UTEP may need new conference; C-USA teams set to defect
EL PASO, Texas — It seems UTEP could soon be looking for a new athletic conference as Conference USA is facing a slew of defections. Sources told…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — It seems UTEP could soon be looking for a new athletic conference as Conference USA is facing a slew of defections. Sources told…
Continue ReadingIn the wake of a Southlake, Texas, district administrator telling teachers that if they have books about the Holocaust they should also include books…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The dust has settled on raw emotions students felt the day Vista College shuttered its doors leaving students out in the cold…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The lawyers for accused Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz say he plans to plead…
Continue ReadingSOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Thousands of public servants who were rejected from a student loan forgiveness program will get their cases…
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Classes have resumed at a Texas high school for the first time since a classroom shooting that wounded a teacher and…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico State University professor who publicly opposed campus vaccine and mask mandates will no longer be teaching…
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Teachers are going to get a little extra lovin’ this week with free breakfast “Thank You” meals from…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Vista College, a private, for-profit trade college with campuses in El Paso and Las Cruces, abruptly closed its doors Friday citing…
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student accused in a shooting at a Texas high school has been released from jail after posting bond. Timothy…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: ARLINGTON, Texas — Police in Texas have arrested a student suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high…
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark, CNN The US Department of Education announced major changes Wednesday to a federal student loan forgiveness program that the agency says…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — It’s the story of a Socorro Independent School District special education teacher whose name and legacy will be present at the…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, Oct. 5: EPISD has now decided not to press charges against 17-year-old student Skyler Brown. He was arrested at Monday night’s school board…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With in-person learning in Las Cruces now six weeks into the semester, ABC-7 took a look at how the schools are supplied…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — This week, many Borderland students are currently out of the classroom and on a short break as the fall intersession is underway,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — For Leonor Terrazas, her life was forever changed after she contracted Covid-19. An instructional aide at Ascarate Elementary…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — After the 8th Court of Appeals required El Paso’s City/County Health Authority to lift his indoor mask mandate for now, local…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Fans headed to the Sun Bowl for UTEP’s homecoming or any of the remaining home football games this season are in for a real treat.…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Initial data from New Mexico State University shows just more than 30% of students submitted vaccination proof by the Sept.…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Authorities say a former student of a Houston charter school shot and wounded a school principal on campus before quickly…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO, California — California has announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. Gov. Gavin Newsom said…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District has promoted its first female police sergeant for the district’s police department. Sgt.…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A father outraged after learning his six-year-old son was left alone at a park by a school bus driver is threatening to sue the…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Overcrowded buses, fewer busses and low wages: Those are all issues that Las Cruces school bus drivers want dealt with or…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 put many things on hold including UTEP homecoming. The Miners are celebrating Homecoming 2020 and 2021 this week. ABC-7…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for teachers who don’t want New York City schools to impose a vaccine mandate…
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