Vol 4, Issue 20

For the first time in Texas, charter schools will receive funding from the state to pay for leasing and maintaining buildings and facilities. That has charter advocates excited — and their critics furious.

The Texas Education Agency is offering state funding to as many as 157 school districts and charter schools that saw lower attendance or closed facilities due to the storm, which could ultimately cost the state an estimated $400 million.

Lee Jackson, the retiring University of North Texas System chancellor, had a lot to say during a Tuesday interview about how he plans to stay engaged until the end — and beyond.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights "Off the Charts."

Doug Killian, an award-winning school administrator and the current superintendent of Pflugerville ISD, was recently named to the Legislature's interim commission to study school finance. Here's what he had to say.

A Bexar County school board voted to change the name of a high school named in 1958 for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. 

A DACA repeal would hit bilingual educators especially hard. 

The student allegedly shot the officer after police conducted a welfare check. 

Students, criticizing Cain's stance on transgender rights, said the lawmaker should not have been given a chance to speak.

From 2015 to 2016, Texas A&M University saw a 131 percent increase in reported campus rapes.