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A look under the hood: TEA gets an audit

A legislature-mandated audit of TEA from the Texas State Auditor's office reveals management bloat and dodgy oversight of charter schools.

Senate hearings, THECB meetings show what’s to come for higher education

SB 37's fallout and funding and curriculum changes forecast the higher education fight to come in 2027.

Jul 31

AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT sue Texas Tech University System over restrictive course content policies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2026 CONTACT: For AAUP: Kelly Benjamin, kbenjamin@aaup.org For Texas AAUP-AFT: Marco Guajardo, mguajardo@texasaft.org, press@seekerstrategies.com For LDF: media@naacpldf.org For Lambda Legal: uihekwereme@lambdalegal.org AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT sue Texas Tech University System over restrictive course content policies Censorship memoranda violate faculty’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights EL PASO, Texas – Today, the American Association of Uni

Jul 8