A student LGBTQ+ organization is suing Texas A&M University over its newly adopted policy banning drag performances on its public campuses.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/03/06/515371/lgbtq-student-group-sues-texas-am-over-campus-drag-show-ban/

Shawn Thierry, a former state representative from Houston who switched from the Democratic to Republican party, has been appointed as the executive director for policy and counsel at Texas Southern University.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/02/20/514354/former-state-rep-shawn-thierry-named-executive-director-of-policy-and-counsel-at-tsu/

This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/02/06/513151/texas-lawmakers-may-ban-certain-lessons-at-state-colleges-under-expanded-dei-crackdown/

Ad Astra, a private school for kids ages 3-6, opened right around the corner from Elon Musk’s massive corporate compound in Bastrop County, which already houses offices for SpaceX, the Boring Company and, soon, X (formerly Twitter).

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/01/13/510707/an-education-ecosystem-is-being-built-in-elon-musks-image-it-starts-in-rural-texas/

University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their jobs, according to a new survey from a First Amendment advocacy group.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/12/13/508699/texas-professors-self-censor-for-fear-of-retaliation-survey-finds/

After voters rejected a $4.4 billion bond proposal for Houston ISD, the district is considering whether to sell nearly 20 properties it owns across the city.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2024/11/15/506316/houston-isd-considering-sale-of-nearly-20-properties-after-voters-reject-bond-proposal/

Texas A&M regents unanimously directed the flagship university to disband an LGBTQ+ studies minor, months after conservative lawmakers and websites accused the program of promoting “liberal indoctrination” on campus.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2024/11/08/505472/texas-am-regents-overrule-faculty-cut-52-low-producing-programs-including-lgbtq-studies-minor/

During the primary, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was successful in ousting many anti-school voucher Republicans from the Texas House. Now his pro-voucher candidates must sway voters in the general election. The voucher issue could help Democrats.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/10/21/503429/school-voucher-issue-could-impact-elections-in-houston-area-across-texas/

The campus shared by Cage Elementary and Chrysalis Middle School, along with Kelso Elementary and Sinclair Elementary, were the most significantly damaged Houston ISD schools during last week's storm, according to the district.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2024/07/17/493963/some-houston-isd-campuses-damaged-by-hurricane-beryl-might-not-be-ready-for-start-of-school-year/

As Houston-area residents hunker down in anticipation of Tropical Storm Beryl, several schools, businesses and government offices have announced closures for Monday and beyond.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/07/07/492780/beryl-closures-houston-region-whats-closed/

"Night of Decadence," the annual underwear-themed party held at Rice University for more than 50 years, has been scrapped by officials at the prestigious Houston private school.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/06/12/490378/rice-university-scraps-night-of-decadence-tradition-after-2023-party-marred-by-alcohol-related-hospitalizations/

Houston ISD is cutting back on campus-level wraparound resource specialists, who essentially serve as social workers for students with unmet basic needs, as it continues to eliminate staff positions across the district.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2024/05/06/486754/houston-isd-to-reduce-number-of-staffers-who-help-students-meet-basic-needs/

Community members, educators, parents and students delivered sharp criticisms this week to leaders in Cy-Fair ISD, and to state officials, after it was revealed that 50 librarian positions were being eliminated in response to a budget shortfall.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/05/03/485651/cy-fair-isd-community-members-critique-trustees-state-leaders-in-response-to-librarian-cuts/

Houston ISD will proceed with a controversial pay-for-performance evaluation system for principals. But, according to Miles, the mid-year screening that threatened many campus leaders’ jobs will not have an effect on the final outcome. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2024/03/22/481348/hisd-reverses-course-on-mid-year-principal-screenings-after-community-calls-to-reject-this-system-reject-this-superintendent/

The University of Houston and San Jacinto College say they dissolved their DEI offices and reassigned employees who worked there before Senate Bill 17, the new Texas law banning DEI offices at public schools, took effect on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/01/02/473345/houston-universities-move-on-from-dei-offices-as-new-texas-law-takes-effect/

Republicans tried to squash Biden's new student loan repayment plan. They failed.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/11/15/bidens-save-student-loan-plan-survives-senate-gop-challenge/71592820007/