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Designed to complement rather than replace its long-standing home at Reliant Park, the new facility will expand capacity for livestock pens, horse stalls, and interactive educational programming. Funded entirely by the organization and set to open for the 2029 season, the volunte...
School districts located in or partially within Harris County saw a combined 3% decline in enrollment over the past year, according to Texas Education Agency data....
For ABC13's Athlete of the Week segment, we showcase three pairs of brothers on the same football team for Phillis Wheatley High School.
A Jersey Village High School student was cut with a kitchen knife during a fight on Thursday morning, Cy-Fair ISD officials say.
State-appointed superintendent Mike Miles tapped Kristen Hole to become deputy superintendent in February. The district said she is leaving to reunite with her family, who moved out of state in the spring....
School officials said a fight broke out between two students when one grabbed a kitchen knife and caused cuts to the other student's arm.
A fight at Jersey Village High School ends in a stabbing between two students Thursday morning, according to Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Officials said there was a fight between two students at lunch. One of the students reportedly pulled out a kitchen knife an...
Mariachi Águilas de Oro takes root! These students are laying the foundation for what they hope becomes a lasting part of Houston City College.
A parent alleges their son was sexually assaulted by another male student at Christa McAuliffe Middle School and is calling on Fort Bend ISD to provide protection and educational support while the matter remains under investigation. The parent, who we are calling “Sarah,” said it...
The family of Charlie Kirk alleges that a "series of stunning failures and reckless decisions" by Utah Valley University led to the conservative activist's assassination....
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) leases state land for oil and gas development, farming, solar and wind farms and other commercial uses, allocating the money to fund state schools....
In a statement Monday night, university officials indirectly addressed Bo French’s comments, calling students at the game Saturday night “incredible fans.”...
A proposed Tesla project worth more than $10 billion could bring thousands of jobs to Fort Bend County if the company moves forward with plans to build a large solar manufacturing facility. Lamar Consolidated Independent School District trustees are expected to consider a propert...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a major immigration rule that could have affected thousands of international students attending universities in Houston. The Department of Homeland Security’s new rule was set to take effect Tuesday. It would have changed how long certain i...
French, the Republican nominee for a statewide position regulating Texas’ oil and gas industry, posted a photo of University of Texas students, while decrying “foreigners” displacing Americans....
Parents at Alief ISD's Hastings High School received a troubling letter from principal Dr. William Price on Monday morning about a 'serious incident'.
Earlier this year, more than 270,000 students across Texas applied for the state’s new school voucher program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts, or TEFA. A district-level report released by the Texas Comptroller’s Office, which oversees the program, identified 92,728 awa...
A Hastings High School teacher was injured following an incident on Monday morning on campus, officials said.
Alief ISD says a staff member at Hastings High School was injured during an incident involving a student Monday morning. The district says the campus was placed in a brief secure mode while school administrators and authorities responded to the situation. Since then, the secure m...
An adjunct faculty member placed on administrative leave and banned from the University of Houston amid an investigation into allegations involving child sexual exploitation was also removed from classes at Houston City College, according to internal emails obtained by KPRC 2. Th...
Prince Harry and Meghan's two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will move to a new school in the United Kingdom due to security concerns.
Texas’ new school choice program has awarded funds to about 118,440 students, but as families begin using the funds, families raise questions about what the money can actually pay for and how the state-funded accounts interact with financial assistance offered by private schools....
According to information provided by Kristyn Cathey, Alief Independent School District chief of communications, Alief Independent School District’s new Young Women’s Leadership School is giving middle school students a new place to learn, lead and grow together. Alief ISD is one ...
A local Fort Bend County school worker had her savings account wiped out after scammers spoofed the Sheriff's Office phone number and threatened her with fake warrants over missed federal jury duty....
A school bus serving Alief ISD students arrived nearly two hours behind schedule Thursday, leaving at least one parent panicked and calling for better communication from the district. The bus was scheduled to drop off students at Ashford Point at 3:30 p.m. but did not arrive unti...
A video was reportedly taken on campus involving "discussion of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse materials," according to a UH spokesperson on Thursday....
For years, Houston-area students have celebrated their high school graduations inside Reliant Stadium, creating lasting memories for graduates, families and educators. Beginning with future ceremonies, those events will move to Reliant Arena. The Harris County Sports & Convention...
The school has canceled the remainder of its varsity football schedule, saying it does not have enough players to safely field a team at the Class 2A level....
A University of Houston faculty member and graduate student has been suspended after being confronted on campus by a child predator fighting group.
According to the allegations, the mom was captured on video hitting her son at least 13 times. Records also show she allegedly had her son wear a dress to embarrass him....
The corporation that operates Reliant Stadium says the venue will no longer host graduation ceremonies for area school districts.
The CityRise Church – West U Baptist Campus parking lot construction on Milton Street is almost finished. Beginning this week, parking in the lot may resume....
Texas Southern University has broken ground on three new buildings as it begins the first phase of a 10-year, $1.7 billion plan to transform its campus. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the Catalyst for Urban Transformation, Health and Wellness Center an...
A former Galena Park ISD special education aide is behind bars and expected in court on Friday. Court documents allege he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old student....
The University of Houston says it has placed an adjunct faculty member on administrative leave and has banned them from returning to campus amid an investigation into a video circulating online. On Thursday, the University of Houston said it was aware of video circulating online ...
Students of Emma E. Booker Elementary School in 2001 remember watching President George W. Bush react to 9/11.
Investigators said Julie Hanway Molina, the former treasurer, used money for the nonprofit to pay her mortgage and credit card bills.
Home video captured a Chicago mother being shot multiple times in front of her daughter before school on Sept. 3.
On Thursday's show: We learn about efforts to double the funding for school vouchers. And we consider why the federal minimum wage hasn’t been raised in 17 years....
The Barbers Hill Education Foundation at the center of a debate about school district and education fund spending.
A Westfield High School staff member has been placed on administrative leave after allegations of off-campus conduct, according to Spring ISD.
The City of Houston spent $1.3 million on construction at Grimes Park, which is now expected to be removed after HISD's lease on the property ends.
A Cy-Fair ISD mother says she’s still shaken after showing up to pick up her 7-year-old daughter — only to be told her child wasn’t there. Rataja Pruitt says her second-grader, Eli’sa, was mistakenly placed on a school bus instead of her assigned after-school program at Tipps Ele...
A Westfield High School staff member has been removed from campus and placed on administrative leave following allegations involving off-campus conduct, according to Spring ISD. The district said it recently received information about the alleged conduct and took action to remove...
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines has requested legislators double the money behind the state’s private school voucher program to $2 billion. More than 100,000 students sit on the waitlist, but critics argue there is little evidence vouchers are delivering on their promises to justi...
We first met Klein Oak High School junior Andrew Marks after he won the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Calf Scramble and began raising his first show heifer. Now, with the school year back in session, Marks is juggling early mornings, classes, FFA responsibilities, and livestoc...
Imagine sitting down to help your child with homework only to realize some of the information they are being asked to learn is not correct. A map contains misspelled or made-up locations. Characters’ names change within the same story. An illustration shows animals that do not lo...
A teen is facing a felony charge after prosecutors accused him of recording another student through a bathroom stall, according to court records.
HPD said that last month an 8-year-old girl was near Memorial Elementary School when a man in a red car allegedly tried to lure her toward him and showed her his puppy....
The students carried a Texas-sized sound to Scotland, competing against some of the best pipe bands in the world.
Comptroller Don Huffines asked to increase the program's funding so that more families can use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition or homeschooling costs....
Labor Day weekend brings the beginning of the 2026 college football season, and several Texas universities with big expectations are set to kick off their seasons....
The district says there were no gunshots, and no student or employee was threatened.
In ABC13's Athlete of the Week segment, our Joe Gleason spotlights South Houston High School's flag football team that are bringing pride to their community after playing at state a year ago....
The SEC sued LSU, alleging the university is violating the league's First Amendment right of expressive association by ignoring SEC rules that prohibit signing and playing former NFL players....
A Magnolia ISD teacher prompted a multi-campus lockdown after mistaking thunder for a gunshot, the district said.
The city's parks and recreation department told ABC13 that Houston ISD ended it sooner than anticipated in order to begin construction for a new career and technology education site....
More than a dozen Texas public school districts are at risk of triggering a potential state takeover if they do not improve student academic performance....
New York City Public Schools is banning more than half a million students from using artificial intelligence for the 2026-2027 academic year.
The bridge, to be called the Sergio Ivan Rodriguez Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, will be located at Harding Street and Galveston Road, near the high school....
