Bill Zeeble

3 days ago | keranews.org | Bill Zeeble

A bill banning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work in Texas’ K-12 schools is on its way to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 12 bans DEI policies in hiring and training, bans student groups centered around gender identity and sexual orientation, and prohibits school employees from assisting transgender students with “social transitioning.” It also allows parents to receive a written record of books their child checks out of a school library. The bill’s author, Republican Sen.

3 days ago | keranews.org | Bill Zeeble

Megan Booth has long had to fight for her daughter Brylee’s right to a “free and appropriate public education” — something all students in the U.S. are entitled to. It started in fifth grade, after her daughter was already enrolled in special education for ADHD. A group of other girls in Brylee’s Kerrville ISD school started bullying her, her mom said. “Sixth grade was one of her worst years,” Booth said.

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Bill Zeeble

From KERA News:The 17th Van Cliburn International Piano competition, now underway in Fort Worth, always features a commissioned work by a leading composer. Each of the contestants must play it in the first round. Venezuelan-born Gabriela Montero, who’s also on this year’s competition jury, wrote the technically challenging “Rachtime.” She says the title is a play on words.

1 week ago | keranews.org | Bill Zeeble

The 17th Van Cliburn International Piano competition, now underway in Fort Worth, always features a commissioned work by a leading composer. Each of the contestants must play it in the first round. Venezuelan-born Gabriela Montero, who’s also on this year’s competition jury, wrote the technically challenging "Rachtime." She says the title is a play on words. “It’s sort of reminiscent of Rachmaninoff in some ways, but, at the time it also has a sort of a ragtimey rhythm underneath it all.

2 weeks ago | keranews.org | Bill Zeeble

The University of Texas at Dallas chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is demanding a student be allowed to attend his own graduation Wednesday. SJP said in a news release the university denied Belal El Sherif’s request to graduate with everyone else. Noor Saleh, a member of SJP, called the decision “clear political retaliation” for El Sherif’s opposition to the war in Gaza and UTD’s investments in companies with ties to Israel.