Public education funding will be one of the major issues Texas lawmakers tackle during the 2021 legislative session, which starts Tuesday. The state faces a nearly $1 billion shortfall for the current two-year budget, which ...
Nine months into disruptions to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, rural schools along the U.S.-Mexico border are seeing uneven impacts to student learning. “Before this, we used to have maybe one big assignment per ...
The next superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District will have a difficult task ahead. Whoever takes the helm of the city’s largest district will need to get students back on track after months ...
El Paso districts could lose millions of dollars next year if the Texas Education Agency starts funding them based on current attendance levels, which are far below those seen last school year. The TEA funded ...
The Ysleta Independent School District awarded Trustee Shane Haggerty’s company a roughly $40,000 contract this week to organize a virtual robotics and engineering competition. Though some school board members expressed concern about the optics of ...
Tristan Hernandez last attended a Canutillo school board meeting as a high school senior in 2018 to accept a college scholarship from the district’s alumni group. On Tuesday, the 20-year-old University of Texas at El ...
Fewer El Paso high school seniors are applying for federal financial aid this fall as college planning takes a back seat to more pressing pandemic issues. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, ...
TORNILLO, Texas — Damaris Duran models how to solve an algebraic equation, drawing directly on a large screen at the front of her classroom. She adjusts her microphone headset as she walks her eighth-grade students ...
An El Paso education advocacy organization wants to cultivate a network of parents who have the knowledge and skills to push for improvements in area schools. A $250,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation allowed ...
Molly Smith, an experienced reporter on the U.S.-Mexico border, has joined El Paso Matters, where she will focus on education coverage. “I’m excited to explore how state decisions affect education along the border, as well ...
FORT HANCOCK, Texas — Rural schools along the U.S.-Mexico border face challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic that are common to small, isolated districts across the United States — broadband access and other digital divide issues, ...
By Samuel Licón Kligman A year ago, I was enjoying those fading moments of summer before the start of a new school year. I was, like most of my friends, anxious and excited about the ...
Ross Moore, president of the El Paso chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, sent an email to members last week with the subject line, “Back to School Checklist.” Instead of new updates from districts ...
By William Serrata, Ph.D. Like community colleges across the country, El Paso Community College creates value both for students and the community. Community colleges play a vital role in helping students develop the skills necessary ...
By Xavier Miranda The pandemic has revealed how corporate influence on our education system has sorely failed our students. Rather than relying on the expertise of educators, who best know the individual needs of our ...
Be flexible, be forgiving, be patient, and when all else fails – forget it and try again tomorrow. That’s the universal advice that teachers and parents have shared with one another as they began navigating ...
Claudia Ordaz Perez and Elisa Tamayo, candidates running in the March 3 Democratic primary for the Texas House District 76 seat, will talk about education issues at a candidate forum Tuesday in the Bel Air High ...
The number of El Paso County children enrolling in kindergarten through second grade has dropped precipitously in the last seven years, further evidence that El Paso’s once-robust population growth has stalled. El Paso County schools ...
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By Clifton Tanabe, Ph.D., J.D. The disruption to our education system caused by COVID-19 has been a historic challenge for the El Paso community. We have witnessed dedicated educators rise to meet this challenge, and ...