Education

AISD, UT Austin, ACC, and local schools.

• Mayor Watson urges parents to petition to close two failing AISD middle schools to avert state takeover
• UT System increases funding for Promise Plus program
• Montserrat Garibay announces run for Texas House District 49
• UT Austin senior Connor Roll-Bush dons iconic hat, continues friend's tradition
• UT Austin leaders outline core curriculum overhaul with goal of fall 2028 implementation
• Former Austin ISD tutor sentenced to 10 years in prison after Lee County conviction for indecency with a child
• Austin ISD will restore neighborhood bus routes for middle school students
• UT Austin to unveil new campus mobility plan after signs prompt bike ban concerns
• Students encouraged to volunteer together with Austin nonprofits
• Texas Senate Higher Education Committee reviews SB 37 implementation and UT permanent fund use
• UT orientation focuses on campus, offers little introduction to Austin
• Fifth Circuit declines appeal that sought to revive Texas Dream Act
• Artemis II crew returns to Earth, UT Austin group hosts watch party in Austin
• Jackson School of Geosciences to add undergraduate AI classes as two new faculty join
• Austin ISD Considers More Than $117 Million in Cuts as Budget Gap Reaches $181 Million
• Greta Díaz González Vázquez covers K-12 and higher education for KUT News in Central Texas
• NTSB opens probe into additional incident involving Waymo and Austin ISD
• Blackshear Elementary will close as Austin ISD advances $47 million Oak Springs campus plan
• UT Austin's STEM Girl Day draws K-8 students, organizers consider adding high school programming
• Austin ISD trustees transfer management of three middle schools to outside partner to avoid state takeover
• Early-morning electrical-room fire at The Mark Austin displaces dozens of residents, no injuries reported
• Austin ISD approves Texas Council for International Studies to run Burnet, Dobie and Webb middle schools
• Austin ISD converts closed campus into affordable housing for teachers
• Austin ISD will observe Dolores Huerta Day on March 31 and review curriculum after allegations against Cesar Chavez
• Leaked messages show Austin ISD officials debating closures and criticizing parents during consolidation talks
• SXSW EDU panel examines rising international student counts and shifting enrollment patterns in U.S. higher education
• Austin Community College launches human-first AI initiative to overhaul student support services
• Austin ISD holds community meetings on futures of six campuses slated to close, including option to lease properties to help budget
• ACC and Trellis Foundation launch $3 million AI partnership to connect students with support services
• UT students rely on costly design and modeling software; AI tools seen as partial alternatives
• UT alumni gather at Cactus Cafe to mark 65 years of Peace Corps service
• Austin ISD plans $39 million cut this year, $125 million in 2026-27 to address budget shortfall
• Austin ISD schedules community meetings on next steps for six closing campuses
• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files complaint against Austin ISD over restroom use at Austin High School
• Austin hosts series of Women’s History Month events across city institutions and community groups
• Austin ISD now projects a $49 million budget shortfall, driven by enrollment and property revenue drops
• U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Austin ISD nutrition program at Cunningham Elementary
• Austin ISD and NRP Group break ground on mixed-income housing at former East Austin campus
• Brilliant Bee Preschool Academy to open downtown Round Rock childcare location this summer
• Austin ISD proposes selling district land to address budget gaps, drawing community concern
• KUT adds reporters for education and Hays County beats to expand Central Texas coverage
• UT Austin displays about 50 modern and historic artworks through Landmarks program on campus
• Texas Education Agency ends state monitoring of Austin ISD special education program
• Central Texas students march on a day off to protest immigration enforcement operations
• Students voice safety worries after Austin fraternity parties moved indoors during winter storm
• Blackshear Elementary Marks 135 Years as Oak Springs Students Will Move After AISD Consolidation
• UT Austin to merge Mexican American and Latino Studies into new social and cultural analysis department
• UT Austin combines police and safety programs into new university safety unit, names interim director
• Texas Attorney General Requests Records from Austin ISD After Student Walkout
• Texas Science and Natural History Museum reopens basement as immersive prehistoric exhibit