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Hundreds Call for Celina Football Coach to Attend Senior Night Amid Investigation

By Emma RubyOctober 28, 2025

A coach was placed on leave after his son was arrested for child porn. Fans say it’s unfair that players were penalized by the “unfortunate circumstance.”

BREAKING: Texas Education Agency Takes Over Fort Worth ISD

By Alyssa FieldsOctober 23, 2025

In a move that’s been months in the making, the TEA and Mike Morath will make FWISD their own.

university of north texas

UPDATE: Cavalier Response to Kirk Shooting Lands UNT, Fort Worth Council Member in Hot Water

By Emma RubyOctober 17, 2025

Attorney General Ken Paxton says his office will investigate UNT over a video of students discussing the shooting that went viral.

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Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk Died 5 Weeks Ago, But His Presence In Texas Schools Has Doubled

By Alyssa FieldsOctober 17, 2025

New Turning Point chapters have opened in droves since Kirk’s death, and more are on the way.

The 29 North Texas Schools and Districts Cashing A Check For Teaching The Bible

By Alyssa FieldsOctober 15, 2025

The controversial Bluebonnet Learning materials carry a large financial incentive. Here’s what local districts and schools are roughly set to make.

North Texas School Librarians Who Faced Criminal Investigation Speak Out

By Emma RubyOctober 13, 2025

A new documentary follows the local librarians who were targeted for – get this – lending books to schoolchildren.

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Charlie Kirk

Confusion Ensues as TEA Ties DFW Schools to Charlie Kirk Social Media Probe

By Emma RubyOctober 9, 2025

Several districts have employees who have been subjected to complaints. One local district admits to putting some employees on leave.

The 5 Dumbest Additions to Texas’ Banned Books List

By Emma RubyOctober 3, 2025

Some of the banned choices left us scratching our heads, and some were just straight-up ironic.

5 North Texas Campuses Named Lone Star Ribbon Schools

By Alyssa FieldsOctober 3, 2025

It’s like the old national Blue Ribbon School award, but more of a Texan thing now.

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UPDATED: Every Texas School District Book Ban

By Kelly DearmoreOctober 2, 2025

A stunning amount of books have been banned by Texas school districts in the past year.

North Texas Families Plead as Coppell, GCISD Schools Face Imminent Closures

By Emma RubySeptember 30, 2025

District officials say Texas’ new school voucher program could exacerbate what is already a multi-faceted, difficult to confront issue.

Don't start with me Karen

The 2 Most Embarrasing North Texans on the Internet This Week

By Kelly DearmoreSeptember 29, 2025

A suburban Karen breaks the internet while a small town teacher takes biology class way too far.

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FWISD Set For Huge Pay Day After Approving Bible-Infused Learning Materials

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 29, 2025

The district will receive about $4 million dollars for adopting the new materials that critics have called “biblically illiterate.”

College graduation

2 North Texas Universities Crack Best U.S. Colleges List

By Kelly DearmoreSeptember 26, 2025

$90,000 a year might buy more than just bougie tailgate parties. Who knew?

Pride flag

New Law Turns Teachers Into ‘Foot Soldiers’ For ‘Anti-Inclusion Crusade’

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 25, 2025

A new law bans teachers from observing pronouns that differ from the ones assigned at birth. It also bans DEI extracurriculars.

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Goodbye, STAAR Test. Hello, Something ‘Worse’

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 23, 2025

Everyone hates the STAAR test, but educators are not a fan of the state’s new replacement.

We Were Removed From a School Library Council Meeting, Is That Legal?

We Were Removed From a School Library Council Meeting, Is That Legal?

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 19, 2025

Coppell ISD’s first school library advisory council meeting was this week. They made us leave. Here’s why.

Students Can’t Forget the Alamo Even If They Tried With New Texas-Centric Curriculum

By Emma RubySeptember 18, 2025

One draft of the new plan leaves out slavery and the civil rights movement but does mention “the perils of Communism.”

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school class

Charlie Kirk’s Death Sparks GOP-Led Witch Hunt on Teachers

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 15, 2025

Anything you tweet can and will be held against you.

college graduate

Texas Escalates Free Speech Crackdown on Campus: Professors Alarmed, Look to Leave

By Emma RubySeptember 15, 2025

Firings at Texas A&M and Texas State come as more faculty members report concerns of political interference.

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$50,000 AI-Led Private School in Plano Has Just 2 Hours of Class Time

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 4, 2025

Alpha School is a chain of private K-8 schools using AI to compress school days and free up time for ‘life-skill’ learning.

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school class

Cowtown Takeover: What Happens if the State Takes Control of Fort Worth ISD?

By Alyssa FieldsSeptember 3, 2025

The Texas Education Agency can seize control of a school district if one of its schools receives five failing scores.

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