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Latest education news

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, Aug. 12

• 4-day school week is 'game-changer' for Devers ISD (Spectrum News)
• Houston ISD starting school year with 95% of teacher positions filled (ABC 13)
• 'In the line of fire': Central Texas teachers share safety concerns as students head back to school (KUT)
• Houston ISD approves funding for police equipment in case of active shooting situation (Houston Public Media)
• Things to know as San Antonio kids head back to school (Texas Public Radio)
• 'I’m pretty speechless': Austin ISD school board unanimously approves equity-focused bond (KUT)
• Boerne ISD starts new school year with emphasis on safety, P-Tech program (KSAT)
• Richardson ISD backs off on 'locking pouches' for student cell phones during school day (WFAA)

Thursday, Aug. 11

• With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules (Houston Public Media)
• Chapel Hill ISD awards teachers with innovative project grants (CBS 19)
• Dozens of DPS officers will be in Uvalde during the upcoming school year (Texas Public Radio)
• A Granbury mom’s campaign to ban library books divided her town — and her family (Texas Tribune | NBC News)
• Temple ISD implements SMART tags™ for students (KXXV)
• Parents, school board member raise concerns about safety of new Waco ISD school design (KWTX)
• Northside ISD first district to make Election Day school holiday in the name of safety (FOX 29)
• Plains ISD implements new training to help with recent health and safety concerns (KAMC)

Wednesday, Aug. 10

• Local School Districts Getting Competitive with Pay Increases for Teachers (NBC DFW)
• Uvalde CISD adds virtual learning option for families reeling from mass shooting (Texas Public Radio)
• Period equity expands in Texas as Austin schools provide free pads and tampons (Texas Tribune | The 19th)
• Bus driver shortage forces Lake Travis ISD to cut routes (KUT)
• Cy-Fair ISD parents will have more input on books students can access in 2022-23 (Community Impact)
• Arlington ISD 'security tracker' intends to offer online peace of mind in a post-Uvalde school year (WFAA)
• Northside ISD prepares to rollout 'Bark' computer monitoring system (KENS)
• Weslaco ISD completes TEA corrective action plan (MyRGV)

Tuesday, Aug. 9

• How I’m Putting the Joy Back in Teaching This Year (Education Week)
• Humble ISD opens the school year with new schools, changes (Click2Houston)
• Tatum ISD to establish police department, other safety measures for upcoming school year (KETK)
• Claude ISD attempting to foster student success with funding for after-school programs (KVII)
• Austin ISD administration outlines its vision for potential 2022 bond package (KUT)
• Cy-Fair ISD students must now get parents' permission to borrow books at school library (Houston Chronicle)
• Jacksonville ISD welcomes faculty, staff to convocation before start of school year (CBS 19)
• Career and technical education interest grows as Central Texas becomes industry hub (Community Impact)
• Leander ISD still looking to fill around 80 teaching positions as new school year approaches (KVUE)
• Littlefield ISD staff to carry firearms through Guardian Plan (FOX 34)

Monday, Aug. 8

• Pflugerville ISD asks instructional coaches to step in as full-time teachers to combat shortages (KXAN)
• Texas Republicans are trying to sell school choice measures, but rural conservatives aren’t buying (Texas Tribune)
• Alief ISD kicks off new school year Monday, nine other Houston-area districts to follow this week (Houston Chronicle)
• Emotional support dog joins University High student resources (Waco Tribune-Herald)
• Leander ISD changes the start/end of school days to deal with bus driver shortage (CBS Austin)
• North Texas colleges and universities secure $8.8 million in federal grants to biotech workers (KERA)
• Houston ISD police not prepared for active-shooter scenario, superintendent says (Houston Public Media)
• Alice ISD increases security for upcoming school year (KIII)
• How schools are tackling safety as students return to class (PBS NewsHour)
• What a decade of Curiosity has taught us about life on Mars (Texas Public Media)

Friday, Aug. 5

• Lubbock ISD turning to alternatively certified teachers to staff upcoming school year (KCBD)
• Quinlan ISD gets creative with incentives to attract new teachers (CBS DFW)
• Round Rock ISD supplements shortage of teachers with certification program for teaching assistants (KXAN)
• Following Uvalde tragedy, more schools sign up for school marshal program (WFAA)
• Mandy Gutierrez, former Robb Elementary principal, reassigned to new position (KVUE)
• Local organizers are pushing Houston ISD to reform the district’s code of conduct (Houston Public Media)
  
• Lindale ISD Police increase staff for upcoming school year (KETK)
• Austin ISD's new police chief addresses safety for upcoming school year (KVUE)
• Lasara ISD kicks off new school year with several safety changes in place (KRGV)
• Gadsden ISD partners with Anthony Police Department to provide school resource officers (KFOX 14)
• Spurs to provide free resources at San Antonio back-to-school event (San Antonio Express-News)
• North Lamar ISD board votes to keep library books despite complaint (KETR)

Thursday, Aug. 4

• Houston ISD teachers brace for staffing shortage ahead of new school year (Houston Public Media)
• Dallas ISD Still Looking to Hire More Teachers Before School Begins (NBC DFW)
• 'Highest salary of any school district': Southside ISD set for a record-breaking school year (KENS)
• Victoria ISD hires six Spanish teachers from Spain (Crossroads Today)
• Grapevine-Colleyville ISD welcomes 156 new staff members (Community Impact)
• Heat protections for high school athletes in Texas are insufficient, experts say (Texas Standard)
• Brownsville ISD holds training sessions to ensure school safety (KRGV)
• School resource officers to be placed at every Boerne ISD campus this fall (KSAT)
• New efforts in place to keep students safe at PSJA ISD (KRGV)
• With rural Texas watching, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke dig in on school vouchers fight (Texas Tribune)

Wednesday, Aug. 3

• Critical race theory, LGBTQ issues top debate on state’s social studies curriculum overhaul (Texas Standard)
• Austin ISD wants teacher housing in the 2022 bond but some educators are skeptical of the plan (KUT)
• Free meal program for all students ends, but some schools to continue for low-income students (Houston Public Media)
• Binders, backpacks... and inflation are on this year's back-to-school shopping list (NPR)
• Fort Bend County officials will have all law enforcement officers checking doors throughout the school day (Houston Public Media)
• Alto ISD football suspended from postseason for two years due to enrollment issues, UIL says (KETK)
• New Killeen ISD App connects teachers, students and parents (KWTX)
• Hawley ISD says ‘not yet’ to 4-day instructional week (Big Country Homepage)

Tuesday, Aug. 2

• Author of “critical race theory” ban says Texas schools can still teach about racism (Texas Tribune)
• Former custodian becomes elementary school teacher at Klein ISD (Click2Houston)
• Denton ISD’s new teachers and staff gather for the new year (Denton Record-Chronicle)
• Port Arthur ISD filling the void and addressing teacher vacancies (Fox 4 Beaumont)
• New Summerfield ISD implements 4-day school week (CBS 19)
• Longview ISD to install cameras in classrooms serving special needs students (Longview News-Journal)
• Texas, UIL fall short in protocols to protect high school football players from the heat (Dallas Morning-News | subscribers)
• ACC nearly doubles its spending on compensation in response to rising cost of living (KUT)
• Cities face crisis with smaller schools as enrollment shrinks in wake of pandemic (PBS NewsHour | AP)

Monday, Aug. 1

• College Station educators work together to fight classroom supply shortages, inflation (KAGS)
• Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting (Texas Tribune)
• Tyler ISD plans to strengthen security with new safety equipment, additional police vehicles (KETK)
• Mobile app makes contacting police easier for Robinson ISD staff (KWTX)
• Central ISD new safety measures include training ‘selected’ people to carry gun on campus (KTRE)
• Affordable housing for teachers removed from AISD bond proposal, but not off the table (KXAN)
• The U.S. government underestimated the cost of the student loan program by billions (NPR)
• As monkeypox spreads, health experts urge Texas universities to prepare for outbreaks (Texas Tribune | Texas Public Radio)
  

Friday, July 29

• Texas schools struggling to spend billions in federal pandemic aid (Texas Standard | KERA)
• How a Texas district extended the school year to improve achievement (K-12 Dive)
• Two new teachers to Frisco ISD share their passion for education during welcome event (Frisco Enterprise)
• Principal of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde reinstated days after suspension (Texas Standard)
• Few Black men become school psychologists. Here's why that matters (NPR)

Thursday, July 28

• Childhood vaccination rates down in Texas (Texas Standard)
• Appeals court upholds Texas block on school mask mandates (Houston Public Media)
• State lawmakers, education leaders discuss COVID-19 learning loss (CBS Austin)
• Henderson ISD helping teachers with school supplies (CBS 19)
• Getting your period at school is the worst. Austin ISD is trying to make it better. (KUT)

Wednesday, July 27

• What Teachers Say Is the Biggest Barrier to Learning Recovery (Education Week)
• What Is LETRS? Why One Training Is Dominating ‘Science of Reading’ Efforts (Education Week)
• Uvalde's Robb Elementary principal placed on administrative leave (Texas Public Radio)
• Texas suing USDA over requirement to add LGBTQ protections to nutrition programs’ nondiscrimination policies (Texas Tribune)
• Keller ISD provides updates on summer intervention program (Community Impact)
• A growing number of Americans are questioning the value of going to college (NPR)

Tuesday, July 26

• Bills passed to help Texas schools are unintentionally contributing to teacher shortage (Texomas Homepage)
• Lockhart ISD hosting job interviews for teachers (KXAN)
• Canyon ISD approves health curriculum and library materials standards (Amarillo Globe News)
• States Are Pushing Changes to Reading Instruction. But Old Practices Prove Hard to Shake (Education Week)
• Uvalde school board pushes Greg Abbott for special legislative session to increase legal age for purchasing assault rifles (Texas Tribune)
• Losing a parent can derail teens' lives. A high school grief club aims to help (Texas Public Radio)
• A state tax break program is ending, but Texans could still be paying for it years from now (Texas Standard)
• Hartley ISD to have full-time deputy in new school year (MyHighPlains)
• School start times in Lago Vista ISD could change due to bus driver shortage (KXAN)

Monday, July 25

• It’s not just COVID-19: Why Texas faces a teacher shortage (Texas Tribune)
• North Texas School Districts Race Against the Clock to Hire Teachers (NBC DFW)
• Leander ISD aims to fill multiple vacant positions before school year kicks off (Community Impact)
• Austin ISD considers 2 bond options, either would be the largest ever (Austin American-Statesman)
• Lewisville ISD transitions back to application requirement for free and reduced-price school meals (Cross Timbers Gazette)
• Texas school district requiring students to lock phones in pouches during class (Fox44)

Friday, July 22

• Study finds COVID-related school closures increased mental health risks for young people (Texas Standard)
• Barrington Place Elementary students to be relocated due to mold in building (Houston Public Media)
• Gadsden ISD superintendent believes weekly early release will benefit teachers, students (KFOX 14)
• North East ISD prioritizing safety as new school year approaches (FOX 27)
• Music for a college classroom: A Texas school will soon offer a Harry Styles class (NPR)
• How the Webb Telescope Can Take Students Back a Long Time Ago, to Galaxies Far, Far Away (Education Week)

Thursday, July 21

• Will Texas have enough teachers when school starts again? (KERA | Texas Standard)
• 'Texas children are suffering': Calallen ISD board asks TEA to prioritize mental health over standardized testing (KIDY)
• Uvalde superintendent recommends firing police Chief Pete Arredondo (Texas Tribune)
• Deer Park ISD increasing security at elementary schools in wake of Uvalde School massacre (Click2Houston)
• How a former weatherman led his students to the top prize at Humble ISD's robotics competition (Houston Chronicle)
• 200,000 student borrowers who say they were ripped off may get their loans erased (NPR)
• Student Loans: The Fund-Eating Dragon (NPR | Throughline)
• Huston-Tillotson University added to National Register of Historic Places (KUT)
• Want to Support English-Learners? Prioritize SEL, New Study Finds (Education Week)

Wednesday, July 20

• Uvalde families tell school leaders they’ve lost their trust (Texas Standard)
• Rural Texas districts struggling to attract teachers are switching to four-day school weeks (Texas Tribune)
• Southwest ISD police push for integrated active shooter training for responding agencies during emergency calls (KSAT)
• 'We wish we didn't have to do this,' Navasota ISD arming staff members (KAGS)
• Why Putting the ‘Science of Reading’ Into Practice Is So Challenging (Education Week)

Tuesday, July 19

• “What are you going to do about your failures?”: Uvalde parents demand answers at school board meeting (Texas Tribune)
• Students in a Dallas school district must wear clear backpacks after Uvalde shooting (NPR)
• Midland ISD hires first ever Emergency Management Coordinator (News West 9)
• Aldine ISD opens 4 schools on July 18 with ‘Additional Days School Years’ program (Click2Houston)

Monday, July 18

• “Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details (Texas Tribune)
• Uvalde CISD announces plans for displaced Robb Elementary students (KSAT)
• Texas sprinter wins 100m at Track and Field World Championships (KXAN)
• Students from NEISD learning new skills at cyber camp (KENS)
• School Colors Episode 9: 'Water Under The Bridge' (NPR)

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