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By Jessica Priest / The Texas Tribune A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort to defend the Texas Dream Act, leaving in place a ruling that ended a longstanding state law that allowed some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and univ...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Independent School District students are producing a full-scale theatrical production of "Shrek the Musical." They'll perform on stage July 15-18 at Coronado High School. EPISD said its Fine Arts department has been working on the play and will...
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) are pairing up on a new bill that would pave a way for students to use financial aid to pay for prior learning assessments, a category of tests that grant college credit for learning outside a college setting, such as in a jo...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As students and families get ready for the upcoming school year, Immunize El Paso expands its hours in order to meet back-to-school vaccine demands. Immunize El Paso provides vaccines for children and adults and participates in the Texas Vaccines for Child...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- An El Paso Community College (EPCC) baseball player was named the El Paso County Collegiate Player of the Year by the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame. Coronado High School alum and EPCC freshman center fielder Nico Olea has led El Paso County in six differe...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Anthony Independent School District announced it will host its annual health fair, where students and families can receive free health resources and immunizations. The fair will take place on Friday, July 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Anthony High Schoo...
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pilot jumped out of the door of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself. Flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, was found dead following the incident, which took place in Toledo...
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1947 Birth place: Bombay (now Mumbai), India Birth name: Ahmed Salman Rushdie Father: Anis Ahmed Rushdie, businessman Mother: Negin...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — After declaring financial exigency last month amid a multi-million dollar budget deficit, the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) is considering a bond initiative worth up to $450 million. EPISD's Citizens Bond Steering Committee has identified ove...
Jing Zhang, CNN (CNN) — Zirui Yang has been obsessed with shopping since junior high. “Clothes, shoes and accessories — and they always had to be branded,” the 22-year-old said student. “It started with Nike and Adidas, then moved on to Gucci and Balenciaga.” But since starti...
By Daniel Wine, CNN Welcome to 5 Things PM! This European capital was just named the world’s most livable city for the second year in a row thanks to its outstanding education, healthcare, infrastructure and culture. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy da...
Canutillo Independent School has appointed Veronica Cervantes as the new principal of Deanna Davenport Elementary School and Erika Pasieczny, Ph.D. as the new principal of Alderete Middle School, both of whom bring extensive experience and expertise from outside the district....
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) -- Las Cruces Public Schools scheduled a new school for grades 6-12 to open in the fall of 2027. Monday, the district asked students, families staff and community members to share ideas for the new campus. LCPS said the new school will be smaller since ...
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Some El Paso school districts surpassed the state average in Algebra I and other core subjects on this year’s STAAR exams, but had significant performance gaps in others, including biology, according to results released last month by the Texas Education Agency. Testing data on...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Six El Paso Independent School District students represented the Sun City for the National History Day Nationals Competition. The competition, held at the University of Maryland, College Park, featured over 3,000 students presenting their extensive resear...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The New Mexico State Treasurer's Office is offering students a hands-on experience in public service, finance and communications through its newest class of interns. This year's internship class reflects multiple pathways into public service, the New Mexi...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- An El Pasoan has been elected to serve as vice president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest labor union with nearly 3 million members. Noel Candelaria, a former teacher from El Paso and former president of the Texas State Teachers...
El Paso students earn recogni...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Students from Las Cruces attended New Mexico State University for a week-long summer program hosted by the NMSU College of Engineering. The goal is to get them thinking about attending NMSU and the possibility of studying engineering. NM PREP Academy is a...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Gadsden Independent School District has named three new area directors for special education services. Gadsden ISD has selected Maria Barraza, Luz Valenzuela, Ph.D., and Lorraine Dominguez-Soriano to serve in those posts. "Together, they bring decades of ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Bobby Joe Hill PK-8 STEAM Academy has a new principal, EPISD said. Monica Brinkley was named the new principal, EPISD said. Brinkley brings more than two decades of educational experience and a proven record of improving student achievement, building ...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Court records from the El Paso County 327th District Court show the criminal case against former Eastlake High School head football coach Ruben Rodriguez was dismissed after he successfully completed a pre-trial diversion program. The dismissal order was e...
HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) -- A former Eastlake High School football coach had an assault case against him dismissed, according to documents ABC-7 obtained Thursday. Court documents said Ruben Rodriguez completed a pre-trial diversion program for allegedly choking his girlfri...
For Dr. Brittany Shoemake, a lifelong El Pasoan, caring for patients in the Borderplex means giving back to the community that shaped her. An Eastwood High School graduate and University of Texas at El Paso alumna, Shoemake has returned her education and expertise to her homet...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A former special education teacher at a West El Paso elementary school faces 16 counts of injury to a child, according to documents ABC-7 obtained Thursday. Rachel Lucas, who worked at Charles Murphree School, allegedly injured students with special needs...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A former special education teacher in El Paso is facing serious criminal charges after a grand jury indicted her on allegations she abused the students in her care. Former El Paso Independent School District teacher Rachael Anne Lucas has been indicted on ...
Momentum continues to build behind efforts to make high school girls’ flag football an official University Interscholastic League sport in Texas as El Paso teams returned from the inaugural state championship tournament with some of the city’s strongest performances to date. E...
By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — By the time Eddie Jiang was in high school, he knew he wanted to become a doctor. He chose an in-state college with existing federal loan programs so he could afford to go straight to medical school after college. He graduated from Stony Brook Unive...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Socorro Independent School District honored Lauren Moore, an administrative specialist at Mission Early College High School, as the district's 2026 Support Employee of the Year. According to officials, Moore was recognized for her exceptional contribut...
The rulings, issued by Biden-appointed judges in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., came just one day before the new eligibility rules were set to take effect....
By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to student loans take effect today, bringing higher monthly payments for some borrowers and tighter borrowing limits for others. Experts say the overhaul will ripple across generations, affecting everyone from n...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Flo Valdez, a volleyball coach from New Mexico, was inducted into the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Valdez has over 1,000 victories in her volleyball coaching career and has guided her teams to three New Mexico...
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Attention federal student loan borrowers: Major changes are coming your way, starting Wednesday. That’s when many of the provisions contained in President Donald Trump’s sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect. Some borrowers, particularly...
CNN By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state bans on transgender students playing on girls sports teams, delivering another blockbuster setback to trans youth and their families in a decision that is likely to sustain ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A Las Cruces middle school student has earned the right to participate in the National Civics Bee to be held this fall in Washington, D.C. Marcus L., a student at Camino Real Middle School in Las Cruces, made the finals of the National Civics Bee and will...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- In a 6-3 decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld state laws banning transgender athletes form female sports, meaning Texas laws already in place since 2023 will remain. Signed into law in 2021, House Bill 25 requires K-12 student athletes who compet...
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By John Fritze and Devan Cole (CNN) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states may bar transgender students from playing on girls sports teams, delivering the latest in a series of legal defeats to trans Americans amid a political backlash in conservative states that...
The Supreme Court ruled states can bar transgender girls from competing on girls and women’s school sports teams, upholding bans in Idaho and West Virginia on Tuesday in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that is set to impact similar laws passed in more than half the country...
In strictly applying the judge's order, the department is now striking some degrees from the list of professional programs, meaning those students will face lower loan limits....
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Trump administration is rolling out new changes to student loans, all taking effect on July 1, in hopes that new plans can be "simple and affordable." Student borrower advocacy groups worry the payments will only make it harder with surging inflation....
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One year after President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” into law, student loan borrowers are bracing for big changes to the federal lending system that will begin on Wednesday, July 1. The changes will streamline the system to have fewer loa...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Southwest University has opened its new Southwest University Lounge, or SU Lounge, in far East El Paso. The SU Lounge is designed to serve as a "meeting point between education and personal development, where ideas flourish and meaningful connections are ...
Essay by Carolyn O’Laughlin, CNN I am the keeper of countless little love stories. And each student who has entrusted me with their truth over the years has helped me remain brave and out. As Sunday marks the anniversary of the Stone Wall uprising, I’m also reminded that their ...
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