Arlington High grad gets full-ride scholarship from Bill Gates’ foundation
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
ARLINGTON — Derek Rodriguez already has college education paid for as one of a thousand new Gates Millennium scholars for 2013
TCU’s prairie prophet taught ‘urban shamans’ about life and mortality
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
FORT WORTH — TCU botanist, an expert on nature’s life cycles, knows his is running out.
Herb profits help the needy at Bransford Elementary school
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
Bransford Elementary students in Colleyville sell herbs from their school’s garden to pay for supplies for needy friends
All Everman seniors pass TAKS
| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
Three students cried when they found out they had passed on the latest try, officials said.
Fort Worth school trustees approve two contracts with Chesapeake
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
FORT WORTH — One new trustee, two incumbents are sworn in at Tuesday night’s Fort Worth school board meeting.
TAKS trouble: Some students still need to pass tests to graduate
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
Students will find out this week if they passed the latest round of retests for the state-mandated exams.
School board incumbents, bond packages in tight races
| |Sunday, May. 12, 2013
School board trustees throughout Tarrant County trailed in their re-election bids late Saturday — including Fort Worth Trustees Carlos Vasquez and Juan A. Rangel.
Students turn to limos for safe, fun rides to prom
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
Chauffeurs, parents work together to lay down the rules before Tarrant County teens load up.
New UTA president will make $485,000
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
ARLINGTON — Vistasp Karbhari will replace outgoing UTA President James Spaniolo on June 1.
Texas Dems hold water money hostage for school funding
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry threatens a special session unless lawmakers agree to tax cuts and funding for water infrastructure.
Area students win National Merit scholarships
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
Additional scholarship winners will be announced on May 29 and July 15.
UTA faces a fine of $82,500 for incorrectly reporting campus crimes
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
ARLINGTON — The Department of Education sent school officials a letter last month about the ‘serious’ violations.
Facts need no embellishing in Arlington board races
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
Linebarger lawyers fuel challengers to incumbent trustees.
Fort Worth school, water elections a tale of two cities -- and cash
| |Wednesday, May. 08, 2013
Dallas campaign donations are defended as backing property rights and the “little guy.”
Three students hurt in a collision between a bus and a car in Mansfield
| |Tuesday, May. 07, 2013
MANSFIELD — None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, said Richie Escovedo, spokesman for Mansfield public schools.
Reading, writing and coding -- the basics of the future
| |Monday, May. 06, 2013
FORT WORTH — Entrepreneurs, educators and celebrities push for more students to learn how to write computer programs.
Candidates for Fort Worth school board collect cash for race
| |Monday, May. 06, 2013
FORT WORTH — Two challengers get $2,000 each from Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors.
Fort Worth will offer military history course in the fall
| |Friday, May. 03, 2013
FORT WORTH — Cadets in Fort Worth’s JROTC program will be the first to take a new military history course developed by a national veterans education organization.
Resident questions Birdville trustee’s support of bond election
| |Thursday, May. 02, 2013
The president of the Birdville High School Basketball Boosters Club said he believed a school board member crossed the line in an email about the upcoming bond election
Dallas money is funding Fort Worth school board incumbents’ campaigns
| |Thursday, May. 02, 2013
Finance reports show it’s the challengers who have local backing.
