Voters to decide fate of $6B Dallas ISD bond package
| April 15, 2026
Dallas Independent School District is asking voters to approve a bond package that would fund campus renovations and increase security measures on May 2.
Higher education advocates call on lawmakers to fight for academic freedom in Texas
| April 14, 2026
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A coalition of educators and union members are calling on Texas lawmakers to adopt a new policy platform that centers the needs of workers and students over billionaires and corporate interests at higher education institutions.
Democrats on the Texas Board of Education demand investigation into undisclosed grant from conservative group
| April 9, 2026
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Democrats on the State Board of Education are asking to pause deliberation over an overhaul to the state’s social studies curriculum after a content advisor in charge of the rewrite received a financial contribution from an influential conservative group in Texas without disclosing it to the board.
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.