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One of the region’s top academically performing school districts sits in the heart of the Hill Country flood recovery zone: the Hunt Independent School District.Students returned to class just weeks after the devastating July 4, 2025, flood that killed 119 people in Kerr County, ...
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...
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 ...
The 2026 All-Star Futures Game roster was announced on Wednesday, and two San Antonio-area prospects will represent the Alamo City.Kayson Cunningham, a San Antonio native and 2025 Johnson High School graduate, was named to the roster.Per Major League Baseball, Cunningham is one o...
School may be out for the summer, but for one North Side student-athlete at TMI Episcopal, the work never stops.Philippe Jones is a rising junior and tennis player who fell in love with the sport in elementary school. That passion led Jones to create ‘Tennis 4 All,’ a nonprofit o...
As families begin preparing for a new school year, many focus on shopping for supplies, organizing schedules and checking off items on their back-to-school to-do list.But healthcare providers say one of the most important preparations should happen long before the first day of cl...
Four years after the Robb Elementary School shooting, Zachary Rodriguez has watched his children explore the new playgrounds built across Uvalde to honor the victims. For Rodriguez’s family, the parks are more than a place to play.“As they’re having a great time, they see the nam...
Nearly 73,000 Texas families in the state’s new school choice program are set to receive their first Texas Education Freedom Account funding Wednesday.Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said the rollout is the nation’s largest first-year launch of a school choice program.>> What yo...
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...
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...
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...
The St. Anthony Hotel’s Madrid Room served as a downtown dining staple for San Antonio’s business and social set for nearly 50 years before being radically reimagined as Rebelle in all its louche, low-light glamor. Now that the same space has morphed into Esencia, echoes of the ...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.
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 ...
San Antonio’s largest school districts continue to struggle with the financial effects of declining enrollment.
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...
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....
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio recently toured the United Kingdom, performing in London, York and Edinburgh while giving students a chance to experience life beyond Texas and connect with audiences overseas....
From repayment options to borrowing limits, there are several new ways coming for borrowers navigate debt.
The Report sat down with NEISD's new superintendent to talk about challenges facing public education amid a wave of changes. Q&A: NEISD’s newest leader talks challenges, AI and changing public education landscape was first posted on June 29, 2026 at 5:00 am.©2021 "San Antoni...
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texa...
Schools have become a new favorite target for identity thieves, according to cybersecurity experts.Data breaches are often a common occurrence for adults, but after a breach occurred at Alamo Heights Independent School District, KSAT wanted to find out what parents can do to prot...
The Doctor in Education in Educational Leadership program received the final approval to begin courses this fall. Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s first doctoral program now accepting applications was first posted on June 27, 2026 at 11:00 am.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Us...
New San Antonio shopping center ...
The San Antonio Botanical Garden is highlighting its contributions to the community as officials debate budget cuts, saying public investment supports education and accessibility programs that serve thousands each year....
The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is changing how federal student loans are issued and repaid starting July 1. Federal student loan changes are coming July 1. Here’s what’s changing. was first posted on June 26, 2026 at 3:37 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report"....
Trades, college credit and medical career exposure: that's what San Antonio families favored this year based on school choice applications. More kids want schools specializing in trades, college and medicine. San Antonio’s largest districts deliver. was first posted on June 26, 2...
What are the hottest magnet schools in San An...
Twenty students and five teachers accused DPS and Uvalde County of negligence in the delayed response to the deadly 2022 shooting.Texas Supreme Court rejects lawsuit by survivors of Uvalde school shooting was first posted on June 26, 2026 at 2:10 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report...
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...
More than 26,000 people were impacted by a data breach at Alamo Heights Independent School District, according to data security reports from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.The information compromised includes names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, a...
Texas lawmakers approved a statewide requirement for all public school buses be equipped with three-point seat belts by Sept. 1, 2029. The restraint is similar to the seat belt used in most passenger vehicles, but it is not currently standard across many public school bus fleets....
The attack led to the potential loss of sensitive information for 26,000 people connected to the Alamo Heights school district.
Across San Antonio, schools and nonprofits are exploring how helping parents and children build literacy skills together can improve outcomes for both generations....
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...
San Antonio Independent School District Deputy Superintendent Dr. Shawn Bird has been named Chief Academic Officer in the Division of Teaching and Learning at Gwinnett County Public Schools outside Atlanta, Georgia.Bird has been serving as deputy superintendent for SAISD since 20...
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...
San Antonio’s basketball reputation continues to grow, and Wagner High School is a major reason why.Wagner product McCullar Jr. celebrated an NBA championship right here in his hometown. For Spurs fans, watching the Knicks come out on top wasn’t easy. But for those who remember t...
Jayden Quaintance taken 20th by the San Anton...
Ann Dixon has more than 50 years of experience in public education. Once superintendent at Somerset, she's been tapped to lead Judson ISD.Facing state probe and infighting, Judson ISD names a new leader for 4th time this year was first posted on June 23, 2026 at 8:30 pm.©202...
Our Lady of the Lake University is launching a three-year bachelor’s degree program designed to help students graduate sooner, enter the workforce faster and spend less on tuition.The new program, called Lake Express, will begin next fall. It allows students in select majors to c...
Newly released video from an officer’s body camera and a surveillance camera at a Texas running track captures the moments after a teenage athlete fatally stabbed another teen from a rival team in the stadium bleachers during a high school meet last year.Karmelo Anthony, 19, was ...
The Spurs Impact Center is trying to combine STEM education and basketball, using basketball as the "entry point, but not the end result."San Antonio surgeon introduces kids to medical careers at old Spurs’ center was first posted on June 19, 2026 at 2:00 pm.©2021 "San Anton...
The Texas Education Agency on Wednesday dropped an investigation into whether San Antonio Independent School District improperly handled a child abuse allegation, district spokeswoman Laura Short confirmed. “The investigative warnings previously associated with the superintendent...
