After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...

House Bill 8 replaces the once-a-year State of Texas Academic Assessment of Readiness with tests at the beginning, middle and ...

After a tumultuous year that has seen students falling behind and teachers simultaneously conducting classes remotely and in person, Texas public schools face a pressurized final six weeks full of ...

Texas is replacing STAAR tests in the 2027-28 school year. When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas’ end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted ...

TEXAS, USA — Editor's note: The video published above is a full interview between WFAA and TEA Commissioner Mike Morath in March 2022. For the first time since the pandemic began, Texas public schools ...

A stabbing was reported on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in the 1500 block of Vera Cruz Street, near South Trinity Street. Read full article: Man found with multiple stab wounds on West Side; Police detain ...

In the last days before winter break, students at Glenn High School in Leander soldered the edge of a long, metal beam onto the siding of a partially built cattle trailer. Blue sparks flew from ...

Central ISD director of student services Bodavid Williford gave a report to the school board on the district’s 2024-25 Texas ...

Read full article: Infant botulism outbreak led to hundreds of thousands in medical bills for affected families, lawyer says Read full article: Community efforts lead to new pedestrian safety measures ...

Two teens were shot at a large block party in Sunnyside. Two teens shot, boy killed at block party in Sunnyside Read full article: Two teens shot, boy killed at block party in Sunnyside Four Houston ...