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Education

An overwhelming need: Guerra’s bill focuses on next generation of bilingual teachers

Aspiring bilingual teachers may soon receive financial support from the state for their schooling through legislation a local congressman is pushing this legislative session. Rep....

H-E-B’s Texas Loves Teachers Tour celebrates Port Isabel High School

Since March, H-E-B personnel have been touring Texas schools to recognize educators who go the extra mile to serve their students. One of their latest...

Brownsville student receives Catholic Life Insurance scholarship

SAN ANTONIO – Steven Betancourt of Brownsville received the 2021 All American Scholar Award, one of 35 students in the nation chosen for the...

Triumph Public High Schools launches industry-based certification program

To better prepare students for the workforce, Triumph Public High Schools has launched a comprehensive Career and Technology Education, industry-based certification program. The program is...

San Benito High School students visit SpaceX

Among the first to launch academies and educational curriculums focused on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) Academy as well as a...

San Benito students celebrate Earth Day every day

San Benito Schools students celebrated Earth Day, an important annual event, on April 22. From its origin in 1970, over one billion people worldwide and...

Protective Shield: BISD taking vaccines to students

The Brownsville Independent School District is leaving no stone unturned in its effort to get a COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of any student,...

TFA RGV honors educators after grueling pandemic school year

MISSION — Teach for America RGV held its annual Honor Roll Gala April 17, giving teachers and educational leaders from across the Valley a...

TSTC Culinary Arts program helps student reach her childhood dream

Dreams of becoming a chef have baked inside the mind of Texas State Technical College Culinary Arts student Stephanie Medrano since she was a...

TSTC celebrates spring graduates with Grad Swag Pickup

Texas State Technical College spring 2021 candidates for graduation were invited to drive up in front of TSTC’s Cultural Arts Center for the Grad...