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Preparing with PPE: Protective equipment from TEA lands in Brownsville

The Brownsville Independent School District took delivery Tuesday on two truckloads of Personal Protective Equipment from the Texas Education Agency as the district prepares...

UTRGV continues fresh produce distribution to community

Dozens of students and community members attended the weekly produce distribution at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Friday where they received...

TSC approves 20% deduction in fall tuition

As part of Texas Southmost College’s ongoing comprehensive CARE initiative, all students enrolled in the fall 2020 semester will receive an automatic 20% reduction...

Food distribution by BISD comes to an end for now

Hundreds of mask-wearing families attended the last food distribution by the Brownsville Independent School District at several schools throughout the city on Thursday morning. More...

IDEA Public Schools to begin year virtually Aug. 10

All IDEA Public School campuses in the Rio Grande Valley will begin classes 100% virtually on August 10. This decision comes after careful consideration from IDEA leadership.  “Safety has always been important...

BISD to start school remotely on Aug. 25

Classes will begin Aug 25 for the Brownsville Independent School District's 43,000 students after an emergency school board meeting Wednesday during which the district...

UTRGV to offer six types of classes in the fall semester

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced in an email sent to the campus community that students will have six different types of...

TEA: Schools can stay closed without losing funding if local health officials order it

By Aliyya Swaby, Texas Tribune Local public health officials will be able to keep Texas schools closed for in-person instruction this fall without risking state...

Protesters rally against face-to-face classrooms

HARLINGEN — “Teachers Lives Matter.” “ Keep Distance Learning, #No Face to Face, Our Lives Matter Don’t Put Us At Risk.” More than 60 employees of the...

Experts: Trump’s ban on new visas will hurt Texas universities

By Reese Oxner, Texas Tribune The Trump administration’s suspension of issuing new H-1B visas for specialized roles — such as professors, researchers and computer programmers...