The Texas Department of Public Safety is assisting U.S. Department of Homeland Security with the operation Abbott said had been planned for months.
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Answer Key: How many Texas students might get private school vouchers?
State lawmakers are pledging $1 billion for families to use on tuition and other education costs. The number of beneficiaries remains fuzzy.
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Harris County is the top destination for unaccompanied migrant children. They just lost funding for legal services
Migrant kids and youth in Houston lose ‘critically important’ legal services
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Q&A: How students use yoga to manage emotions with the help of Houston nonprofit
MOVE, a group founded by a former Aldine ISD counselor, teaches students to identify and manage their needs through physical activity.
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Aldine ISD nixes proposal to close middle school, leaves 6 campuses at risk of shutting down
District leaders are no longer recommending that board members vote next week to shut down Hoffman Middle School as part of a campus closure plan.
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Already know the answers? New San Jacinto College program lets students skip familiar lessons
Under a first-in-the-region initiative, some San Jacinto College students will earn industry credentials on their own pace, rather than following the schedule of a whole class.
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Interest in HCC’s most popular degree is plummeting — and that’s by design
Houston Community College is pushing more students away from its most popular degree, encouraging them to specialize in high-demand fields.
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Inside detention center courts, detained immigrants, lawyers race against the clock to stay in U.S.
The fast pace of immigration court for those in detention makes it more difficult for lawyers to prepare a strong case, if immigrants can even find one in time.
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Aldine ISD makes STAAR progress, still lags with staffing: Inside the district’s 2023-24 results
Results from 2023-24 show modest signs of Aldine ISD reversing some concerning trends profiled in a Houston Landing investigation last year.
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‘High severity’ flu season hitting Houston this year brings illness, hospitalizations
One of the worst flu seasons in years is hitting Houston, sending some to hospitals. Five Texas children have died so far.