Texas A&M System will provide free COVID-19 tests, but it’s a mixed bag for other schools
The Texas A&M University System is expected to begin offering free on-campus COVID-19 testing for students, faculty and staff by...
Education
Reopening America’s schools is way harder than it should be
Of all the American institutions the pandemic has shut down, none face pressure to reopen quite like schools do. Pediatricians exhort schools...
Texas officials scramble to provide school reopening guidelines with only weeks of summer left
Weeks before summer break is set to end for millions of Texas public school students, the state still doesn’t have...
Supreme Court says state can’t exclude religious schools
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said Montana incorrectly excluded religious schools when it created a 2015 tax incentive program...
Reeves delays start of school only in hot spots, orders statewide mask mandate
Going against the advice of the state’s top health officer and other Mississippi medical experts, Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday...
Old-school activism: The story of Jack Elder
Every Tuesday morning, Jack Elder washes dishes in a small white house on Nolan Street on San Antonio’s East Side....
For school boards short on savvy, corruption comes knocking
The courtroom erupted into gasps and whispered prayers as U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez read the first “not guilty” verdict...
Coronavirus and college admissions: test score suspensions and virtual prospecting
On April 16, the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education suspended a longstanding requirement that students seeking to attend...
Major Texas overhaul aims to improve the odds for students who begin college unprepared
As Texas tries to educate a growing number of college students who come from struggling schools or speak English as...
