The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed Wednesday night. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test ...

Texas has been tweaking and twisting its standardized testing system since it was first introduced in 1979, continuously looking for the best way to judge students’ capacity to learn, teachers’ ...

The full TribFest program is now LIVE. TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the ...

A stabbing was reported on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in the 1500 block of Vera Cruz Street, near South Trinity Street. Read full article: Man found with multiple stab wounds on West Side; Police detain ...

Texas’ annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. (Yfat Yossifor | KERA) A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be ...

Replacing the STAAR test and Senate Bill 12, known as the Texas Parents’ Bill of Rights, were two of the big-ticket items that passed during the regular and special legislative session. State Rep.

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The state takeover of the Fort Worth ...

DALLAS -- The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Wednesday night. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes ...

Read full article: Forensic expert set to return to stand in Day 19 of ex-officers’ Melissa Perez murder trial The state takeover of the Fort Worth Independent School District is largely based on ...