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The ABC13 Loves Teachers School Supply Drive on Friday, July 31, 2026, will collect donations to help educators who spend out of pocket to stock their classrooms....
For many families, summer marks the busiest time of the year to buy a home as they try to get settled before the start of a new school year.The good news for buyers? After years of rapidly rising home prices, the Houston-area housing market is beginning to shift.According to real...
For Jalen Pitre, his roots as the Texans’ hometown guy are truly unique. His high school, the hallways, the classrooms and the football field of the Stafford Spartans, are practically sacred ground for him and his family.This is the community where he met his future wife, Juliann...
Texas community colleges have struggled with enrollment over the past 15 years as many high school graduates opted to go straight into the workforce, but a new report points to signs of the campuses pivoting to stay relevant.More students are graduating from Texas high schools, y...
As families across Houston start preparing for the 2026–2027 school year, one local effort is again stepping in to help students begin the semester with confidence. The Boykins Youth Foundations is teaming up with community partners Rock-In-Hood Foundation and Madlineman Foundati...
Education for Tomorrow Alliance (EfTA) partnered with more than 90 businesses across Montgomery County and beyond to provide meaningful internship experiences for 240 area high school students this summer. Through EfTA’s Student Internship Program (SIP), rising seniors gain first...
In mid-June, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center excitedly welcomed more than 20 students from Aldine ISD’s HEAL High School as students began their apprenticeship journey across Memorial Hermann Health System. As the inaugural cohort in its new Youth Apprenticeship Pro...
The rates of students exempt from required immunizations for conscientious or religious reasons increased statewide this past school year. Meanwhile, the percentage of students up to date on vaccinations — also known as coverage rates — varied by vaccine.Kindergarten vaccination ...
While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. Of note in the lates...
On Thursday, thousands of families across Texas are starting to get the funding for the state's billion-dollar school voucher program.
Kristi Williams, the former Tomball ISD Manager of Property Tax Administration, has been federally charged with wire fraud after an investigation by FBI Houston.A federal criminal information filed Tuesday alleges Williams stole nearly $1 million in tax payments to the school dis...
Thousands of Texas families participating in the state’s new school choice program will receive their first round of funding Tuesday as the Texas Education Freedom Account program officially launches.Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced that nearly 73,000 Texas Educat...
The first funding for Texas school choice accounts will be disbursed Wednesday, according to the state comptroller’s office.
An elementary school music teacher allegedly strangled his sister-in-law to death in a home where they had separate apartments.
From the fairways of the DBC Golf Tournament to the inspiring conversations of the Signatures Author Series, these beloved annual traditions bring the Cooper community together in support of athletics, the arts, and transformative opportunities for students. The John Cooper Schoo...
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration. Last month, the Education Department announced it would offload oversight of spec...
It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory. Yet more than 120 days since at least one U.S. missile struck an Iranian primary ...
In Kimberley Kausen’s home, a passed “sell by” date on a jug of milk means different things to different family members. For her daughter, it means the jug belongs in the trash. For her husband, it means the milk is still good for a few more days.Kausen, a chef and cooking teache...
Standing in front of a large group of football players, Ramon Chinyoung reminded them about what’s possible when you dream big and work hard.Chinyoung is rising on the NFL coaching ladder. His roots are in Houston, though, at the high school football level as the head coach at Wi...
A Harris County grand jury has decided not to indict a teenager for an alleged school shooting plot.
The John Cooper School Dragon Cheerleaders returned from this year’s NCA Leadership Camp with numerous team and individual honors, highlighted by Game Day Champion, Rally Routine Champion, Best Overall Mascot, and the Spirit Stick Award. The camp also provided valuable team bondi...
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.U.S. District Judge Myong J...
Work at an active construction site in Tomball has been halted after workers discovered what appeared to be headstones and evidence of a possible historic cemetery at the site.The discovery was made at the location in the 110 block of N. Walnut Street. Major federal student loan ...
When Lexi Minetree auditioned for the part of a teenage Elle Woods in a “Legally Blonde” prequel series for Prime Video, she went for it with the determination and creativity that the character herself used to apply to Harvard Law School in the original film. Minetree, said “Elle...
An Adolf Hitler baby photo in a Paramus, New Jersey East Brook Middle School yearbook sparked an investigation.
Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will now be eligible for higher student loan limits
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling Tuesday upholding state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams.
A major shakeup to the federal student loan system affecting millions of borrowers will take effect July 1.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people.The court’s six-justice conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past ...
Indonesia's anti-graft court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty in a high-profile corruption case stemming from his time as education minister.Nadiem Anwar Makarim was convicted of pu...
Good morning, Houston.☀️I hope you’re having a beautiful Tuesday. Let’s get right into the news of the day. Today’s biggest story? A lot is happening, but this one may take the cake. If you have federal student loans, you will want to know that major changes will be taking effect...
Millions of current and future student loan borrowers will see major changes beginning July 1 as a sweeping overhaul of the federal student loan system takes effect.The changes, included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, impact repayment plans, borrowing limits and loan forgiven...
ABC13's Joe Gleason showcases why 4-star wideout Alvin Mosley decided Ole Miss was the best fit for him.
Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts — at least for now — after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower limits.The U.S....
Since April, Lisa Coulter had been counting down the days.The sixth-grade teacher from Toronto and her cousin had planned a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Houston to watch their homeland, Cabo Verde, compete in the FIFA Club World Cup.Then, only days before Cabo Verde’s match with Sa...
20 students and five teachers accused DPS and Uvalde County of negligence in the delayed response to the deadly 2022 shooting.
The latest STAAR results are bringing encouraging news for Houston-area students.Reading scores have reached new regional highs, math achievement continues to recover, and local districts are making meaningful progress following years of pandemic-related learning loss. Still, edu...
The Democratic National Committee is organizing hundreds of community events across the country this weekend in hopes of harnessing the same concerns about affordability that President Donald Trump capitalized on to return to the White House. The events include school supply give...
State Rep. Jolanda Jones is sounding the alarm about the growing influence of artificial intelligence and social media on young people, arguing the technology is weakening students’ critical thinking skills and calling for stricter limits on AI use in education.During a news brie...
Montgomery County has officially declared today Jordan Dalton Day, honoring a Texas Autism Academy student whose calm, quick action saved his mother’s life when she began choking at home. When his mom started choking, Jordan didn’t hesitate. He stepped in and performed the Heimli...
When Texans cornerback and return specialist Brandon Codrington reflects on his path to the NFL, there’s a recurring theme: ‘Believe in yourself.’That confidence and conviction helped Codrington overcome a lack of ideal size and scholarship offers out of high school.Codrington, 2...
The Woodlands Arts Council’s inaugural group of Student Art Ambassadors wrapped up their final gathering of the year with a tour of Sam Houston State University’s Fine Arts Department. The tour was led by Michael Henderson, Associate Dean, who took the students through painting, ...
Praising a proposal to require Texas public school students to read Bible stories and passages in class, supporters say the perspective is an important acknowledgment that the nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values. Rabbis and Jewish leaders, however, criticized the biblica...
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is looking ahead to its next century with plans for a transformational new agricultural complex that will expand educational opportunities, enhance the exhibitor experience, and further support Texas youth and agriculture.RELATED: Houston Life...
Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.The NCAA will no...
Katy ISD has confirmed they are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a McDonald Junior High student with special needs.
Disney and ESPN are bringing back grants, sports clinics and Mickey-themed programming to help preschoolers stay active.
While most high school and college students are off and on vacation during the summer, the athletes who want to make an impact this season are working....
When Tomball High School won the 6A State Championship in baseball, it was a special moment for head coach Doug Rush and his sons.
Growing up in rural Georgia, Keylan Rutledge emerged as a big-time football player hailing from a small town.Carnesville has a population of roughly 730 people.Known as ‘Big Red,’ the Texans’ future first-round draft pick met his wife, Lauren, in his high school weightlifting cla...
Texas is spending over $8 million in taxpayer dollars to fix thousands of text and image errors in its controversial, state-published "Bluebonnet" school curriculum....
Directives focus on apprenticeships, career pathways in the trades, and removing barriers for veterans, rural students, and underserved Texans AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott today announced a series of agency directives to strengthen workforce development and help more Texans acce...
What started as a prayer during a drive home from work has grown into a children’s book series designed to get kids moving, reading and making healthier choices.For David Norec, the idea came during one of the most difficult periods of his life after losing two siblings to diabet...
Josh Jones walked back onto the football field at George Bush High School on Saturday morning at his youth football camp with a message about what’s possible.One decade ago, the Richmond native was a high school football standout accepting a scholarship offer from the University ...
Newly released footage that was shown in court captures the moments after a Texas teen fatally stabbed another teen during a high school track meet last year....
