Lina Ruiz

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Dallas County has launched a child care grant program that officials say is the first of its kind in Texas. On the other side of the Metroplex, some Tarrant County business leaders are watching the program's impacts to see if it could be duplicated elsewhere. Dallas County's $1 million program incentivizes private employers in the area to contribute to their employees' child care costs by matching dollar-for-dollar up to $1,500 annually.

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Parents and students in support of keeping De Zavala Elementary open hold signs during a FWISD School Board Meeting at the District Administration Building in Fort Worth on Tuesday, May, 20, 2025. [email protected] The Fort Worth school board sealed the fate of 18 campuses on May 20, voting to close them over the next four years. For parents, former students, teachers and staff, and the neighborhoods around these schools, these are more than just buildings.

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Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Karen Molinar gives a presentation on student academics and the district's instructional framework during a school board meeting at the District Administration Building on Tuesday May 20. [email protected] As students in the Fort Worth Independent School District wrap up their last week of school, Superintendent Karen Molinar revealed details about how classroom lessons will be structured upon their return to school in the fall.

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1 hour agoGWU bans graduate from campus over Israel divestment call at commencementCecilia Culver’s speech is the latest pro-Palestinian student activism this graduation season. This spring, VCU students saw their degrees withheld due to protests.

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The Texas House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed legislation that would do away with the STAAR, the state's end-of-year standardized test, and replace it with shorter exams for students throughout the school year. The bill would also tweak the state's A-F accountability system, which recently landed the Fort Worth Independent School District in hot water. If approved by the Senate and signed into law by Gov.