Judge blocks 3 Texas school districts from enforcing DEI ban
| February 23, 2026
dei | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | public education | TEXAS | texas education agency | Texas Lead Story
Teachers and students in Texas started the 2025-26 school year under a new law that prohibits gender and sexuality alliance clubs at high schools across the state.
Far-right conservatives are rewriting Texas history. Education advocates are sounding the alarm.
| November 26, 2025
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | Republicans | state board of education | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story
Education advocates are raising concerns over a new panel stacked with conservatives that will reshape how social studies are taught in Texas public schools.
Texas Head Start closures during government shutdown add to state’s child care woes
| November 12, 2025
Head Start is a federally funded program that provides free child care for infants to children from low-income families or who live with disabilities. It’s a lifeline for families across the country who can’t access traditional child care due to high costs.
Texas ranks second in the US for book bans
| October 6, 2025
book bans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | TEXAS
It’s Banned Books Week, which means PEN America—a nonprofit that fights censorship—has updated its database of banned books in public schools throughout the country.