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LOCKHART, Texas — Sometime last year, Alfonso Sifuentes was on a bus tour as part of a chamber of commerce’s efforts to map out the future of the bustling Central Texas region south of Austin where he lives and works. This story also appeared in The Texas Tribune There was chatter about why San Marcos, […]

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A community college could transform a region — and help itself grow. Will voters buy it?

Trump’s deportation plan could separate millions of families, leaving schools to pick up the pieces

COLUMN: Students want more civics education, but far too few schools teach it

OPINION: I’d love to predict what a Kamala Harris presidency might mean for education, but we don’t have enough information

OPINION: If Trump wins, count on continued culture wars, school vouchers and a fixation on ending the federal Department of Education

College student voting is way up

A principal lost her job after she came out. Her conservative community rallied around her

OPINION: It’s finally time to put pandemic excuses behind us and hold students to higher standards

All-charter no more: New Orleans opens its first traditional school in nearly two decades