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The Texas Board of Education has approved an optional K-5 curriculum incorporating Bible teachings, offering districts $40 ...

The grant comes in response to what experts are calling a "growing national phenomenon" of students attacking teachers and ...

The Texas Board of Education voted to approve a Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools. The program is optional, but ...

The Texas Board of Education’s Friday approval of an optional elementary curriculum that includes passages and stories from ...

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing ...

Texas has joined the states mixing the Bible with public school classrooms, setting up another potential legal showdown. The ...

The curriculum developed by the Texas Education Agency for public schools across the state has sparked controversy over ...

Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools, joining other Republican-led ...

The Texas Board of Education approved a new K-5 curriculum that allows Bible teachings in classrooms. The curriculum includes ...

Undergraduate students across Texas have a new path to a college education, with schools in the University of Texas system ...

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose ...