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

Clint Von Gundy
Campus Safety

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
Texas

A Texas Muralist Paints Her Heart Out For Uvalde

Beth Hawkins
Texas

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
Campus Safety

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
School safety

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
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
Uvalde Shooting

Uvalde Elementary Principal Reinstated After School Shooting Investigation

William Melhado
Sex Education

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

Nadra Nittle
Texas

Inside How Texas Trains Teachers to Carry Guns

Emily Donaldson
Texas

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

Ariana Perez-Castells
Texas

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

Jaden Edison
Mental Health

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

Bekah McNeel
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
Uvalde Shooting

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

Uriel J. García & Sneha Dey
Testing

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

Linda Jacobson
Uvalde Shooting

Five Takeaways From the House Committee Report on the Uvalde Shooting

Texas Tribune Staff
School Security

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

Mark Keierleber
Mental Health

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

Jaden Edison
Texas

Texas STAAR Results Improve in Math and Reading After Pandemic Dips

Brian Lopez
New Research

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

Jo Napolitano
Uvalde Shooting

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

Ariana Perez-Castells & Kylie Cooper
Texas

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

Brian Lopez
Mental Health

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
School safety

Uvalde School Police Chief Placed on Leave

Mark Keierleber
Texas

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

Carola Suárez-Orozco
Uvalde Shooting

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

James Barragán & Zach Despart
Campus Safety

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Texas

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

Kate McGee
School safety

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

Mark Keierleber
Uvalde Shooting

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
Microschools

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

Beth Hawkins
Uvalde Shooting

Replay: School Shooting Survivors Testify at Congress Gun Violence Hearing

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Uvalde Shooting

Fourth Grader Who Survived Uvalde Shooting to Testify Before Congress Wednesday

Ariana Figueroa
Uvalde Shooting

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
School safety

Campus Cops Scrutinized After Tragic Missteps in Uvalde Shooting Response

Mark Keierleber
74’s Student Council

‘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
Uvalde Shooting

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

Meghan Gallagher
Uvalde Shooting

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
Uvalde Shooting

‘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
Texas

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
Texas

Trans Texans Terrified After Governor Orders That Parents Be Investigated

Sneha Dey & Karen Brooks Harper
charter schools

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

Brian Lopez
1619 Project

Bringing 1619 Project, Black History to Life for Young Readers

Marianna McMurdock
higher education

Student Caregivers in Texas Struggle with Return of In-Person College Classes

Victoria Rossi
Pandemic

Texas Teens Say Book Bans Are Pointless

Bekah McNeel
superintendents

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

Brian Lopez & Timia Cobb
Pandemic

Pandemic Bonus Pay: University Giving $1,200 Checks to Staff & Faculty as Thanks

Jewél Jackson
Pandemic

In Pandemic’s Isolation, an Alarming Number of Teenage Girls Are Attempting Suicide

Eleanor Klibanoff
Pandemic

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

Brian Lopez
National School Choice Week

Creating Great School Options Is Our Mission to the Moon

Starlee Coleman
Texas

Texas Parents Fear New Law Will Keep Trans Kids Out of School Sports

Allyson Waller
dress code

Texas Schools Rethink Gender-Based Dress Code Policies After Discrimination Claims Raise New Legal Issues

Allyson Waller
Pandemic

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

Brian Lopez
Reading

Some Texas Lawmakers Are Worried About the Wrong Reading Problem

Ross Ramsey
Pandemic

AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families

Asher Lehrer-Small
english learners

Confronting English Learners Stark Under-Representation in Gifted & Talented

Jo Napolitano
"Gender Queer"

Texas Schools Returns Illustrated LGBTQ Memoir to Library After Official Review

Molly Smith
Pandemic

As Critical Race Theory and Mask Mandate Debates Heat Up, Texas GOP Takes Aim at Local School Board and Municipal Races

Patrick Svitek
"Flamer"

Texas Education Officials Launch Probe of “Pornographic Books”

Andrea Zelinski
Union Report

Exclusive: NEA Cancels July Convention in Texas Boycott

Mike Antonucci
critical race theory

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

Brian Lopez
Pandemic

Why One Texas School District Is Using Federal Relief Funds to Reduce Class Size

Molly Smith
Pandemic

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

Brian Lopez
Pedro Martinez

What’s Next for San Antonio ISD?

Bekah McNeel
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