Photographer Jeffrey McWhorter first met Roberto Garcia, who came to the U.S. as a child, when Garcia was an undocumented ...

Fine arts programs—and the teachers who lead them—are one of the jewels of our public school system, arguably the crown jewel ...

School districts have cut their budgets to the bone. Will the state legislature decide to spend at least as much per pupil as ...

What would it look like to give students more options? In South Texas and elsewhere, collaborations among rural districts ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our ...

Vouchers are the talk of this year’s legislative session, overshadowing the impending crises faced by the educators serving ...

The state’s school performance ratings rely solely on standardized test results, but Splendora ISD and other districts are ...

All of them scored low on the state’s STAAR math test last spring and this school year were enrolled in an intervention course—“math lab”—that meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and some Fridays to supplement ...

Many educators are turning to the nonprofit DonorsChoose to help stock their classrooms with paper, pencils, and novels.

The former president of Planned Parenthood brought a family legacy of grit, grace, and good humor to the battle for abortion ...

It hasn’t been easy sourcing smokers, big cuts of meat, and properly seasoned wood in Chiang Mai, but Davis Campbell, and his ...

The PGA's program to help U.S. military veterans adjust to civilian life through golf is flourishing in North Texas.