Education

A Texas Austerity Crisis Is Playing Out City by City, School by School

Texas' local governments are facing growing fiscal pain. What’s that mean for the 2026 elections—and the 2027 session?

Texas policymakers keep moving the goalposts in the middle of the game to pursue their political agenda, no matter the cost to students.

Texas legislators seem to be following Arizona’s playbook by exploiting vulnerable students in the latest efforts to privatize public schools.

Fighting with your ex- in city council chambers? Ursine invaders with a taste for tacos? Just another day in far-flung Texas.

What lawmakers should do to mitigate the state's cascading crises, and what they are liable to do instead.

State lawmakers are considering new ways to fund schools that historically have given more students a chance to succeed beyond high school.

Federal grants are rebooting higher education behind bars, but the benefits aren't evenly distributed to all of the incarcerated.

"Instead, Uvalde will mean something else to you. It won’t feel like a creek-polished stone when you say it."

Report shows school employees do not support arming staff.

Anti-“critical race theory” crusaders picked up seats in May elections around the state as part of a nationwide movement.