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Fort Worth ISD tasked charter partners with improving campuses. STAAR results show it could be working.

Mayor hosts celebration of top grads with workforce-ready credentials

Today, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker hosted a new event, “Where Achievement Begins: Mayor’s Celebration for Workforce-Ready Graduates,” to celebrate 70 top students graduating with advanced degrees and certificates in addition to high school diplomas.

Schools must be at center of the community. Here’s how Rocketship Public Schools will do that in Stop Six

Finding common ground to forge a path forward feels all but impossible lately. But the challenges we are confronting today are symptoms of a much deeper problem. Great schools are relationship-centered. But in too many schools, those relationships have been allowed to atrophy.

New report shows steep decline in Fort Worth students’ academic performance

FORT WORTH, Texas – A new report shows the number of students passing this spring’s state reading and math tests declined nearly 30% since 2019 — that means fewer than 3 out of 10 Fort Worth students in tested grades passed. The Fort Worth Education Partnership, a nonprofit organization aiming to bring awareness about the state of learning in the city, released a report Tuesday that examines the number of students who met grade level on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams.

Who suffered most from COVID learning loss in Fort Worth?

FORT WORTH, Texas – Here’s what a new report says about who suffered most from COVID learning loss in Fort Worth.

‘Fort Worth kids are in trouble.’

FORT WORTH, Texas – ‘Fort Worth kids are in trouble.’ Report IDs stark inequity in access to good schools.

New Education Nonprofit’s Report Reveals Citywide School Access Inequity

FORT WORTH, Texas – Where a student lives in Fort Worth can determine whether they have access to some of the best or worst performing schools in the city, according to a new report from a new education nonprofit. Fort Worth may need to provide more resources to give students fair shot at higher quality instruction.

Rocketship Texas Breaks Ground on Charter School

FORT WORTH, Texas – Ground was broken in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth Wednesday on a new charter school. Construction is already underway, and it should be ready by next school year.