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Texas Legislature Education Conroe ISD director of communications to bring 20 years of experience ... Government $286B SNAP ...

West Texas A&M University announced it received a significant gift from the Xcel Energy Foundation to help area students ...

Legislative disagreements in Texas have stalled a bill to replace the STAAR test with three shorter exams, as lawmakers ...

The regular Texas Legislative session wrapped up Monday, June 2, ushering in impactful changes across public education, ...

Texas lawmakers passed a bill banning LGBTQ-focused student clubs in K–12 schools. Democratic representatives condemned the ...

FedEx is laying off more than 300 employees at its Fort Worth supply chain facility after a major client announced plans to ...

The Trump administration closed several Office for Civil Rights hubs as part of its effort to dismantle the Department of Education. The loss of staff and funding left many discrimination cases — and ...

In searching for a way to improve literacy outcomes in their city, the Literacy Council in Texarkana partnered with other ...

The Texas legislature passed a bill on Monday that would give state boards appointed by the governor more power over universities’ curriculum, sending the legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott’s ...

Venus Aerospace is developing hypersonic aircraft powered by rocket engines, and it just completed a successful seven-second ...

Dr. Emily Hunt, Dean of West Texas A&M University's College of Engineering, has been elected to Board of the national Engineering Research Council. "This opportunity is deeply meaningful - not just to ...