Study: San Antonio ranks as Texas’ least-educated large metro for fifth consecutive year

Raising the Standards

Texas is on the verge of a major education victory. The State Board of Education (SBOE) is expected to vote tomorrow on adopting improved Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards for social studies and the state’s first required literary works list. These proposals address two subjects that Texas students have largely struggled with in... The post Raising the Standards first appeared on Texas Public Policy Foundation.

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This profile is one of 51 state profiles accompanying Fordham’s report, A Crowded Table: Teacher Union Strength in 2026, which updates Fordham’s 2012 rankings of state teacher union strength. Texas has the nation’s sixth-weakest teacher unions. Relative to their counterparts in other states, they exhibit the most strength in Policy Wins and Losses (30th), followed by Involvement in Politics (31st), Perceived Influence (44th), Resources and Membership (46th), and Labor and Bargaining Policies ( Read More

School closures are escalating across Texas. ‘It’s not a local failure.’

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texas since late 2023, as districts face budget crises amid state funding shortfalls, according to data gathered [] The post School closures are escalating across Texas. ‘It’s not a local failure.’ appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Joey McGuire admits Texas Tech misjudged Brendan Sorsby fallout, would have taken a different path

In retrospect, the Texas Tech coach says the school would have done things differently

Bible stories could soon be required reading in Texas public schools

Texas students are inching closer to attending social studies and reading classes that minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity while emphasizing the Bible. The majority-Republican State Board of Education on Thursday morning granted preliminary approval to a rewrite of Texas’ social studies lessons — leaving only a few courses pending — two days after initially authorizing []