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Two weeks after 15-year-old Royce Witchet was fatally shot outside Westfield High School, his grieving parents spoke out on camera for the first time alongside students participating in a campus walkout....
A federal judge has ruled that Klein ISD violated federal law by restricting Disability Rights Texas' access to campuses to monitor conditions for students with disabilities....
Longview ISD has announced the opening of a new e-sports arena designed to give students experience in competitive gaming, digital media and live event production....
A panel of 5th Circuit judges on Tuesday questioned the scope of a district court’s injunction blocking Texas’ campus speech restrictions, raising concerns that the order does not clearly identify which university policies officials can enforce....
A family was stunned to find a $450 University of Houston parking charge on their son’s account — especially since he never attended UH during the school year tied to the fee. They turned to 2 Helps You for help. Patti Stockman says her family was notified in mid-September that t...
A federal appeals court will consider whether restrictions on protests at Texas’ public universities and colleges violate constitutional rights.
Four Texas school districts have been selected for a detailed review aimed at determining whether taxpayer funds are being spent responsibly.
The push to end daylight saving time has hit a Senate wall, with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., saying approval of the Sunshine Protection Act would leave Arkansas kids attending school in the dark....
On Tuesday's show: University of Houston Chancellor Dr. Renu Khator joins us to discuss the state of the university system and the issues facing it, its flagship campus, and higher education as a whole....
LePaul Warren should have been playing in his homecoming football game. Instead, his family was planning his homegoing. The 17-year-old Westbury High School student-athlete was shot and killed Sept. 25 before school along Dryad Street near the campus. Just three days earlier, 15-...
On Monday's show: A new report says Texas public schools lost nearly $300 million because of school vouchers. And we offer listeners a chance to vent their pet peeves about life in our city....
If only someone had written a 922-page playbook on how white nationalists planned to politically, educationally, socially, and institutionally destroy Black lives and Black futures. Anywho. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently convened the Far-Left Terrorism Summit in Was...
Prairie View A&M University has joined the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence and data science education by introducing a new Master of Science in Data Science and Engineering program. The university’s inaugural cohort will launch this fall, making PVAMU the first H...
After two Houston teenagers were shot and killed near their high schools, 4 Corners Boxing Gym on the north side of the city, is stepping up to offer free youth boxing programming aimed at steering kids away from violence. The deaths of 15-year-old Royce Witchet and 17-year-old L...
The principal of Grand Oaks Elementary School will return to campus Tuesday after Tomball ISD says it took “appropriate disciplinary action” over comments captured on a voicemail the district previously described as unprofessional. PREVIOUS: Tomball ISD principal on administrativ...
Jarred Hostetler never got rid of the posters he made in 2024 to protest his kids’ school district’s decision to eliminate almost 80 school bus routes. Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District cut the transportation budget that year to lower the district’s multi-million-doll...
The lights were on at Delmar Stadium Friday night, but the stands were empty. No Bellaire Cardinals or Lamar Texans took the field after Bellaire High School confirmed several students had been diagnosed with staph infections. Bellaire notified parents by email earlier this week ...
Officials say Emmanuel Finnih received almost $1 million from making over 100 financial aid applications using Texas students' information.
The family of a Westbury High School student who was shot last Friday is organizing a walk against gun violence Saturday, as concerns about gun-related incidents near Houston-area schools remain heightened. LePaul Warren’s family says the walk will honor his life while bringing y...
A Richmond man is headed to federal prison after orchestrating a years-long scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Education out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in student financial aid — and left real victims buried in fraudulent student loan debt. Emmanuel Olugbaike F...
James Brown once wanted nothing to do with getting hit. That was the main reason the Austin High School senior hesitated to play tackle football. A basketball and flag football player, Brown had spent years using his speed and quickness to avoid contact. But after Coach Stephen W...
Under UIL guidelines, the canceled game will be officially recorded as a win for Lamar High School.
Roughly 30% of voucher recipients previously attended public schools. When those students leave their districts for private or home school options they take with them thousands in state funding....
Rice fans heading to Saturday’s football game against UTSA will hear a new name for the school’s stadium: First Community Stadium. Rice interim athletic director Eric George announced Thursday the change is part of a 20-year agreement between Rice University and First Community C...
A Tomball ISD elementary school principal is on administrative leave after a voicemail captured comments the district described as unprofessional, adding another layer to concerns first raised by the family of a five-year-old student at Grand Oaks Elementary. There are two separa...
Willis ISD campuses are asking students to bring bottled water to school as the City of Willis is under a boil water notice after a now restored water pressure issue....
Houston Independent School District teachers are facing sudden job losses and budget adjustments as the district undergoes its annual "campus leveling" process, leaving displaced educators scrambling for their next career moves before their pay ends Oct. 2....
New York lawmakers are renewing efforts to close a state legal loophole regarding voluntary intoxication and sexual consent following allegations involving a Cornell University fraternity....
The Texas Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into the American Bar Association’s accreditation of law schools.
Friday’s varsity football game scheduled between Bellaire and Lamar high schools has been canceled due to confirmed cases of staph infection. In a letter to parents, Bellaire High School principal Michael Niggli said there were confirmed cases of the infection among members of th...
The family of LePaul Warren, the 17-year-old student shot and killed near Westbury High School last Friday, is speaking out for the first time. His mother and uncle are hoping to turn their heartache into a community rally to combat local youth violence....
Houston radio personality and Texas Radio Hall of Famer Madd Hatta is giving students at two Houston-area historically Black colleges and universities a chance to turn their creativity into scholarship money. Hatta, through the Madd Hatta Cares Foundation, has launched the “I Am ...
State lawmakers passed generous homestead exemptions that have allowed some 60% of Texas homeowners age 65 and up to pay $0 in school property taxes.
Renaldo Johnson doesn’t have to be the biggest, fastest, or loudest player on the football field to make his presence felt. Sometimes all Jack Yates High School needs is for its junior kicker to line up and trust his leg. Johnson did exactly that against Madison High School, conn...
The parents of a 5-year-old student at Grand Oaks Elementary say they lost all faith in campus leadership after receiving a voicemail regarding a student safety investigation where the principal failed to disconnect the call and made comments off-camera....
Students at Magnolia West High School were sent home early Tuesday, and the campus will remain closed Wednesday after the school’s water well ran dry, leaving bathrooms unusable and classrooms hot. KPRC 2 spotted a crew working on a water well at Magnolia West. Parents said the o...
In Texas, football is more than just a game, its a passion. There are many teams across the state that play with soul, but last week, one team in Southeast Texas had a moment that demonstrates the heart of both the team and the game. The Manvel Mavericks played their rivalry game...
The Planters NUTmobile is hitting the road again and looking for three Peanutters to get behind the wheel of the NUTmobile and take the iconic vehicle on the road across the country visiting festivals, parades, college campuses, community events and more....
A Houston woman who graduated from college four years ago says she recently logged into her federal student aid account and discovered something she never expected: a new FAFSA application had been submitted in her name. “I saw that giant banner that said, ‘Congratulations, your ...
