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Below are links to articles produced by newspapers, TV and radio stations in Texas and across the country to provide you with a snapshot of what's happening in education.

Friday, Jan. 24

• State lawmakers ask education agency for guidance on how Texas schools can respond to Trump’s immigration plans (Texas Tribune)
• Abilene ISD approves $125,000 for Yondr pouches to enforce no-phone policy (KTXS)
• Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school (Texas Tribune)
• ‘This is a rushed decision’: North East ISD parents push back against plans to shutter three schools (Texas Public Radio)

Thursday, Jan. 23

• School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education (Texas Tribune)
• Squad goals: Austin ISD elementary school cheerleaders hope to bring it on at first competition (KUT)
• In a surprise, U.S. colleges saw higher enrollment last fall (NPR)

Wednesday, Jan. 22

• Fort Worth ISD plans to raise student achievement, close gaps by 2029. Here’s how (KERA)
• San Antonio ISD keeps schools closed another day (Texas Public Radio)
• Houston ISD, other area schools set to resume classes Thursday (Houston Public Media)
• Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections (Texas Standard)
• Harvard agrees to adopt a broad definition of antisemitism to settle two lawsuits (NPR)

Tuesday, Jan. 21

• Alamo will foot bill for teachers to visit historic sites in Texas and Mexico (San Antonio Express-News)
• Many Texas schools take “wait and see” approach to Trump’s mass deportation plans (Texas Tribune)
• Houston ISD fifth-grader repeats as winner in annual MLK Jr. oratory competition (Houston Public Media)
• More teens say they're using ChatGPT for schoolwork, a new study finds (NPR)
• Taliban deputy presses leader to end education bans on Afghan women and girls (PBS NewsHour)

Friday, Jan. 17

• Cy-Fair ISD trustees overwhelmingly pass controversial gender identity policy (Houston Public Media)
• Keller ISD superintendent threatens to resign over plan to split district. What comes next? (KERA)
• Houston ISD ends unapproved late pickup fee for parents at Herrera Elementary (Houston Public Media)
• How are four-day school weeks impacting student attendance and teacher retention? (Fordham Institute)

Thursday, Jan. 16

• We asked experts to grade Biden's job on education. They gave it a C average (NPR)
• Texas school closing due to lack of state funding, says district (KXAN)

Wednesday, Jan. 15

• Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock wins race for Texas House speaker (Texas Standard)
• Texans only Democrats in Congress to vote for bill restricting trans athletes (Texas Tribune)
• Rodent sightings at a Houston ISD middle school prompt safety concerns (Houston Public Media)

Tuesday, Jan. 14

• The Texas Legislature is back. Here’s what we’re watching. (Texas Tribune)
• Mike Miles says Houston ISD spent hundreds of millions without prior board approval (Houston Public Media)
• Eanes ISD families prepare to say goodbye to an elementary school on chopping block (KUT)
• Personal data of Dallas ISD students, staff compromised in data breach, district says (WFAA)
• Montgomery ISD Education Foundation awards $100K in grants to campuses (Community Impact)

Monday, Jan. 13

• Texas Legislature 101: How bills become laws — and how you can participate in the process (Texas Tribune)
• Houston-area middle schoolers to learn about carbon capture through new grassroots initiative (Houston Public Media)
• What if Trump dismantles the Dept. of Education? (Texas Public Radio)
• More than half a million students were out of school because of LA fires (NPR)
• An education ecosystem is being built in Elon Musk’s image. It starts in rural Texas. (KUT)

Friday, Jan. 10

• Texas readies to tackle education funding as inflation gap widens for per-student spending (Austin American-Statesman)
• Why a plan to split Keller ISD into two districts has trustees feeling ‘blindsided’ (KERA)
• What San Antonio ISD has done to prepare for cold weather this year — and why challenges remain (Texas Public Radio)

Thursday, Jan. 9

• Here are the North Texas schools canceling classes for weather (KERA)
• East Texas school districts delay, cancel classes due to wintry weather (CBS 19)
• Texas is silent on whether it will offer summer food assistance for students (Texas Tribune)
• Keller school district considers split, prompting concerns from parents, officials (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
• Conroe ISD trustees take up discussions on Bible-focused curriculum (Houston Public Media)
• Special ed students benefit from being integrated at school. It doesn't always happen (NPR)

Wednesday, Jan. 8

• How Aldine ISD’s proposal to close 7 schools would impact thousands of students (Houston Landing)
• A looming 'demographic cliff': Fewer college students and ultimately fewer graduates (NPR)

Tuesday, Jan. 7

• Waco ISD student in district's Future Educators Academy set to learn at new elementary space (KWTX)
• Evading a search for vapes can now land the student in an alternative school at North East ISD (Texas Public Radio)
• Plans for UTA campus near Aledo to take off with groundbreaking, new hires in 2025 (KERA)

Monday, Jan. 6

• Social Security Fairness Act signed into law by Biden, enhancing retirement benefits for millions (CBS News)
• For now, Denton ISD won't adopt controversial elementary school curriculum (KERA)
• Advocates worry Texas will miss out on millions to prevent child hunger for second year in a row (KUT)
• Arlington ISD parents, teachers call for student discipline policy reform. Here’s why (KERA)
• Texas Education Agency clears Fort Bend ISD in voter incentives investigation (Houston Public Media)
• Community colleges gear up to train workers for America’s proposed manufacturing future (PBS NewsHour)

Friday, Dec. 20

• Advocates worry Texas will miss out on millions to prevent child hunger for second year in a row (KUT)
• Some Texas public school leaders take a different tone on vouchers; advocates hold firm (Texas Public Media)

Thursday, Dec. 19

• Arlington ISD tries to shrink budget deficit, stay on track with spending (KERA)
• Bonham ISD faces discrimination complaints from students, former staff (KERA)
• Calling all students! NPR's Student Podcast Challenge returns for 2025 (NPR)
• University of Houston Tik Tok ban targets employees’ personal devices (Houston Public Media)

Wednesday, Dec. 18

• Texas school districts asked to return $16 million in federal funding for special education services (Texas Tribune)
• How Austin ISD is lowering its chronic absenteeism rate which more than doubled during the pandemic (Texas Standard)
• A school voucher program in Texas is more likely than ever. Can lawmakers craft a bill they agree on? (Texas Tribune)

Tuesday, Dec. 17

• Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles says ‘criticism’ likely contributed to enrollment decline (Houston Public Media)
• La Joya ISD community reacts to proposal to consolidate specialty high schools (KRGV)
• As Denton ISD rebuilds Ginnings Elementary, students and staff will have to relocate for two years (Denton Record-Chronicle)
• Coppell ISD enrollment could drop by almost 2K students in ten years (Community Impact)
• With schools cutting bus service, parents are turning to ride-hailing apps to fill the gaps (PBS NewsHour)
• Apprenticeships are a trending alternative to college — but there's a hitch (NPR)
• San Antonio ISD trustees approve outlines of agreement for Missions ballpark land sale (Texas Public Radio)

Monday, Dec. 16

• What we know so far about the Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Wisconsin (NBC News)
• Texas will have a $20B surplus next legislative session, comptroller projects (ABC 13)
• Expanding college financial aid will help Texas meet workforce needs, new higher ed chief says (Texas Tribune)
• 5 ideas Austin ISD has proposed to reduce its $92 million deficit (KUT)
• Denton ISD 'ahead of the game' in complying with state security requirements (KERA)
• Indiana high school students offer up ideas to combat climate change (PBS NewsHour)

Friday, Dec. 13

• Here’s what public school advocates want to see during the next legislative session (Texas Standard)
• Records: Marshall Middle School AEDs were found to have expired parts months before student’s death (Houston Public Media)
• A South Texas lawmaker's 15-year fight for a Rio Grande Valley law school (Texas Public Radio)
• Foreign students advised to make plans before Trump (NPR)

Thursday, Dec. 12

• Tarrant County teachers are among 100 under investigation. Some have been disciplined (KERA)
• HISD boss Mike Miles earns $126K bonus after scoring good marks from board (Houston Chronicle)
• San Antonio-area high school removes doors to restrooms to deter vaping (Texas Public Radio)
• Fort Worth ISD redraws attendance boundaries for five schools, closing one campus by 2028 (KERA)
• Leander ISD updates community members on creation of district police department (Community Impact)

Wednesday, Dec. 11

• Texas beats nation on teacher diversity, but research shows work is needed to reflect students (KERA)
• Three North East ISD schools could close permanently in May (Texas Public Radio)
• South San ISD could become 1 of 5 districts in Texas to have school board replaced by TEA-appointed members (KSAT)
• In preview of legislative session, lawmakers expect school vouchers to pass and the House to shift to the right (Texas Tribune)
• Researchers report stunning surge of misogyny in schools (PBS NewsHour)

Tuesday, Dec. 10

• Experts say zero tolerance policies won't reduce violence and aggression against teachers (Texas Public Radio)
• HISD moves closer to losing state leadership with fewer failing schools (Houston Chronicle)
• In a meeting with pleas and tears, Lewisville ISD board votes to close five schools (KERA)
• Supreme Court rejects challenge from Wisconsin parents on school guidance for transgender students (PBS NewsHour | AP)
• Supreme Court rejects challenge to Boston's school admissions policy (NPR)

Monday, Dec. 9

• Cy-Fair ISD requests more state funding to keep up with special education demand (Community Impact)
• Houston ISD advisory group asks for Mike Miles' resignation. Sort of. (Houston Chronicle)
• Austin ISD seeks more student funding, recapture reform in next session (CBS Austin)
• Cancer interrupted their school lives, but also set them on a mission (NPR)
• Mariachi Extravaganza, largest student mariachi competition in the U.S., names its winners (Texas Public Radio)

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