With the help of the Charter School Growth Fund, Harmony Public Schools will reach "every corner of Texas" by 2030. The Houston-based charter system announced it received a $25 million grant from the nonprofit organization on Monday.

Artificial intelligence is integrating into the daily lives of Texans more and more as the state is believed to be poised as one of the nation’s leaders in AI and technology. Read More: <a href="

Kessly Salinas is a reporter at the Midland Reporter Telegram. She is from Friona, Texas and graduated from St. Edward’s University with a bachelor’s degree in global studies in May of 2023. Kessly minored in journalism and digital media and was an editorial intern for Austin Vida and the Friona Star newspaper.

The House gave its preliminary approval to Senate Bill 11, written by state Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), on Thursday afternoon. If it passes its third and final reading, it will go to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.

Despite not being required to, 21 of Texas' 900 private schools give the STAAR test. The majority of those schools are Islamic.

A proposed Texas law, House Bill 1481, would require public and charter schools to ban student from using their cellphones during the school day.