President Donald Trump’s sweeping education orders could embolden Texas efforts to reshape the way millions of children learn ...

Changes to state standardized tests have made it difficult to compare how Texas students are doing in school in recent years, ...

A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school ...

Vouchers would let parents use public funds to pay for their kids’ private education. Learn about how they could work and the ...

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House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1, Jan. 22. The proposals include billions of dollars for border security, property tax cuts, ...

After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...

A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday ...

The proposal, a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott, budgets $1 billion over the next two years to fund the private school vouchers.

A recent survey from the Texas American Federation of Teachers found that most teachers in the state have considered leaving ...

Community Voices for Public Education organizes the effort, which includes a "mini-lobbying day" at the Texas Capitol.

Texas students' overall math scores dropped from 2022. But English learners and fourth-grade Black students did better than ...