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ChatGPT

ChatGPT: Learning Tool — or Threat? How a Texas College Is Eyeing New AI Program

Daniel Perez
Career Readiness

Incremental Change Didn’t Save Blockbuster. It Won’t Save Education, Either

Mike Miles
National School Choice Week

Seizing on Parents’ Frustration, GOP Govs Push for ‘Education Savings Accounts’

Linda Jacobson
sex education

For These Teens, Accessing Sex Education & Contraceptions Is Nearly Impossible

Pooja Salhotra & Sneha Dey
Texas

Top Texas Court Green-Lights State Takeover of Houston Schools. Will it Happen?

Beth Hawkins
Union Report

From Coast to Coast, What’s Going On with State & Local Teacher Union Affiliates

Mike Antonucci
el paso

$1M Grant to Help Build a Better Texas Counselor Preparation Program

Daniel Perez
Texas

Overdose: High Schoolers’ Deaths Force Town to Confront Opioid Crisis

Colleen DeGuzman
uvalde

Uvalde Hero: Amid the Chaos at Robb Elementary, the Bus Driver Who Saved Lives

Bekah McNeel
Texas

West Texas Parents Suing Schools Over Racism, Demand Action Over Antisemitism

Jayme Lozano
Career Readiness

The Texas Story: How Mid-Sized Cities Can Prepare Students for Jobs of the Future

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Career Readiness

The Texas Story: Will Students in West Texas and East Texas Be Ready for Their Futures?

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
School (In)Security

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Relationships, Not Tech, Central to Creating Safe Schools

Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2022

Gov. Abbott Re-Elected in Texas, Beating O’Rourke in Race Centering on Guns, Uvalde

Asher Lehrer-Small
school safety

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

Brian Lopez
bus driver shortage

A National Bus Driver Shortage is Upending Texas’ Beloved Friday Night Football Games

Pooja Salhotra
food insecurity

Food Insecurity on Campus: 1 in 3 Community College Students Need Help

Daniel Perez
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
Gun Safety

Uvalde Schools Get $442,000 from John Cornyn’s Federal Gun Safety Law

Matthew Choi
sex education

Texas, Battling Teen Pregnancy, Recasts Sex Education Standards

Emmarie Huetteman
Gov. Greg Abbot

Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints First School Safety Chief Four Months After Uvalde Shooting

Trent Brown
teacher shortage

For A Small Rural Texas Town, the Solution to a Teacher Shortage Is a Motel

Bekah McNeel
absenteeism

Come to Class, Win a Toyota: Districts Launch Campaigns to Boost Attendance

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Slide

COVID & School Recovery: Washington Hopes New Science Curriculum Will Boost Student Engagement

Joshua Parrish
educator's view

Educator’s View: My Former TX District Has Collapsed into Cruelty and Absurdity

Clint Von Gundy
AR-15

New Year, New Fear: Students Return to Schools with Beefed-Up Security Post-Uvalde

Mark Keierleber
Afghan Refugees

Young Afghan Refugees in America Adjust to New Norms — Especially for Girls

Jo Napolitano
pandemic

Analysis: Texas & Tennessee Get Tutoring Right — and Model How to Expand it Nationwide

Shalinee Sharma
school safety

A Texas Muralist Paints Her Heart Out For Uvalde

Beth Hawkins
Pete Arredondo

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

Brian Lopez & William Melhado
mental health

Trauma Counselors Across Texas Travel to Uvalde

Bekah McNeel
Colorado

Principals Traumatized by School Shootings Release Guide to Recovery

Mark Keierleber
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
armed security

Poll: Most Parents Oppose Arming Teachers with Guns — But Support is Growing

Mark Keierleber
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
critical race theory

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

Brian Lopez
Texas

Uvalde Elementary Principal Reinstated After School Shooting Investigation

William Melhado
Roe v. Wade

Sex Ed Was in Trouble Before Roe Reversal. Now the Curriculum Matters Even More

Nadra Nittle
gun reform

Inside How Texas Trains Teachers to Carry Guns

Emily Donaldson
LGBTQ

Texas Suing USDA Over Requirement to Add LGBTQ Protections to Nutrition Programs’ Policies

Ariana Perez-Castells
Gov. Greg Abbot

Uvalde Board Asks for Special Legislative Session to Raise Buying Legal Age for Assault Rifles

Jaden Edison
Life lines in Austin

Amid Spike in Teen Drinking During Pandemic, Schools Turn to Alateen For Help

Bekah McNeel
pandemic

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

Brian Lopez
Texas

Beyond Uvalde Parents’ Anger, a Quest for Answers — and Accountability

Uriel J. García & Sneha Dey
Assessment

‘Long Road to Recovery’: Math, Reading Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Linda Jacobson
Texas

Five Takeaways From the House Committee Report on the Uvalde Shooting

Texas Tribune Staff
Austin American-Statesman

Release of Uvalde Shooting Video Sets off Fury, Including Fears of Future Violence

Mark Keierleber
counselors

In Texas, School Counselors Grapple With Supporting Kids in Age of Mass Violence

Jaden Edison
pandemic

Texas STAAR Results Improve in Math and Reading After Pandemic Dips

Brian Lopez
Pandemic

New Study: Black, Special Ed Students Punished at Greater Rate Through Pandemic

Jo Napolitano
Class of 2022

Graduation in Uvalde Gives Tragedy-Stricken Town a Night of Normality

Ariana Perez-Castells & Kylie Cooper
school safety

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

Brian Lopez
700 Days of COVID & Counting

Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School Is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel
Texas

Uvalde’s Robb Elementary: Before Tragedy, a Legacy in Advancing Equal Education

Bekah McNeel
administrative leave

Uvalde School Police Chief Placed on Leave

Mark Keierleber
english learners

What Barring Immigrant Students from School Would Mean for Them — & the Country

Carola Suárez-Orozco
school shooting

Five Takeaways From Uvalde Schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo’s Interview With the Texas Tribune

James Barragán & Zach Despart
DeWine

Ohio Teachers May Soon Carry Guns. Among Experts’ Safety Concerns: Racial Bias

Asher Lehrer-Small
Gov. Greg Abbot

Texas Republicans Want to Arm More School Employees, But Few Districts Are Opting In

Kate McGee
AR-15

After Uvalde Shooting, Parkland Survivors Head Up Huge Gun Safety Rally — Again

Mark Keierleber
congress

Uvalde Survivor: ‘I Don’t Want it To Happen Again’

Linda Jacobson
children's rights

A New Children’s Rights Movement: Why Now Is the Time to Demand More For Kids

Andrew Buher
Arizona

Great Hearts Hopes In-Person Pods + Online Teaching = New Type of Hybrid School

Beth Hawkins
congress

Replay: School Shooting Survivors Testify at Congress Gun Violence Hearing

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Buffalo

Fourth Grader Who Survived Uvalde Shooting to Testify Before Congress Wednesday

Ariana Figueroa
school safety

Analysis: School Shootings Are Too Common, but Schools Are Still Relatively Safe

Aaron Kupchik, Benjamin W. Fisher, Samantha Viano & F. Chris Curran
mental health

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

Brian Lopez & Karen Brooks Harper
Robb Elementary

Uvalde Students and Staff Not Returning to Robb Elementary After Shooting

María Méndez
Advancement Project

Campus Cops Scrutinized After Tragic Missteps in Uvalde Shooting Response

Mark Keierleber
student voice

‘It Doesn’t Feel Safe Going to School’: Students Reflect After Texas Shooting

Asher Lehrer-Small
book bans

Texas Librarians Face Harassment as They Navigate Book Bans

Brooke Park
school shooting

A Reporter’s Burden and a Parent’s Anxiety: The Grief of Uvalde

Bekah McNeel
Austin

As Tragedy Unfolded, TX House Discussed Troubling State of Student Mental Health

Linda Jacobson
school shooting

Uvalde Teachers Eva Mireles & Irma Garcia’s Classroom Was Filled With ‘Love’

Meghan Gallagher
Buffalo

The Contagion Effect: From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 Mass Shootings in Just 10 Days

Mark Keierleber
The 74 Interview

School Gunmen Don’t Just ‘Snap,’ Says Author Who Urges Better Threat Assessment

Greg Toppo
school shooting

‘We Are in Mourning’: As Parents Awaited News, Uvalde Residents Processed Their Shock and Grief

Erin Douglas & Jason Beeferman
school shooting

Uvalde Photos: Scenes of Horror, Heartache & Helping Hands at TX School Shooting

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joe biden

Video: ‘We Have to Do More’ — Biden Addresses Nation After Texas School Shooting

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school shooting

At Least 19 Children and 2 Adults Dead in Texas Elementary School Shooting

Sneha Dey
abbott

‘One Education Under Desks’: Amanda Gorman Tweets New Poem in Wake of Texas School Shooting

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Life lines in Austin

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

Bekah McNeel
anti-racism

CRT Law Undermines Texas Charter School for Black and Latino Students

Aasimah Navlakhi
Keller School District

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

Jason Beeferman & Brian Lopez
Governor Abbott

Gov. Greg Abbott Says Federal Government Should Cover Cost of Educating Undocumented Students in Texas Public Schools

Kate McGee
book bans

Survey: Nearly ½ of LGBTQ Youth Considered Suicide in the Last Year

Mark Keierleber
700 Days of COVID & Counting

The Band Teacher Who Kept His School Community Connected Through COVID’s Chaos

Bekah McNeel
San Antonio

San Antonio’s New Superintendent Leads With Empathy

Bekah McNeel
Arkansas

American Child Care Crisis: Data Show 1 in 3 Workers Going Hungry Due to Low Pay

Colin Page McGinnis
Gov. Greg Abbot

Pushing for ‘School Choice,’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Splits With Gov. Greg Abbott in His Endorsements for Texas House Runoffs

Patrick Svitek
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
San Antonio

Texas Doubles Down on School Reform: Key District Taps NYC, LA Vet as New Chief

Bekah McNeel
American Education’s Most Turbulent Year

Exclusive: Large Districts Losing Students; Boom Towns, Virtual Schools Growing

Linda Jacobson
American Principles Project

Texas Order on Trans Health Care Could Exacerbate Youth Suicide Crisis

Mark Keierleber
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
el paso

Ending Tenure For College Faculty: Texas Lt. Gov. to Target New Public Hires

Jewél Jackson
greg abbott

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

Brian Lopez
The 74 Interview

FReadom Fighters Co-Founder on Why School Librarians Matter

Megan McGibney
"Gender Queer"

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

Brian Lopez
Abuse

New Texas Law: Schools Must Teach Students How to Spot Abuse & Dating Violence

Nadra Nittle
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