The Beat Abbott Political Action Committee hosted a virtual event Friday with four people who have lost family members to COVID-19. The PAC launched its first ad against Abbott Sept. 10, with a goal of spending seven figures on ads against Abbott by the end of 2020.
Lockhart ISD made creative cash and construction choices to get free wireless internet to their their rural and low-income students.
"More families may choose family child care homes to care for their young children or even their school-aged children rather than returning to maybe group-based care," said Cathy McHorse, the vice president of Success by 6 at the United Way for Greater Austin. "It feels ... maybe a little safer at this time because they're smaller groups."
With virtual learning comes the concern that some students may fall behind, lacking the one on one attention and stimulation they need.
Educators all over Texas were worried about missing students. Tens of thousands of students were defined as "non-contactable" by the Texas Education Agency in the spring.
Lesson plans across California lean on modern technology for distance learning but when that "Plan A" fails, Robla School District in Sacramento gets back to basics with old school, in-person intervention. It is striving to not lose students in the shuffle, even if that means finding them one at a time.
Thousands of students in Portsmouth are going to school on a screen, but some of them didn’t take part at all in virtual learning at the end of last school year, and now they’re behind. Even though a class of students will all be in one virtual room for the time being, they won’t be in the same place when it comes to progress.
Pods can provide a solution for families facing the seemingly-impossible challenge of educating children while working. But, forming a pod that addresses educational inequities is a delicate balancing act.
Littlefield came up with another solution for the fall, inspired by students he saw sitting on beach chairs beneath an awning at a middle school, connecting to its WiFi in order to get their work done.
The 20-year teaching veteran is getting some help thanks to a $5,000 national grant that allows her to purchase science kits for her students that the middle-schoolers can use at home.
An Austin-based physician leader has issued an apology after he falsely accused Black Lives Matter protesters of attacking his daughter, and her boyfriend, in Baltimore.
The home of the Round Round Express will show the movie Trolls World Tour at 7 p.m. Saturday on its center field video board, and folks can enjoy a socially-distanced movie night on the ballpark's 11-acre footprint.
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42 students at a high school in Leander ISD have been asked to quarantine after potentially being exposed to COVID-19.
"We do keep people at six feet or better apart, so we are a small boutique studio and looking to find that space to allow for more people might be a little challenging."
600 stolen Native American ancestral remains and artifacts held at a museum overseas have officially been returned to U.S. soil.
Parents in Cedar Park are demanding action from the Leander Independent School District months after they say students stole "Black Lives Matter" signs from front yards.
Both Willie and Annie touted the medicinal benefits of cannabis, especially in the context of a global pandemic.
On Thursday, Austin City Council approved an extension of renter protections, which requires landlords to give 60 days notice of a proposed eviction before they issue a notice to vacate.
The City of San Marcos said 20-year-old Steven Crawford turned himself in to Hays County Jail Wednesday.
Austin Community College is partnering with the Army Future Command to bring a new program to the college.
Austin Regional Clinic is providing new ways for people to safely get flu vaccinations such as drive-thru shots and curbside services.
