Katie Serrano
Katie Serrano is the DFW Political Correspondent for COURIER Texas. She has lived in Texas for 20 years and received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of Arkansas in Editorial Journalism and News Narrative Writing.
She is passionate about making local journalism accessible and engaging young audiences. Since joining COURIER Texas, she has covered education in North Texas, housing affordability, women’s issues, local politics, and more. She previously worked in editing, content management, newsletter production, social media marketing and data reporting.
Inside Texas’s controversial social studies overhaul
| April 3, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | educators | K-12 education | public education | school voucher | school voucher program | state board of education | TEXAS | texas education agency | Texas Lead Story
The politicization of Texas classrooms continues as the State Board of Education (SBOE) will deliberate rushed social studies teaching standards next week that put a greater emphasis on Western and Texas history at the expense of other cultures.
Texas private school voucher applications are closed. Now what?
| April 1, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | public education | school voucher | school voucher program | TEXAS | Texas Education Freedom Accounts | Texas Lead Story
The application period for Texas’ $1 billion private school voucher program ended last night. Here’s what happens next.
Dallas ISD will offer free pre-K to all students starting next school year
| March 30, 2026
DALLAS | dallas isd | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | North Texas | pre-K | pre-kindergarten | public education | school | students
Any preschool-aged student—no matter their economic status or background—will have the option to enroll in free pre-K classes in Dallas ISD starting next school year.
‘People have the power’: Dallas organizer on the importance of ‘No Kings’ protests
| March 26, 2026
DALLAS | Democrats | DFW | DFW-hardgate | no kings | no kings protest | protest | Republicans | resistance | Texas Lead Story | trump
Hear from a Dallas “No Kings” organizer about the importance of peaceful protest and organized resistance under the Trump administration ahead of Saturday’s nationwide demonstration.
Texas Education Agency names new Fort Worth ISD superintendent amid state takeover
| March 24, 2026
The state intervened at the district after one campus received five consecutive failing grades on the A-F accountability rating system from 2018-2023.
Why Texans are voting with education in mind this midterm election
| March 17, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | HIGHER EDUCATION | K-12 education | public education | state board of education | TEXAS | texas education agency | Texas Lead Story
Texans have a chance to elect staunch public education advocates to several statewide seats in November.