Melissa Manno

4 days ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno

As a little kid, Sophia Munson loved to perform. She would often steal her mother's high heels and dance around the living room like it was a stage, singing Spice Girls songs into whatever nearby object resembled a microphone. She was always filming silly videos with her older brother, riding her bike or goofing around with her friends. She was also an avid swimmer and dreamed of becoming a star cheerleader in high school.

5 days ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno

Texas school districts are sounding the alarm about a dangerous new social media trend that has sparked flames in classrooms nationwide. Known as the "Chromebook challenge," the TikTok trend involves teenagers jamming objects, such as pencils, tin foil and paper clips, into the USB ports of their school-issued Chromebooks to make the device smoke or spark. The experiment causes the devices to short-circuit, and in some cases, catch fire.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno

For San Antonio mayoral candidate Gina Ortiz Jones, election night was a mostly private affair. Jones, 44, was the only major candidate not to host a public watch party after polls closed Saturday. Outside her campaign headquarters, reporters waited for an opportunity to ask the potential city leader questions about her candidacy and the runoff. But once the final votes were counted, Jones had other plans.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno |Scott Huddleston

Unofficial results are in for the May 3 election, and voters largely favored leadership changes at local school districts grappling with record budget deficits, declining enrollment, staffing shortages and rising student violence. Newcomers won seats in Judson, Northside and San Antonio Independent School Districts, though several incumbents were reelected. Article continues below this adThe election was on the same day Gov. Greg Abbott signed a $1 billion private school vouchers bill into law.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno

University of Texas at San Antonio professor Crystal Kalinec-Craig has devoted much of her research to improving math education for minority students. In August 2023, the National Science Foundation awarded Kalinec-Craig and her colleague a $345,000 grant for a project focused on equity in math instruction. The federal funding was to be allocated over the next four years and used to pay student researchers, develop new technologies and disseminate information.