Education

Students at Thomas Jefferson High School set aside math and science and practiced talking, communicating, and interviewing for a job. NBC 5’s Wayne Carter takes us to the classroom and shows us how alumni helped students prepare for the work world.

For two days, students at Thomas Jefferson High School set aside math and science and practiced talking, communicating and interviewing for a job. 

At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report Friday.

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

The Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District said an HVAC unit was fixed after it caused carbon monoxide detectors to activate last Monday.

Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD says it evacuated students at an elementary school and fixed an HVAC unit that caused a carbon monoxide detector to go off more than a week ago. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil reports one mother is still upset about the situation and says she had to take her son to the ER for treatment.

The EECU Community Foundation wrapped up its ‘Stuff the Bus’ clothing drive and presented Fort Worth ISD with a school bus filled with donations of new coats, blankets, and more to help students stay warm in winter weather.

The superintendent herself threatened to quit the district during the emotional meeting. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.

Parents finally got a chance to weigh in on social media rumors, turned into real life at Keller ISD. The school board saying they may split the district in two, dumping more than two thirds of the students. Education reporter Wayne Carter tells us the meeting got so tense at one point the board called for a break.

The board held their first meeting since confirming their early discussions to split the school district in two.

New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities.

Learn how young literature lovers are becoming published authors through Young Writers Lab.

Wynn Rosser said he is focused on getting more low-income Texans to college because a postsecondary degree is a pathway to a stable job and can transform future generations of families.

NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 have joined forces with the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum, Fort Worth Sparc and the Fort Worth ISD to present the “NBC 5/Telemundo 39 Reading With You Winter Break Challenge” to 3rd grade students in 7 elementary schools. Dr. Karen Molinar, Superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District, and Jim Austin, the Co-Founder and...

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ latest survey shows the gap is growing between high-skilled and low-skilled readers in the U.S.

The gap between the top-skilled and the lowest-skilled is growing, according to a survey of adult skills.

Five elementary schools in Lewisville ISD are on the chopping block as board of trustees decide Monday night whether to close the campuses. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil explains low enrollment and finances are contributing to a common issue districts are seeing across DFW.

ERCOT warns of a threat of blackouts as temperatures dip, how the Texas power grid is looking this winter, and the battle for Texas House speaker heats up, plus a conversation with Republican State Senator Brandon Creighton about the effort to overhaul K-12 education in Texas. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers with The Dallas Morning News host Lone...

Haslet students are using the power of the pencil to help orcas in France.

Some North Texas 4th graders are thinking a lot about France these days. Not for a vacation but to give captive orca whales a better life. In the process they’re learning a valuable lesson about what young people can do. Noelle Walker has their story.