Education

A controversial overhaul to Texas education has a public hearing Tuesday in the state capitol.

One of the most controversial ideas in the state Legislature faces a key hurdle this week. A proposal allowing 100,000 students to use public school money on private and home schools will be the topic in a public hearing on Tuesday. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports this comes after Teacher Advocacy Day.

The Trump administration announced a dramatic funding cut on Friday, saying it would cut federal grants and contracts worth $400 million from Columbia University for “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

Texas Today has partnered with SMU to recognize North Texas teachers who are inspiring and changing the lives of their students.

Friday’s event is part of the nonprofit’s goal to boost third-grade reading proficiency, a key milestone in a child’s education.

While some see the Department of Education as vital to ensure education access and quality, others say it’s a bureaucracy that must be abolished.

This Friday will be a special day for thousands of young minds across North Texas.

The Kennedale ISD will move to a four-day instructional week starting next year.

Heart disease prevention starts at age 5, not 50. That’s according to the American Heart Association, which recently opened a heart-healthy food pantry at an elementary school in Fort Worth and they say it’s been a big success.

A new food pantry in Fort Worth aims to prevent heart disease in people as young as possible.

HEB ISD high schoolers are taking on a real-life architecture assignment, redesign a doughnut shop into a coffee shop.

North Texas school districts are making decisions about whether told cancel classes Tuesday due to bitter cold and hazardous road conditions brought on by an Arctic blast.

Lauren Findley, the Vice President of Enrollment Management at Texas Wesleyan University, discusses the university and the launch of the free tuition program for Texas residents who are full Pell Grant eligible. For more information, visit www.txwes.edu.

The St. Philip’s School and Community Center has been serving South Dallas for over 75 years. Kellee Murrell is the Principal of St. Philip’s, and under her leadership, they’ve earned the prestigious national blue-ribbon school designation, a testament to its academic excellence. Their upcoming Destiny Award Luncheon honoring Julius “Dr. J” Erving is taking place on Thursday, March 6. For...

High school students at Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute got hands-on lessons on how doctors deal with blood clots and strokes on their way to careers in healthcare

Angry parents packed into an auditorium in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Thursday night. Several times the crowd erupted with protests as the district tried answering the hundreds of questions it received over a plan to close four schools.

Here is a look at some of the department’s key functions, and how Trump has said he might approach them.

Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here’s what it could mean for students.

It’s unclear to what degree the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences will continue to exist after Musk’s team slashed scores of contracts.

The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”

Texas Today has partnered with SMU to recognize North Texas teachers who are inspiring and changing the lives of their students.