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Accountability Ratings were released Thursday morning after a lawsuit from over 120 Texas school districts attempted to stop ...

SAN ANTONIO - More than a year and a half later, and a lengthy court battle, the Texas Education Agency released accountability ratings for schools and school d ...

Researchers have developed a personalized blood test that may offer a faster, less invasive way to track high-grade glioma progression.

Here's a step-by-step guide on checking your school's and district's grade from the TEA accountability rating system.

Supporting adult literacy and language programs can be enormously beneficial to society, writes economist M. Ray Perryman.

The ultimate traits-versus-production prospect, Stewart is one of the best athletes we've seen, but his production at Texas A&M was limited.

Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research ...

Safe to say the Thunder passed its first test of the playoffs. Oklahoma City mauled Memphis 131-80 Sunday to take a 1-0 lead ...

Third in last year's Summer (G1) at Woodbine, the Not This Time colt looks for a breakthrough in stakes company in the mile ...

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