Texas' first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

From flood recovery efforts to eliminating the STAAR test and reducing property taxes, here's what's on the agenda for the ...

It’s easy to test but hard to teach. The next chapter in Texas education policy must start with a bold but simple shift.

AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

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Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

Texas lawmakers return to Austin for the special session called by Governor Abbott. Eliminating and replacing the STAAR test is one of the topics.

After dozens died in the Hill Country floods, flood alerts, sirens, and relief top Gov. Abbott's special session agenda. Here ...

The Texas Legislature will consider 18 agenda items when the special session begins on July 21, including relief funding for ...

Texas lawmakers widely agree on the need to scrap the state’s standardized STAAR test, which is loathed by kids, parents and teachers alike. But an effort to do so this legislative session ...

Gov. Abbott has 18 total items on the agenda for the special session, including four tied to the catastrophic flooding in the ...