A University of Houston assistant professor says he is preparing to return to South Korea after telling students over the weekend he could no longer teach their class because of the "unexpected termination of my visa."

A University of Houston assistant professor says he is preparing to return to South Korea after telling students over the weekend he could no longer teach their class because of the "unexpected termination of my visa."
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The Spring ISD school board effectively rejected a proposal this week to adopt the state's Bluebonnet Learning math curriculum, with trustees taking a split vote.
The University of Houston said a "small number" of its international students have been impacted by a nationwide effort to revoke entry visas and remove the legal immigration status of students from abroad.
Spring ISD Superintendent Lupita Hinojosa announced Tuesday that she would be resigning from her position with the district north of Houston.
Recently appointed Humble ISD Superintendent Roger Brown apologized at the district’s Tuesday board meeting for saying he wanted to “lynch the mayor” during a staff meeting several weeks ago.
Houston ISD released a “pay-for-performance” model that, combined with a new locally designed evaluation system for educators, is expected to be the basis for teachers’ salaries starting in 2026-27.
The Fort Bend Independent School District will consider a gender policy that would require parents to be notified if their child uses a pronoun in school that differs from their biological sex.
Klein ISD is being sued by a former teacher who claims she was forced to resign in retaliation for reporting sex trafficking allegations against a fellow teacher.
Three fourth grade students from River Oaks Elementary have started a petition to get all the plastic foam lunch trays used by Houston ISD switched out for reusable ones.
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More Houston-area residents than not are against using state funds to pay for Texas students’ private school tuition, according to a study released this week by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
The Texas Education Agency is now permitted to publish its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings after an appeals court on Thursday lifted an injunction that had previously blocked their release.
Cy-Fair ISD's decision to strip chapters from books already approved by Texas' Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.
ouston ISD state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles recently testified in favor of legislation that would give state education leaders more power to “increase the rigor” of the standards used to rate school districts annually.
An Equality Texas study shows many LGBTQ+ college students have considered leaving their schools — and the state entirely — since Senate Bill 17 went into effect last year.
The Texas Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that would let teachers pray or engage in religious speech in public school classrooms.
The Texas House Public Education Committee was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to take up two high priority bills which would address school funding and the creation of a school voucher plan. But the meeting was canceled late Monday night.
The Texas House Public Education Committee could propose a $1 billion spending cap for the first two years of a potential school voucher program and increase by $395 the base amount of money public school districts get for each student.
The annual on-campus drag show at Texas A&M University welcomed hundreds Thursday night — despite efforts to ban such performances by school officials.
A bipartisan bill to create a $350 million grant program for safer railroad crossings is heading to the Texas House after passing unanimously through the Senate this week.