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After six years of low scores for students learning English, Texas educators say it’s the test’s fault
“After six years of low scores for students learning English, Texas educators say it’s the test’s fault” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily […]
Abilene School District to Add Truancy Review Team
The Abilene School District will launch a new Truancy Review Team to address rising absenteeism in the upcoming school year. Although initial data from the 2023-2024 school year showed progress, absentee rates surged in the second semester, with some grades exceeding last year’s levels. Last year the class of...
Chicken Nuggets/Tenders Recalled – What Texans Should Know
The Food Safety Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture has a word of caution for Texas shoppers in Beaumont, Orange, Port Arthur, Jasper, Tyler, and Lufkin. In fact, any place in the state where ready-to-eat chicken nuggets and chicken tenders are sold frozen and ready to heat and eat should pay attention to this recall notice.
North Texas marks the hottest day of the year ahead of weak cold front
NORTH TEXAS — DFW marked the hottest day of the year at 107 degrees on Monday. The previous high was 108 set last year.Tuesday, our Heat Alerts have shifted west. Most of the metroplex is under a heat advisory. Feels-like temperatures will hover just over 105° by afternoon.The western half of North Texas as well as a few more southern counties are under the more dangerous excessive heat warning. Highs will reach near 105°, feels-like temperatures will approach 110°.The frontal boundary is knocking on our door. Prior to passage, we could experience a little compressional heating, briefly warming things up....
16 adults, 4 children displaced after apartment complex fire in East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Eight apartments were damaged, and 16 adults and four children were displaced early Monday morning, Aug. 19, after an East El Paso apartment complex caught fire, according to the El Paso Fire Department. The Fire Department says crews responded to reports of heavy smoke at the Celina Plaza Apartments on […]
Texas Teachers Are the Best and Rank #1: For Being Overworked
I've always heard it said that "teaching is one of the most challenging professions," and it’s easy to see why. Across Texas, teachers are not only overworked but significantly underpaid for the dedication and hours they commit to shaping the minds of our future. On average, Texas teachers clock...
Texas Hunting, Fishing Licenses Now On Sale For Upcoming Season
If you plan to hunt or fish this year in Texas, it’s time to pay for a new license. New hunting/fishing licenses went on sale Thursday for the 2024-25 season. Current-year licenses expire at the end of August. Texans purchase more than 3.9 million hunting and fishing licenses each...
Texas Game Warden explains the significance of purple paint for no trespassing
ABILENE, Texas — Hunting season is right around the corner and it is important to know where you can, and cannot, go. If you see purple paint on a property that means no trespassing. "So purple paint, we use it around here, but that originated over in Piney Woods,...
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