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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.

Monday, May 16

• Spring ISD Board of Trustees approves 2022-23 employee retention and incentive package (Click2Houston)
• Channelview ISD offering $3,000 Hiring Incentive for New Teachers (North Channel Star)
• Socorro ISD announces Teachers of the Year (KTSM)
• Ysleta ISD honors Support Employee, Teachers of the Year (KTSM)
• Retired Texas teachers contend with inflation hit to pensions (Gainesville Register)
• Dallas ISD sees declining number of grads heading to college, but 4-year college enrollments rise (Community Impact)
• Bonham ISD $53.6 million bond fails by one vote (North Texas e-News)
• Board Member Natalie Hebert requests recount for Frisco ISD Place 2 election (Community Impact)
• 4 high school students talk mental health and how the pandemic changed them (NPR)
• Student Podcast Challenge: These middle school students have a warning about teens and social media (NPR)
• Student Podcast Challenge: After a lockdown, students found comfort in humor. But what are the jokes hiding? (NPR)

Friday, May 13

• Klein ISD Board approves $60K starting teacher pay, competitive raises, loyalty incentives for returning employees (Click2Houston)
• Conroe ISD plans for salary increases to stay competitive among area districts (Community Impact)
• Copperas Cove ISD drastically raises teacher pay; all other employees to get bump, too (Killeen Daily Herald)
• Texas Tech receives $1.5M grant to continue addressing rural teacher shortage (Everything Lubbock)
• Report: Austin ISD not meeting minimum state standards for disabled students (KVUE)
• Chapel Hill ISD launches telehealth pilot program with Goodside Health (KLTV)
• Keystone School celebrates win after national world affairs contest (Texas Public Radio)
• A nonspeaking valedictorian with autism gives her college's commencement speech (NPR)

Thursday, May 12

• Parents say STAAR tests affects students mental health (News4SA)
• ECISD to hold mental health awareness walk (NewsWest9)
• Inflation impacting retired Texas teachers, who seek pension boost (Cleburne Times-Review)
• Conservatives’ school board victories could give Texas GOP momentum for November elections, 2023 legislative session (Texas Standard)
• Las Vegas struggles with rising violence in schools (NPR)

Wednesday, May 11

• Elysian Fields ISD employees to get salary increase (KETK)
• Beaumont Teachers Association demanding 10% raise from Beaumont ISD (KFDM)
• What America Spends on K-12: The Latest Federal Snapshot (Education Week)
• TEA investigating Northside ISD for possible voter coercion (Texas Public Radio)
• Approved $305M bond package to fund projects across Pasadena ISD (Houston Chronicle)
• School Colors Episode 2: Tales From The Southside (NPR)

Tuesday, May 10

• Longview ISD board approves pay increases for teachers, staff (KLTV)
• Gov. Abbott pitches school voucher plan for Texas at San Antonio rally (Houston Chronicle)
• Northside ISD bond passes; Challengers gain two seats on North East ISD board (Texas Public Radio)
• Voters approve $300 million Del Valle ISD bond for 2nd high school, more land (KVUE)
• Medina Valley ISD back to drawing board after voters reject bonds amid unprecedented growth (KSAT)
• Dallas ISD Mental Health Department Makes Case for Additional Clinicians (NBC DFW)
• Wiley College graduates have tuition balances paid off by anonymous donor (Houston Public Media)

Monday, May 9

• Texans overwhelmingly vote to amend the state constitution on property taxes (Texas Standard)
• Candidates backed by conservative PAC sweep Tarrant County school board elections (Texas Tribune)
• Unofficial results show Hamilton wins race for Fort Bend ISD board of trustees Position 7 (Community Impact)
• All three incumbents re-elected to Abilene ISD Board of Trustees (Big Country Homepage)
• Area voters approve school district bond elections in Argyle, Aubrey, Krum and Sanger (Denton Record-Chronicle)
• Incumbents and newcomer Erin Archer won May 7 election for Lake Travis ISD board (Community Impact)
• Westlake school board incumbents keep their seats (Austin American-Statesman)
• Challenger Molina defeats Allen; Mitchell and Mott keep seats in Pflugerville ISD races (Community Impact)
• Incumbents keep seats in school board races in Alamo Heights, Southwest ISDs (San Antonio Express-News)
• Vanessa Pacheco, Sherry Clemens headed to a runoff in Richardson ISD District 2 election (Community Impact)
• Voters approve Northside ISD $992M bond to renovate schools, buy new buses (KSAT)
• Nearly $230 million in Longview ISD bonds fail (KETK)
• Voters approve Klein ISD bond propositions A, B; propositions C, D fail to pass (Community Impact)
• Listen up! Here are the finalists of the 2022 Student Podcast Challenge (NPR)

Friday, May 6

• Report: Round Rock ISD board again considering salary raises for employees (KVUE)
• Plainview ISD teachers granted 45-minute lunches in 2022-2023 school (MyPlainview)
• Greenville ISD teachers receive grants from Greenville Educational Enrichment Foundation (KETR)
• Houston ISD shows how $1.2 billion in federal funds will be spent (ABC 13)
• Pflugerville ISD facing financial woes due to property values (Community Impact)
• With piles of campaign cash, Christian activists make North Texas school board races a state battleground (Texas Tribune)
• Tesla still looking to hire hundreds for Gigafactory, taps into Bastrop ISD (KXAN)
• Arlington ISD candidates say hot-button issues are distractions, but their opponents disagree (KERA)
• Women and war: Oral history project captures complex legacy (Texas Public Radio)
• A popular program for teaching kids to read just took another hit to its credibility (NPR)
• Gov. Greg Abbott says federal government should cover cost of educating undocumented students in Texas public schools (Texas Tribune)
• Beware, new student loan borrowers: Interest rates are about to jump (NPR)

Thursday, May 5

• Allen ISD approves faculty compensation plan (Allen American)
• Pay Increases Approved For All Sulphur Springs ISD Employees (KSST)
• Eanes ISD will consider 2% raise for all staff in May (Community Impact)
• Chapel Hill ISD celebrates teachers, staff with Grill Week (CBS 19)
• Culture wars over race and sexuality are dominating Texas school board elections (NBC News)
• What to know about Northside ISD’s nearly $1 billion bond proposal ahead of vote (KSAT)
• Inside Amarillo ISD bond propositions B, C, and D on May 7th ballot (MyHighPlains.com)
• San Antonio tackles education inequality with free or reduced college tuition (PBS NewsHour)

Wednesday, May 4

• Cove teachers could earn more than $100,000 (Fox 44)
• Teachers exiting the classroom, leaving education careers at alarming rate (KSAT)
• Harmony Public Schools giving 4,800 teachers and workers stipend (KHOU)
• Meet McKinney ISD's elementary teacher of the year (McKinney Courier-Gazette)
• Wichita Falls ISD mourns loss of Cunningham teacher (KAUZ)
• North East ISD will replace some books featuring LGBTQ+ characters with straight ones. Here’s how that will impact students (Texas Public Radio)
• Canyon ISD receives guidance from Texas Education Agency for removing books from libraries (KFDA)
• Magnolia ISD awarded $289K dyslexia grant from Texas Education Agency (Community Impact)
• Brownwood High students earn FAA commercial drone pilot licenses (Brownwood Bulletin)
• Wichita Falls ISD to offer free summer meals starting June 1 (KAUZ)
• CODE SWITCH: Why a 'diverse' school district erupted in chaos when chosen for a diversity plan (NPR)

Tuesday, May 3

• Midlothian ISD Commits an additional $3.7 Million to Staffing Needs and Raises (Focus Daily News)
• Huntsville ISD celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week (The Item)
• Killeen ISD celebrates over 200 first year teachers during Teacher Appreciation Month (Fox 44)
• GEEF awards Greenville ISD teachers with almost $26,000 in grants (Herald Banner)
• Corpus Christi ISD had a Teacher Draft Day for the 2022-2023 school year (KIII)
• FAQ: What you need to know about the property tax proposals on Texas’ May 7 ballot (Texas Standard)
• Chapel Hill community torn over $125 million bond election (KETK)
• North East ISD will replace some books featuring LGBTQ+ characters with straight ones. Here’s how that will impact students (Texas Public Radio)
• Teachers Share Affirmations That Work. And Some That Don’t (Education Week)
• How High School Internships Are Leading to Full-Time Employment (NBC DFW)

Monday, May 2

• Texas moves one step closer to adopting a new, more rigorous teacher certification exam (Texas Tribune)
• Texas conservatives have set their sights on school libraries. North East ISD’s proactive response concerns parents, students (Texas Public Radio)
• Sabine ISD Cardinal Prize Patrol awards checks to teachers (Kilgore News Herald)
• Humble ISD Prize Posse distributes more than $243,000 in education grants (Houston Chronicle)
• Teachers in Southlake, Texas, asked to sign ‘non-disparagement’ agreements (NBC News)
• 2022 National Teacher of the Year Kurt Russell discusses the joys and challenges of his job (PBS NewsHour)
• Texas got a sex ed update, but students and educators say there's still a lot missing (NPR)

Friday, April 29

• Facing a teacher shortage, Texas considers a more rigorous teacher certification exam (Texas Tribune)
• Garland ISD boosts starting teacher pay to $60,000, adds other financial incentives (Dallas Morning News)
• Leon ISD looking to improve their school with bond proposal in May (KAGS)
• Timpson ISD board votes for 4-day school week (KLTV)
• STAAR quickly approaching for Texas students. Schools brace for more low scores due to pandemic (Dallas Morning News)
• The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise (NPR)
• UTSA finds evidence of possible ancient earth ovens at caverns (Texas Public Radio)

Thursday, April 28

• Hays CISD approves 7% cost-of-living adjustment for all employees for 2022-23 school year (Community Impact)
• Killeen ISD approves pay raises across the board amid staffing ‘crisis’ (KWTX)
• Austin ISD targets increased teacher pay in 2022-23 budget (KXAN)
• Texas teacher salaries largely lag behind the national average (The Texas Newsroom)
• New Braunfels ISD hires first director of counseling (Community Impact)
• Soaring housing costs bump up payments Central Texas school districts must send to the state (KUT)
• Texas Library Association talks 'culture war,' plans to address school book bans (CBS DFW)
• Ysleta ISD named sole EP finalist for $25K grant to support literacy (El Paso Herald-Post)
• 2 Houston high schools lead the report card among best in US for 2022 (ABC 13)
• President Biden welcomes National and State Teachers of the Year to the White House (PBS NewsHour | AP)

Wednesday, April 27

• West Oso history teacher given state recognition (KZTV)
• Arts in Education Awards honor six East Texas fine arts educators (KETK)
• Houston ISD recruiting top-performing teachers Wednesday to improve student performance through new program (ABC 13)
• An East Texas superintendent explains why more school districts may go to a four-day week (Texas Standard)
• Texas House lawmakers weigh impact of migrant influx on public schools (KXAN)
• Bridge City education foundation granted preferred status, wants more opportunities for students (Orange Leader)
• Here’s how two Texas constitutional amendments could lower some property taxes (Texas Tribune)
• Aransas County ISD proposed bond would make infrastructure upgrades to schools (KZTV)
• McAllen ISD to offer aviation program (MyRGV News)
• Magnolia ISD has been awarded $289,000 that will be utilized over the next two years (Woodlands Online)
• In a lawsuit, a group of Texas library patrons says a book ban amounts to censorship (NPR)
• As colleges and universities drop admission tests, what’s the impact on enrollment? (PBS NewsHour)
• The pandemic erased a decade of public preschool gains (NPR)

Tuesday, April 26

• Killeen ISD to discuss bumping teachers' pay by 8% next week (KCEN)
• Want to become a STEM teacher? There’s money for that (KXAN)
• Krum ISD Teacher Jumps Into Action to Save Choking Student; It's Not Her First Time Doing So (NBC DFW)
• Voters to consider $26 million Edcouch-Elsa bond package (MyRGV News)
• Brookesmith ISD to vote on $10 million bond (KTXS)
• Rural school districts work to keep students connected to the internet (KIII)
• The pandemic showed some Texas universities that they didn’t need the SAT. They might never go back. (Texas Tribune)
• Austin Energy presents check to Austin ISD totaling more than $377K to celebrate Earth Day (Fox 7 Austin)
• Supreme Court seems sympathetic to a coach who claims the right to pray (NPR)
• Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete ban in girls’ sports (PBS NewsHour | AP)

Monday, April 25

• Round Rock ISD board approves compensation plan that boosts teacher salaries by 4% (Fox 7 Austin)
• Point Isabel ISD approves $500 stipend for staff (Port Isabel Press)
• Lufkin ISD partners with SFA for a new teacher internship program (KTRE)
• PSJA ISD elementary school offering book vending machine to students (KRGV)
• Red Oak ISD extends contract for mentorship program (Waxahachie Daily Light)
• Meet the candidates for Abilene ISD board of trustees, Places 4, 5 and 6 (Abilene Reporter News)
• Q&As: 10 questions with Waco ISD candidates on district issues (Waco Tribune-Herald)
• Mabank ISD calls for $94 million bond in May election (KETK)
• Longview ISD says pass or fail, bond will not raise tax rate (KSLA)
• Brookesmith ISD to vote on $10 million bond (KTXS)
• Embattled Irving ISD teacher is permanently out after rainbow sticker dispute (KERA)
• A new puberty guide for kids aims to replace anxiety with self-confidence (Texas Public Radio)
• The Supreme Court ponders the right to pray on the 50-yard line (NPR)

Friday, April 22

• Here’s How Many Hours a Week Teachers Work (EducationWeek)
• Midway ISD approves $2.3 million in pay raises, citing competition, housing costs (Waco Tribune-Herald)
• Leander ISD board to consider raising pay (KXAN)
• New Boston ISD joins Bowie County school districts moving to 4-day academic week (KSLA)
• DeKalb ISD approves four-day school week (KTBS)
• Willis ISD bond calls for more schools, new football stadium, aquatic center May 7 (Community Impact)
• Meet the candidates for Kaufman ISD School Board (Kaufman Herald)
• A $16 million bond package for Prairiland ISD is in the hands of the voters, early vote begins April 25 (MyParisTexas.com)
• Fort Worth ISD school board candidate’s residency called into question (KERA)
• Amarillo students gather for 2022 Battle of the Books (MyHighPlains.com)
• New Braunfels ISD names three 2022 Silver Unicorn award recipients (Community Impact)
• Canyon ISD board hears public comments on library materials (Amarillo Globe-News)
• Tesla offering jobs to Manor ISD graduates leading to full-time employment (Fox 7 Austin)
• In an effort to make schools greener, the White House is offering billions of dollars (NPR)

Thursday, April 21

• Too big to fail? Texas’ largest teacher prep program riddled with problems, state finds (Dallas Morning News)
• Texas’ ‘wild west’ teacher prep landscape could make teacher shortage worse (Dallas Morning News)
• ‘We’re very, very worried:’ KISD board mulls teacher shortage (Killeen Daily Herald)
• El Paso ISD teachers to receive $2K retention stipend (KFOX 14)
• Plano ISD approves increase to pay rates for summer school instruction, more (Community Impact)
• Dallas ISD Launches Hiring Fair for Teachers, Offers Incentives (NBC DFW)
• Celina Education Foundation underwrites Celina ISD campus initiatives with $50K gift (Celina Record)
• Tioga ISD considers 4-day school week (KTEN)
• Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix (NPR)
• SMU wants to cover college costs for more first-generation, underrepresented Texas students (Dallas Morning News)

Wednesday, April 20

• Channelview ISD offering $3,000 hiring incentive for new teachers (KIAH)
• Round Rock ISD board to consider approval of 2022-23 compensation plan (Community Impact)
• Montgomery ISD bond projects on May 7 ballot to accommodate growth, workforce opportunities (Community Impact)
• Richardson ISD named one of the nation’s best music communities (Dallas Morning News)
• Dallas ISD considers changing start times for elementary, middle school students (KDFW)
• 12-year old North East ISD student preparing to enter high school (Fox 29)
• Students with disabilities have a right to qualified teachers — but there's a shortage (NPR)
• This Earth Day, an environmental educator says Texans should focus on water (Texas Standard)
• Fewer Black men are enrolling in community college. This state wants to change that. (PBS NewsHour)

Tuesday, April 19

• Amid a teacher shortage, some Texas educators are losing their licenses for quitting during the school year (Texas Tribune)
• Canutillo ISD surprises district teachers of the year (CBS 4)
• HISD superintendent proposes a nearly 7 percent pay hike for teachers next year (KHOU)
• 24 graduating seniors participate in Spring ISD's Future Educators Signing Day (ABC 13)
• Protestors say embattled Irving High School teacher who put up rainbow stickers should keep her job (KERA)
• Mesquite ISD sees increased engagement in child literacy programs (Mesquite News)
• Pushing for “school choice,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz splits with Gov. Greg Abbott in his endorsements for Texas House runoffs (Texas Tribune)
• From a molasses flood to 'Titanic,' 6 podcasts that offer a glimpse into kids' minds (NPR)
• AP-NORC poll says talk of race, sex in schools divides Americans (PBS NewsHour | AP)
  
• Florida rejects 54 math books, claiming critical race theory appeared in some (NPR)
• As U.S. schools reopen, many families continue to opt for homeschooling (PBS NewsHour | AP)

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