Media Coverage 2026 – To Date
How Schools Are Failing English Learners With Disabilities, by Ileana Najarro, Education Week, July 24, 2026
Lone Star Labor: How we’re prepping for November, Texas AFL-CIO, July 23, 2026
Castro, Booker Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Expand Advanced Coursework Opportunities for Underrepresented Students, Hispanic Business TV, July 17, 2026
Advancing Digital Equity in the Colonias of the Rio Grande Valley, digitalLIFT, July 14, 2026
Texas Said ‘Fix Education’—and Gave Us Vouchers, Bibles, and Budget Cuts (Education Policy Brief #214), by Valerie Henderson, U.S. Resist News, July 13, 2026
Neat and Clean’: San Antonio School Hair Policy Raises Discrimination Concerns for Black Students, San Antonio Observer, July 8, 2026
Advocates say Judson hair policy could be discriminatory against Black students, by Camille Phillips, Texas Public Radio, July 7, 2026 (Also ran in Texas State Public Affairs Network)
Between Justice and Jubilee: Reclaiming Black Educational Futures in the Shadow of the Old South, The African American Network (Streaming on Facebook Live), June 18, 2026
A conversation with Cameron Samuels of Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, by Liz Hayes, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, June 1, 2026
Video game coding is helping middle schoolers in San Antonio, here’s how, by Prit Chauhan, MSN, May 31, 2026
Texas’ discipline push sends kids to ‘jail-like’ campuses, by Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report, May 28, 2026 (Also ran in Texas Tribune, Yahoo, KPRC-TV Houston, KSAT-TV San Antonio, KVUE-TV Austin, Gilmer Mirror, News from the States, The Dallas Examiner)
Report: Getting rid of DEI programs at Texas schools has made college access more difficult for some, Jenni Lee, KVUE-TV Austin, May 27, 2026
Texas’ Dropout Rate, Roland Martin Unfiltered, May 27, 2026
How video game coding is helping middle schoolers on San Antonio’s South Side, by Xochilt Garcia, San Antonio Report, May 25, 2026
Texas schools are losing students and teachers. The numbers are starting to catch up. Texas AFT, May 22, 2026
UPrep Tackles the Black Male Education Crisis Through Leadership and Career Training, by Alexanderia Haidara, The Black Wall Street Times, May 20, 2026
The discipline divide: Students examine why schools punish Black girls more, by Martha Dalton, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 15, 2026
Atlanta Teens Call Out Schools For Pushing Black Girls Out Of Class, by Ray Bianchi, Hoodline Atlanta, May 15, 2026
School Discipline Legislation in Texas Worries Immigration Advocates, by Lauren Nutall, May 6, 2026
Who’s Thinking of the Children, Since Trump Isn’t?, by Rann Miller Public Schools Advocate, The Progressive Magazine, April 24, 2026
Live and let sine die: The end is near for Georgia’s annual lawmaking session, by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, April 2, 2026
Information is Power: Expanding Learning Opportunities for Families of Bi- and Multilingual Children with Disabilities, by M.E. Mendoza, L. Piñón, & S.D. Przymus. Journal of Latinos and Education, 25(2), 515-527, 2026.
Celebrating women’s success, past, present and future, by Mariska Khalikov, Trinitonian, March 31, 2026
Buried In A Federal Bill—A New Voucher Program Takes Shape Some Call “Double Dipping,” Observer Staff, The San Antonio Observer, March 31, 2026
Immigration crackdown stokes fear, absences in San Antonio schools, Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, March 29, 2026
Georgia property tax relief must include increased public education investment, op-ed by Mikayla Arciaga, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 26, 2026
Dallas ISD Plots Sweeping Move To Make Pre-K Free For Every Neighborhood Kid, by Nate Simmons, Hoodline, March 26, 2026
Journal Article: Information is Power: Expanding Learning Opportunities for Families of Bi- and Multilingual Children with Disabilities, by Melissa Mendoza, Lizdelia Piñón & Steve Przymus, Journal of Latinos and Education (Volume 25, Issue 2, 2026)
San Antonio reels as Cesar Chavez legacy crumbles following sex abuse report, by Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, March 20, 2026
Congressional hearing floats overturning landmark legal precedent protecting access … – Texas AFT, Texas AFT, March 20, 2026
Families Get 2 More Weeks to Apply for Nation’s Largest School Choice Program, by Jennifer Vilcarino, Education Week, March 18, 2026
Natural hair club in Harlem teaches 4th graders how to love their locks: “Kids used to make fun of me,” by Noelle Lilley, CBS News New York, March 16, 2026
Dallas ISD looks to offer universal free pre-K. Research shows it could be a game-changer, by Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, March 13, 2026
Latino families say current policies are not meeting their needs, by Julienne Gage, UnidosUS, March 9, 2026
San Antonio Spurs To Donate $40,000 To Local Organizations In Honor Of Women’s History Month, NBA Media, March 6, 2026
Spurs turn Sunday’s game into Barbie-themed celebration for Women’s History Month, by Gisela Morones, News 4 SA, March 6, 2026
Robots, Cybercrime and Coding: Students Explore STEM at SA Summit, San Antonio Observer, March 5, 2026
SPC Co-Hosts 3rd Annual Alamo STEM Youth Summit, March 5, 2026, Alamo Colleges District, St. Philip’s College
Exclusive: HISD has lost nearly 4,000 immigrant students amid ICE crackdown: ‘We fear coming to school,’ by Claire Partain & Julián Aguilar, Houston Chronicle, February 9, 2026
Black History Month Celebrations Continue Despite Anti-DEI Environment, by Lois Elfman, The EduLedger, February 9, 2026
HISD Jets To Puerto Rico As Bilingual Teacher Shortage Deepens, by Elliott Greene, Hoodline, February 7, 2026
Houston ISD recruits teachers from Puerto Rico amid shortage of bilingual educators, by Nusaiba Mizan, Houston Chronicle, February 7, 2026 (also appeared in Yahoo! News)
Georgia librarians could face criminal charges for ‘harmful materials,’ by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, February 4, 2026
Texas taxpayers will fund dozens of private schools that openly discriminate, by Josephine Lee, Texas Standard, January 20, 2026
Trump Administration’s Education Rollbacks Leave Black Students in Lubbock Facing Unchecked Racism, Know Your Rights Camp, January 19, 2026
Los Fresnos CISD Strengthens College and Career Pathways Through Kickstart College-Ready Grant, Los Fresnos CISD, January 16, 2026
How a surprise state takeover will affect troubled Lakewood Schools, by Joe StruppJoe Strupp, Asbury Park Press, January 16, 2026
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate, by Josephine Lee, Texas Observer, January 13, 2026
Black History Exhibit Disinvited By Texas State University, by Kyra Alessandrini, Blavity, January 4, 2026
Long-Debated & Awaited Texas School Voucher Program Soon Moves to Signup Phase, by Jeff Ferrell and Marian Navarro, Red River Radio, January 2, 2026
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump by Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz and Jodi S. Cohen, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, January 1, 2026
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