Texas' state takeover of the Fort Worth school district started in late March. By the end of June, the district had processed more teacher resignations than it did in the entire previous school year. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

Nearly 800 Fort Worth ISD teachers resigned after state takeover

Fort Worth ISD saw 1,026 teacher resignations by June 28, with departures spiking after the district’s state-appointed leaders took over.

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Elementary and middle schools in Dallas and Texas showed mixed results on standardized tests, according to new STAAR scores released by the Texas Education Agency on Tuesday. bit.ly/4vXMaki

Texas high schoolers showed progress across all subjects on this year's end-of-course exams. National-level student achievement data tell a more complicated story. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

STAAR results released. See how Dallas ISD, Texas students scored

Both in Dallas ISD and across Texas, high schoolers posted gains on state standardized tests compared with last year, according to STAAR results released Wednesday.

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Later this month, Texas' State Board of Education will vote on two policies that inject more Bible-infused instruction into classrooms. It's the latest development in a trend that goes back years. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

More Christianity in Texas schools being weighed

Texas’ State Board of Education is expected to vote this month on a pair of proposals that would add to the growing presence of Christianity in classrooms across the state.

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No but like seriously everyone go pay for journalism. Pay NPR or if not us pay someone else. Just please pay someone or else seriously all these big ships are going to keep slowwwwwwly sinking.

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NEWS: NPR plans newsroom restructure and modest jobs cuts as it confronts era without federal funding. CEO Katherine Maher says NPR intends to save $8M from newsgathering & related units; shows and podcasts not eligible for buyouts or targeted for layoffs. www.npr.org/2026/05/18/n...

Texas schools are wrapping up their first year under a statewide cellphone ban. I visited a school that banned cellphones years ago to see what cultural changes happened there, and what may be coming for other campuses. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

This school banned cellphones years ago. Here's what happened.

Research into the effects of school cellphone bans suggests school those policies can be beneficial for students, but they aren’t the panacea many district leaders hope for.

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Mark Lamster, longtime architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News, has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Mark Lamster, architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News, wins Pulitzer

Mark Lamster, longtime architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News, has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

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My colleague Aaron Parsley just won a Pulitzer for this story, written days after he survived the July 4 floods that killed his nephew. It's one of the most gutwrenching and memorable things you'll ever read. Please do.

“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”

The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.

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Annual reminder that Opening Day should be a national holiday. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

Goold: After a century, Cardinals' NL reign is under threat. Race to find new way begins now

Attendance is dropping, wins are lagging and the Los Angeles Dodgers are lurking, ready to overtake the Cardinals' claim to fame. A next Cardinals century must begin today.

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Texas' new education savings account program offers money to help homeschool families cover costs. But are they interested in applying? www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

Texas’ education savings account program offers money to homeschoolers. Will they apply?

Homeschooling is seeing rapid growth across the country. The Texas Education Freedom Account program could make it easier for more parents in Texas to move to...

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Fort Worth ISD is getting a new superintendent as a part of a state takeover there. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

TEA commissioner will appoint new superintendent for Fort Worth ISD

The new, as-yet-unnamed superintendent will replace Superintendent Karen Molinar, who has been in the district’s top job for about a year.

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4/ @dallasnews.com's @silasallen.bsky.social also quoted Dee Carney: "Regardless of your position on vouchers, there is nothing controversial about making it easier for Texans to see how $1 billion in taxpayer dollars is spent and what results they deliver.” #txed bsky.app/profile/dall...

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Applications for Texas Education Freedom Accounts, the state’s new education savings account program, open Wednesday. The program is designed to give families public money to help offset the cost of private school tuition.

Over the past few years, Texas has seen a huge uptick in uncertified teachers. Last year, lawmakers set a deadline for school districts to get their core subject teachers certified. I took a look at how it's going: www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

A challenge but ‘worth it’: Texas schools push to certify teachers even with extension

A new Texas law requires school districts to get novice educators certified. Here's a look at why and what one North Texas district is doing to meet that goal.

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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

Texas' education savings account app goes live tomorrow. Here's what you need to know about it. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

Applications open this week for Texas education savings accounts. Here’s what to know

Applications for Texas Education Freedom Accounts, the state’s new education savings account program, open Feb. 4,2026. Here’s what you need to know.

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The Education Writers Association is deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists in connection with their reporting at an anti-ICE demonstration in Minnesota. We vigorously support First Amendment protections for the press and the public. freedom.press/issues/fpf-s...

FPF statement on outrageous arrest of Don Lemon

If the Trump administration thinks it can bully journalists into submission, it is wrong

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There needs to be a rule that, if you live in a place where it gets above 100 every day for a month and a half in the summer, it shouldn't get down to 8 in January. www.dallasnews.com/news/weather...

Freezing temperatures are imminent: What you need to know about D-FW’s winter storm

If you haven’t done it already, Friday evening is likely your last chance to prepare for incoming winter weather.

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KERA News has identified another man who died after a Tarrant County jailer knelt on him. The federal government has cautioned against kneeling on handcuffed people.

5 years before Anthony Johnson Jr.’s death, indicted guard watched another man get knelt on in jail

KERA News has identified another man who died after a Tarrant County jailer knelt on him. The federal government has cautioned against kneeling on handcuffed people.

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School districts across the DFW area have been dealing with a rash of hoax threats for the past couple of weeks. Experts say the impact of those threats is real, even if the threats themselves aren't. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

As North Texas schools deal with a rash of hoax threats, experts say the effects are real

Hoax threats have disrupted school days across Dallas-Fort Worth over the last week. The immediate scare passes, but here's the damage it can do.

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The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.

ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis is identified

Jonathan Ross, a Minnesota-based agent, was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing motorist.

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Education reporters! Apply for my old job! Fort Worth is a fun city, and there's plenty of school news going on, to say the least. DM with questions. mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...

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After Charlie Kirk's death, the Texas ed commissioner vowed to go after the teaching certificates of teachers over comments they made on social media. Now, @texasaft.org is suing. First byline in @dallasnews.com: www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

Texas AFT sues TEA over investigations of teachers linked to Kirk assassination comments

The Texas AFT is suing the Texas Education Agency over a series of investigations the agency launched over teachers’ comments on social media after the death...

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Hundreds of people applied to serve on Fort Worth ISD’s state takeover board. Here’s a look at who they are.

Here’s who applied to serve on Fort Worth ISD’s state-appointed school board

Hundreds of people applied to serve on Fort Worth ISD’s state takeover board. Here’s a look at who they are.

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"The stories Lizza and Nuzzi tell give you the extremely wrong idea of what it means to be a journalist. We, despite what every Hollywood property from 'House of Cards' to 'The West Wing' would have you believe, do not date our sources... We’re not rich, guys." www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Column | The dueling narratives of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza

Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with RFK Jr. is detailed in her book, American Canto. Ex-fiance Ryan Lizza now alleges she also had an affair with Mark Sanford.

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When the Texas Education Agency announced plans to take over the Fort Worth school district, parents said they were worried teachers here would have to use the same kinds of prepackaged, scripted lessons like we saw in Houston. Teachers say they're already here. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...

Fort Worth ISD’s new guidelines ask teachers to work from rigid scripts

Parents worried that a state takeover would bring Houston ISD-style scripted lessons to Fort Worth ISD. Teachers say they’re already here.

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"Otter is down, but will be back online shortly" Every journalist:

With the state takeover process getting started in Fort Worth ISD, I talked to parents and students in Houston about what the intervention was like there, an what to expect here. All of them said they were worried for Fort Worth. Gift link: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...

‘Scared for Fort Worth’: As FWISD takeover looms, Houston families share concern

A state takeover of Fort Worth ISD would be the second largest in state history. Parents and students in Houston share their experience.

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This has been an incredible series to watch, unless you're a fan of either of these teams, in which case I suspect you aren't having very much fun at all.

There's fortitude.... then there's mossing your teammate at the track in the bottom of the 9th of game 7 in the World Series after coming in the game 9 pitches ago