Officers Who Failed N.Y.P.D. Mental Health Exams Can Stay

The city and the union agreed to a 12-month probation for 30 officers. The department had moved to fire them after they ...

Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously

Another member of the safety panel, Mark Sirangelo, said NASA should formally declare mishaps and close calls as soon as possible. “It allows for the investigative team to be starting to be formed a ...

Some Texas schools draft their own report cards, finding fault with state grading system

After Texas school districts sued over state report cards, lawmakers are studying other ways to assess campus and district ...
Community Impact

Austin ISD considers charter school partners for Burnet, Dobie and Webb middle schools

Austin ISD is weighing whether to partner with charter schools to operate Burnet, Dobie and Webb middle schools to avoid a potential state takeover amid low student performance.
San Antonio Express-News

Did Texas lawmakers eliminate the STAAR test? What will replace it?

After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...
kristv

House Bill 8 replaces STAAR test with three-part system, sparking educator concerns about teaching time

Neighborhood News Reporter Jeydah Jenkins joined the KRIS 6 News Team in May 2025. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — House Bill 8 replaces the STAAR test — shifting from one large end-of-year exam to a three-part ...
KSAT

Fort Worth ISD takeover was largely based on STAAR test, despite plans to replace it

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The state takeover of the Fort Worth ...
Click2Houston

Fort Worth ISD takeover was largely based on STAAR, despite plans to replace it

Two teens were shot at a large block party in Sunnyside. Two teens shot, boy killed at block party in Sunnyside Read full article: Two teens shot, boy killed at block party in Sunnyside Four Houston ...
abc13

In 2 years, the STAAR test will be gone. What will replace it?

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In just two years, the STAAR test will be gone. Instead, Texas students will take three shorter tests, administered at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the school ...
Business Wire

STAAR Surgical Board of Directors Reiterates Unanimous Recommendation that STAAR Stockholders Vote “FOR” the Alcon Merger Agreement on WHITE Proxy Card

This communication relates to the proposed transaction involving STAAR. In connection with the proposed transaction, STAAR has filed relevant materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
KLTV

Longview ISD brainstorming strategies to implement STAAR test replacement

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - East Texas public school students can expect a change in state testing in the coming years. The STAAR test at the end of the year will be replaced with three new shorter tests ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

Here’s what Texas families need to know about STAAR test changes

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...