House filed legislation Thursday that would increase the amount of funding public schools receive per student by $220, a ...

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Lawrence Nelson, a 52-year-old with learning disabilities, was determined to become a better reader, completing a course ...

A Texas Senate bill filed on Tuesday would provide long-term pay raises to teachers based on years of experience, expand a ...

State Representative Brad Buckley, R – Salado, filed his version of the education savings account (ESA) program along with ...

Children in public schools in Texas could be taking a redesigned standardized test as early as next year under a proposal ...

The Texas House has created the Delivery of Government Efficiency (Texas DOGE) Committee, chaired by Rep. Giovanni ...

A flurry of bills filed in the Texas House on Thursday tackle public school funding, STAAR tests, teacher quality and a voucher-style program to funnel public money toward private school tuition. The ...

SB 26 expands the Teacher Inventive Allotment (TIA), a merit-based pay program that gives bonuses to top-performing teachers ...

As part of a sweeping education package that includes school choice and increasing public school funding, a bill introduced ...

House filed legislation Thursday that would increase the amount of funding public schools receive per student by $220, a ...