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Brian Lopez is a reporter covering public education at The Texas Tribune.

TX Gov. Plans to Veto Pared-Down School Choice Bill, Warns of Special Sessions

Texas House Votes to Require Panic Buttons and Armed Guards in Every School

Texas Education Agency Would Have New Power to Enforce School Safety Plans Under Senate Bill

Panic Buttons, Automatic Locks & Bulletproof Windows Top the Proposed Safety Rules After Uvalde Shooting

November 8, 2022

Why All Eyes are Now on the Often Ignored Texas Board of Education Races

October 31, 2022

Uvalde Police Chief, Fired for Shooting Response, Says Vote Is ‘Public Lynching’

Brian Lopez & William Melhado

August 25, 2022

Texas School Ratings Up from 2019, but Those in Poorer Neighborhoods Still Lag

August 17, 2022

Uvalde Parents Turning to Private, Online Schools After Robb Elementary Shooting

August 16, 2022

critical race theory

Author of ‘Critical Race Theory’ Ban Says Texas Schools Can Still Teach About Racism

August 11, 2022

Rural TX Districts Struggling to Attract Teachers are Switching to 4-Day Weeks

Texas STAAR Results Improve in Math and Reading After Pandemic Dips

340,000 School Door Locks in Texas to be Checked in Response to Uvalde Shooting

For Kids Who Survived Uvalde Shooting Uninjured, Trauma Will Take Time to Heal

Brian Lopez & Karen Brooks Harper

Keller School District

With Piles of Campaign Cash, Christian Activists Make North Texas School Board Races a State Battleground

Jason Beeferman & Brian Lopez

Texas' New School Library Standards Push For More Scrutiny, Parental Input

Could COVID Absences Cost Schools Money? Texas Says Districts Won't Lose Funding

In Texas, a New Front for Political Fights (and Fundraising): School Board Races

Confronting a Teacher Shortage in Texas: Governor Asks Task Force for Answers

GOP Texas House Members Ask Schools Not to Buy Books From Vendors That Supply ‘Pornographic’ Materials

charter schools

In Texas, All New Charter Schools Must Promise Not to Teach Critical Race Theory

February 28, 2022

superintendents

As Culture Wars Envelop Schools, North Texas Sees a Superintendent Exodus

Brian Lopez & Timia Cobb

February 9, 2022

Gov. Greg Abbott Taps Into Parent Anger to Fuel Reelection Campaign

January 29, 2022

Death Threats and Doxxing: The Outcomes of Mask Mandate and Critical Race Theory Fights at a Texas School Board

December 20, 2021

critical race theory

Texas Passes Critical Race Theory Law, Regulating Teaching of Slavery, Race

December 7, 2021

After COVID, a Long Recovery For Students: How the Pandemic Undid Years of Gains

December 2, 2021

How a YA Oral-Sex Scene Touched Off Texas' Latest Culture War

Brian Lopez & Cassandra Pollock

November 21, 2021

critical race theory

North Texas Principal Resigns to End Fight Over Whether He Was Teaching ‘Critical Race Theory’

November 14, 2021

critical race theory

Texas Legislature Demands Schools Confirm Use of Books on Race and Sexuality

October 29, 2021

critical race theory

‘Opposing’ Holocaust Views? Inside the Texas Law Sparking Confusion at Schools

October 21, 2021

COVID Learning Loss: In Texas, Students Learning English Fall Further Behind

October 11, 2021

COVID in Texas: Schools See More Cases in 2 Months Than Entire Last School Year

October 1, 2021

Federal Government Launches Investigation of Texas’ Ban on Student Mask Mandates

September 23, 2021

Delta School Surge: More TX Kids Have COVID This Month Than Any Time Last Year

Brian Lopez & Kalley Huang

August 31, 2021

Rural Texas Towns Shut Down Schools to Keep COVID-19 From Overwhelming Community

August 28, 2021

Masks in Class—Legal or Illegal? Conflicting Court Rulings Confuse Texas Schools

Joshua Fechter & Brian Lopez

August 17, 2021

No Masks. No Remote Learning. Now Texas Parents Wonder: How to Keep Kids Safe?

August 16, 2021

Texas Showdown: Several Big Districts Say They’ll Defy Governor on Student Masks

August 10, 2021

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