Education

The book-delivery program is helping families build home libraries and make reading part of everyday life, while local organizers work to reach more children.

Families whose children attend private schools that don't participate in Texas' voucher program can still qualify for up to $2,000 in taxpayer- funded educational expenses.

A Texas senator is questioning what he calls a major loophole in the state's new school voucher program. KERA's Sujata Dand reports that families whose children attend non-participating private schools that don't participate in the program can still receive up to $2,000 for educational expenses. President Donald Trump’s expected visit to Lubbock next week to campaign for Republican Senate Candidate Ken Paxton has had a change in schedule, now overlapping a rally from Paxton’s opponent, Democrat representative James Talarico on the same day.

Schools in the U.S. serve almost 30 million lunches every day. But rising food costs, regulations and cuts to food assistance mean school kitchens have to do more with less.

Texas officials say nearly 1.5 million homeowners now pay zero school property taxes. The state is supposed to hold districts "harmless," but some say there is a "gap."

New data shows Texas had the fifth-highest rate of corporal punishment in the 2021-2022 school year. The psychological effects on children can be harmful.

This semester marks one year since the state’s private school voucher program launched with a $1 billion budget. And this week, West Texans appeared before the Texas Senate committee on education to talk the impact. Our Brad Burt reports on Levelland ISD and Lubbock ISD.

During Wednesday’s Texas Senate Education Committee meeting, lawmakers hinted at possibly strengthening a law designed to give parents more control over library materials.

The Texas Library Association found that library services across the state offer an economic boon to local communities.

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.