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Mendez Middle School teacher Liliana Barrientos speaks to Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde during a Dec. 15 community meeting. (Screenshot courtesy Austin ISD)
Austin
8:33 PM Dec 15, 2021 CST
With Austin ISD's board autonomy on the line, district lays out next steps for Mendez Middle School
The Oaks at Slaughter development will have several new businesses opening by the end of 2021. (Deeda Lovett/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
7:00 AM Jul 31, 2021 CDT
Shopping coming to Congress Ave.; Pflugerville preps tract near Living Spaces and more top Central Texas news
Photo of the Dripping Springs ISD administration building
Austin
8:47 AM Jun 29, 2021 CDT
Dripping Springs ISD sees decline in math, reading STAAR scores
A sign at Pecan Springs Elementary School in East Austin asks all visitors to wear a mask. School districts in Texas, including Austin ISD, will not have the option to offer virtual instruction to families who choose it after a bill that would have authorized remote learning in the fall failed to reach the governor's desk. (Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
3:35 PM Jun 3, 2021 CDT
Austin ISD news: District preparing for all in-person learning this fall; PTAs will no longer fund school staff positions and more
Austin ISD trustees approved a resolution April 22 regarding federal education funding currently being held by the state. (Courtesy Austin ISD)
Austin
8:17 PM Apr 22, 2021 CDT
Austin ISD asks state to provide school districts with CARES Act funding earmarked for education spending
Austin ISD and other districts in Central Texas are waiting for further TEA guidance on mask requirements. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Austin
4:50 PM Mar 2, 2021 CST
UPDATE: Most Central Texas school district say they will continue requiring students, staff to wear masks; updated TEA guidelines expected later this week
Austin Metro
6:00 PM Aug 1, 2017 CDT
24 Austin speakers you're going to want to see at the Texas Tribune Festival, Sept. 22-24
Austin Metro
2:00 PM Feb 27, 2017 CST
New school accountability system is flawed, education experts say
RESULTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES
Tomball ISD voted at the June 14 regular meeting to not adopt the proposed health textbook for the 2022-23 school year after concerns and opposition from trustees and parents were expressed at the June 13 workshop meeting. (Anna Lotz/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
9:05 AM
Tomball ISD trustees vote down new health textbook for 2022-23 school year
The task force will meet monthly for one year to discuss potential solutions for the statewide teacher staffing shortages. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Austin
5:30 PM
TEA forms Teacher Vacancy Task Force to address staffing challenges in Texas schools
The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees unanimously approved moving ahead with communicating to the Commissioner of Education the intent to vote on renewing the district’s Local Innovation Plan. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
5:09 PM
FBISD takes first steps toward renewing Local Innovation Plan
Through a May district survey with more than 13,000 responses from parents, staff, students and members of the community, KISD established the community’s priorities for the federal funding, which directed a significant portion toward addressing learning loss and mental health through 2023. (Community Impact Newspaper file photo)
Houston
1:09 PM
KISD to put federal funds toward learning loss, mental health
Photo of Evan Smith and Stephanie Elizalde
Austin
6:58 PM
Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde talks learning loss, enrollment in annual State of the District comments
Learning loss data has become clearer after district data showed many Katy ISD students failed to meet previously set goals. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Houston
12:34 PM
Majority of Katy ISD schools fail to reach district goals for standardized testing
The Project SAFE grant would go to school districts and local education agencies that had funding withheld for enacting mask mandates. (courtesy Adobe Stock)
Austin
5:12 PM
U.S. Department of Education approves grant funding for school districts facing state punishment for mask mandates
The third round of ESSER funds are slated to be distributed to districts as grants. RISD is required to spend at least 20% of those funds on addressing learning loss. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Dallas - Fort Worth
3:00 AM
Richardson ISD to spend $35 million in federal funds to combat learning loss
Students and parents wait outside Sanchez Elementary School on Aug. 17. (Olivia Aldridge/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
7:11 PM
Austin ISD navigates new wave of virus and the pandemic's lasting effects on students
Hays CISD met at the closed Buda Elementary school to demand local control from Gov. Greg Abbott. (Zara Flores/Community Impact Newspaper).
Austin
10:55 AM
Hays CISD demands local COVID-19 control from Gov. Abbott