Schools

The entrance to Panther Creek High School will be across from PGA Parkway in northwest Frisco. (Courtesy Ryan Solano) Read the last week's favorite business and community news from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.Presence zones set up the…

Texas students lost about a decade of academic progress in math and about five years of progress in reading during the pandemic.Dallas students - many of whom are among the most vulnerable children in North Texas - bore the brunt of the…

Texas schools are rapidly scaling up the use of technology that monitors email, web history and social media posts of potentially millions of students, often without their knowledge or consent, a Dallas Morning News investigation has…

In this month's roundup of this month's top 5 most popular K-12 food management articles, the lack of non-food items forces Dallas schools to be creatively ranked as the top story of the week. The incomplete, late, or…

Dallas principals will seek to renew a special status that will allow the district to recruit non-certified teachers in certain hard-to-fill subjects and bring them forward to the start of the school year.After five years as a District…

Teachers' jobs are getting tougher and the data shows that student performance has dropped dramatically. School administrators say students and educators have a hard time preparing for the job to be done. “Every minute we…

Editor's note: This page will not be updated with new status data after September 17th. Almost every school in Texas has been hit by the ongoing pandemic, forcing some to suddenly close or reschedule classes online.So how can I tell how…

Lashunta Wafford watched as her third grade son lost gains in the months spent learning from their Dallas home, away from a real classroom and the extra supports the school provided for his ADHD and autism.“He was really struggling in…

Publisher's Note: A lot has happened this week so this is your chance to catch up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. 1. Two prestigious Dallas High Schools achieve best Texas grade for 2021. Two…

Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from the area. WEATHER Looks like another brilliant, sunny fall day that we have on hand. Expect the high to hit around 72 degrees. CLICK HERE to check your local weather forecast. NEWS…

SportsDayHS writer Greg Riddle breaks down the full preseason team in Dallas for the 2021 high school volleyball season below.Setter Averi Carlson, LovejoyLovejoy High School setter Averi Carlson (9) gets a hit between Grapevine High…

Updated at 8:25 PM with new information from the Richardson School Board.Some schools in North Texas are switching to virtual learning as COVID-19 cases increase due to the Delta variant.Richardson ISD is closing Brentfield Elementary…

Some northern Texas cities may be weeks away from momentous redistribution decisions. Residents should pay particular attention to this in the coming months.The US Census Bureau is expected to release block-level data on August 16, less…

The day before he was due to start fourth grade, Francisco Rosales was admitted to a Dallas hospital with COVID-19. It shouldn't be like that, thought his frightened mother, Yessica Gonzalez. Francisco was usually sane and impetuous.…

Editor's Note: Take a look back at the Dallas Morning News Archives.In educational institutions, many Dallasites spent their formative years learning, making memories, and preparing for adulthood. Of the local Dallas facilities, only…

Thanks to the police chiefRe: "'We did not heal' - García apologizes to the mother of the 12-year-old boy who was killed by a police officer," on the news Sunday.It took nearly half a century, but the city of Dallas is finally fulfilling…

NBC 5 is supporting our schools this summer and we need your help! When the children go back to the classroom, help us fill their backpacks with new school supplies. NBC 5 is partnering with the Boys and Girls Clubs of…