Mark Robbins for coveted DMC faculty recognition, choice based on Robbins’ focus on service learning.
Test scores rose slightly after math scores previously fell last year.
Lawmakers also approved new teacher raises, banned DEI initiatives and gave schools more flexibility to discipline students.
Countless students were given school supplies.
More than 500 schools are using four-day school weeks, a dramatic increase from two years ago driven by fierce competition for educators amid a statewide teacher shortage.
Fewer schools received a D or an F in the 2024-25 school year than the year prior. But for many of those campuses, several years of low grades in a row means more pressure to improve — or risk more state oversight.
Five years ago, during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, the board voted to change the high school to Legacy High. On Tuesday, it reversed course.
While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law.
Texas will join several other states across the country in banning cellphones in schools.
The tests would be administered at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. But the proposal’s fate is unclear with the House in limbo over a redistricting fight.
The two programs serve 360 first-generation, Pell-eligible, undergraduate students each year.
Chancellor Glenn Hegar also said he would prioritize student outcomes over big projects and skirted questions about diversity and academic freedom.
These changes affect students who previously qualified for in-state tuition under Texas Education Code § 54.053(a)(3) but who cannot demonstrate lawful presence in the United States.
The South Texas Arts Fair featured visual artists in all mediums selected by jurors, whose art pieces were in the running for top honors in various categories.
Supporters argue that the Ten Commandments and teachings of Christianity broadly are vital to understanding U.S. history.
Proposals in the federal budget bill would cut the maximum Pell Grant award amount by $1,500 and take away eligibility for students enrolled less than half-time.
Abbott cited uncertainty over federal funding of the program as his reason for rejecting the state’s participation.
The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students’ eligibility for in-state tuition.
Established in 2001, the Study Abroad Grant Program is part of the society’s robust portfolio of award and grant programs, which currently gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding students.
A group of undocumented students on Wednesday asked a judge to let them intervene in a case that revoked their access to in-state tuition, the first step in their ultimate goal of overturning the ruling.
