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Education

University of Houston Nixed Its Gender and Sexuality Classes. That Won’t Stop Texas’ Crusade Against Higher Ed.

College administrators wrongly hope that anticipatory obedience will satisfy a GOP-run Texas Legislature that is increasingly hostile toward education.

by Andrew Joseph Pegoda

Keep Reading

The Real Lesson Behind Texas’ New Bible Curriculum Requirements

by Joel Zapata

In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10

by Josephine Lee

Inside Houston’s 1970 School Strike

by Lupe Mendez

Oct 23, 2024

In San Antonio, House Races Could Determine Future of Public Ed and Vouchers 

Abbott-induced financial crises in public school districts are at the center of key legislative elections in Bexar County and beyond.

by Josephine Lee

Oct 10, 2024

Suspension of disbelief

To survive the hostility, the insanity in public education, I stare straight into the fire, this pyre of books.

by Hugo Esteban Rodríguez Castañeda

Three people gather outside government buildings in Austin with signs reading: "Stop funding vouchers at the expense of our public schools" "public schools already have school choice: parents have legal rights and recourse in public schools cnot in charter or private schools" and "Class size matters in all grade levels". Property tax cuts and voucher programs threaten to overwhelm an already struggling school system. Sep 13, 2024

Trump Would Doom the U.S. Department of Education and Harm Texas Teachers

Educators are calling for more funding, support, and a system that protects them. Removing the DOE would only perpetuate the problems. 

by Mikayla Oberlton

Jul 16, 2024

Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail

An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent's Colorado charter school nonprofit did business in Texas.

by Josephine Lee

Jun 26, 2024

Texas Republicans Put Trans, Nonbinary Teachers in the Crosshairs

Trans educators speak out after the Texas GOP adopted a platform plank to ban them from the classroom.

by Steven Monacelli

Jun 20, 2024

A Small-Town Texas Librarian’s Big Stand Against Book Bans

In Llano County, a local librarian fought back against censorship, prompting a federal court fight and national recognition but losing the job of her dreams.

by Lise Olsen

Jun 10, 2024

The Heist

A massive theft of pre-Columbian art reveals troubling truths about Texans’ role in the illicit antiquities trade.

by Alex Hidalgo, Michael Fung, Sofía Gómez Pichardo, Jack Hines, Anthony Peebler, Leonel Rodriguez, Meghan Scott-Chaber, and Jack Emery

May 08, 2024

The ‘Remnant Alliance’ Is Coming for a School Board Near You

A new coalition of Christian nationalist groups is mobilizing congregations to take over Texas school boards.

by Steven Monacelli

A low angle view of the UT Clock Tower with trees in the foreground at the University of Texas at Austin, under a partly cloudy blue sky. Feb 21, 2024

‘Their Knees Are Still on Our Necks’: Black Women in Higher Ed

Female African American scholars still face significant obstacles in academia even without being slapped by Governor Greg Abbott’s regressive reforms.

by Deliah Brown

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