Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

It’s easy to test but hard to teach. The next chapter in Texas education policy must start with a bold but simple shift.

Texas lawmakers return to Austin for the special session called by Governor Abbott. Eliminating and replacing the STAAR test is one of the topics.

AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

After dozens died in the Hill Country floods, flood alerts, sirens, and relief top Gov. Abbott's special session agenda. Here ...

Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

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LGBTQ rights supporters gather at the Texas State Capitol to protest state Republican-led efforts to pass legislation that ...

The statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas earlier this month has risen to 135 and dozens more remain missing, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday.

The Texas Legislature will consider 18 agenda items when the special session begins on July 21, including relief funding for ...

State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

Gov. Abbott has added new items to the Legislature's special session agenda stemming from recent flooding events. Here's what ...