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SAPD Chief Jesse Salame honored by South Side middle school
10+ hour, 55+ min ago (524+ words) San Antonio Police Chief Jesse Salame smiles after being presented with a hat from his alma mater, Edison High School, after speaking to students at Hot Wells Middle School on Thursday. San Antonio Police Chief Jesse Jesse Salame listens to…...
How the driverless vehicle industry says it will create jobs
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (954+ words) Companies and recruiters behind the autonomous vehicle industry are touting a slate of new jobs to help power the vehicles, even if the end goal is operating without anyone behind the wheel. In fact, the industry says it is so…...
San Antonio-area O’Connor High School band embraces teamwork
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (879+ words) Wind swept across the asphalt outside O’Connor High School on Monday afternoon as the marching band shuffled into position. Sneakers scraped the pavement as students stepped, crossed their legs, bent toward the ground and stretched upward. Above them, head director…...
When a rural Texas school district struggled with growth, charter schools filled the void
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1697+ words) Stephen Simpson And Rob Reid LIBERTY COUNTY — Five years ago, Eddie Conger received a phone call from Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath. Liberty County, a historic farming community sandwiched between Houston and Beaumont, was growing rapidly, and Cleveland ISD, the…...
How rising diesel prices are affecting San Antonio area school bus budgets
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (721+ words) SAN ANTONIO – For school districts, higher fuel prices can mean a much bigger bill than what drivers see when they fill up their personal vehicles. School buses travel thousands of miles every day, and transportation departments must budget for the…...
HBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it
2+ day, 31+ min ago (766+ words) Heather Hollingsworth And Collin Binkley An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri. Students and graduates of Lincoln University in the state’s capital…...
Federal rule could put student loans for those pursuing careers with low-pay at risk
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (296+ words) SAN ANTONIO – A new federal earnings test could eventually cut off access to federal student loans for college programs if graduates do not earn enough compared with workers with less education. The U.S. Department of Education finalized the earnings-accountability rule…...
STAAR rescoring requests triple after more Texas schools question computer grading
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1033+ words) The number of requests to rescore students’ STAAR tests nearly tripled from last year as more Texas schools sought reviews of written responses on the reading exams, thousands of which were initially graded by computers. The Texas Education Agency began…...
Who is the new TEA conservator of South San Antonio ISD?
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (454+ words) Abelardo “Abe” Saavedra, South San Antonio ISD's former TEA-appointed conservator, listened as TEA gave a presentation in December 2024. After two years in the role, he stepped down in February 2026. The state replaced him with Diana Sayavedra, the former superintendent of…...
Big changes ahead for St. Mary’s Fiesta Oyster Bake 2027
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (300+ words) Samuel Rocha IV, Digital Journalist SAN ANTONIO – The St. Mary’s University Alumni Association announced on Tuesday that big changes are ahead for next year’s Fiesta Oyster Bake The two-day event will rebrand to the Fiesta Oyster Bake Music Fest and…...