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“I want to make sure we provide a carrot to make sure this legislation gets passed,” Gov. Greg Abbott said of vouchers. “Once [education savings accounts] are passed, I will put on the legislative agenda full funding for public education."

Supporters of the idea say party labels provide useful information to voters who may not know much about the people on their ballot and potentially improve participation in those races.

Darryl George, a 17-year-old student at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, has been serving an in-school suspension since Aug. 31 after school officials said his dreadlocks violated the district's dress and grooming code.

Texas is one of 17 states that allow corporal punishment—which includes hitting, spanking, paddling or deliberately inflicting pain to discipline students in public schools.

Chino Valley Unified School District's policy would require schools to inform parents if a student requests to use a name or pronoun different from the gender listed on their official records.

Learning Lessons from the Education Revolution in Arkansas While many schools and districts in America are still struggling to overcome post-pandemic learning loss, Arkansas is seeing significant gains in student achievement across the state, due in large part to a strategic initiative begun in 2017. Download this New York Times article by Middle Tennessee State […]