/tags/k-12-education K-12 Education en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 15 May 2025 20:52:30 GMT /politics/2025-05-15/texas-senate-panel-debates-sweeping-8-billion-school-funding-bill-after-making-significant-changes The Texas House originally passed House Bill 2, a multibillion-dollar school funding package, in April. But the version of the legislation heard Thursday by a panel of Texas senators includes several significant changes from what the House approved. Thu, 15 May 2025 20:52:30 GMT /politics/2025-05-15/texas-senate-panel-debates-sweeping-8-billion-school-funding-bill-after-making-significant-changes Camille Phillips, Blaise Gainey /politics/2025-05-02/abbott-billion-dollar-school-voucher-esa-law The sweeping legislation creates Education Savings Accounts, which allow parents to use state tax dollars toward private education costs. With $1 billion in initial funding, Texas� program is the largest day 1 plan of its kind in the nation. Fri, 02 May 2025 16:53:33 GMT /politics/2025-05-02/abbott-billion-dollar-school-voucher-esa-law Blaise Gainey /politics/2025-04-03/voucher-public-k12-school-finance-texas-house The Texas House Public Education Committee passed a sweeping school finance proposal on Thursday, along with a bill that would create a program allowing parents to use public funds to pay for private schools. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:47:06 GMT /politics/2025-04-03/voucher-public-k12-school-finance-texas-house Blaise Gainey /politics/2025-03-20/texas-senate-approves-bill-banning-dei-in-k-12-public-schools The bill would ban diversity, equity and inclusion policies related to hiring and programming, while creating ways for parents to complain about violations to the DEI ban. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:14:04 GMT /politics/2025-03-20/texas-senate-approves-bill-banning-dei-in-k-12-public-schools Jaden Edison, Pavan Acharya /politics/2025-02-24/texas-house-plan-for-school-vouchers-deviates-from-senate-bill The Texas House has filed its school voucher bill. The legislation differs in several ways from what the Senate has already passed. The two chambers would have to hash out their differences before sending any legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott for his approval. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:23:17 GMT /politics/2025-02-24/texas-house-plan-for-school-vouchers-deviates-from-senate-bill Blaise Gainey /education/2025-02-11/despite-low-scores-texas-is-doing-better-than-most-states-at-catching-up-to-pre-pandemic-reading National test scores painted a bleak picture of academic recovery for both Texas and the U.S. following the COVID-19 pandemic. But researchers found that there were positive signs for individual districts. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:05:16 GMT /education/2025-02-11/despite-low-scores-texas-is-doing-better-than-most-states-at-catching-up-to-pre-pandemic-reading Camille Phillips /education/2018-08-15/find-out-how-your-schools-rank Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:23:34 GMT /education/2018-08-15/find-out-how-your-schools-rank KUT Staff /education/2018-08-15/austin-isd-gets-b-under-new-state-a-f-grading-system The Austin Independent School District received a grade of "B" under the state's new A-F grading system. The Texas Education Agency released the� Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:49:43 GMT /education/2018-08-15/austin-isd-gets-b-under-new-state-a-f-grading-system Claire McInerny /texas/2017-02-07/how-a-wifi-pilot-program-is-helping-students-in-the-rio-grande-valley From Texas Standard:Selene Moreno is a senior at Benito Juarez-Abraham Lincoln High School in La Joya, Texas. She says she’s looking forward to� Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:30:00 GMT /texas/2017-02-07/how-a-wifi-pilot-program-is-helping-students-in-the-rio-grande-valley Reynaldo Leanos /texas/2017-01-18/how-a-new-program-is-keeping-kids-learning-during-the-summer-for-free From Texas Standard:Right about now, as the spring school semester is starting, parents are starting to worry about how their kids will spend their time� Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:20:32 GMT /texas/2017-01-18/how-a-new-program-is-keeping-kids-learning-during-the-summer-for-free Joy Diaz