More than 42,000, including some in North Texas, will find out this week if they will get Texas Education Freedom Account program funds.

One Black Texan sees education savings accounts as an escape from a burning house. Another fears they threaten a robust public school system.

A version of this story ran in the May / June 2026 issue. What would’ve been school-choice proponents’ triumphant publicity tour after the application period closed on Texas’ shiny new voucher program ...

This week Texas began letting families know their students can get some of the first round of money for school vouchers.

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Critics are coming forward with concerns about the Texas school voucher program, and decisions will be made this summer about who benefits.

Jennifer Lee and Kyev Tatum. Editor’s note: This post contains an image that includes a racial effigy. Jennifer Lee and Kyev Tatum agree that Texas' Black students do not receive the same academic ...

Graford, has joined a statewide nonprofit group’s board of directors, Our Schools Our Democracy, to hold accountable a new ...

La Semana Alegre returns April 23-24. Jennifer Lee and Kyev Tatum agree that Texas’ Black students do not receive the same academic support as their peers, that schools punish them unfairly and that ...

Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in December 2015, Mike Morath has served longer than any other education commissioner in 50 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jennifer Lee and Kyev Tatum agree that Texas’ Black students do not receive the same academic support as their peers, that schools ...

A Tennessee bill to expand school vouchers to 35,000 students by 2026 narrowly passed the House and awaits Senate debate, raising stakes for education funding.