In parts of the US, corporal punishment in schools is used as much as 50 percent more frequently on children who are African American or who have disabilities, a new analysis has found. Corporal punishment—typically striking a child with a wooden paddle—continues to...

Eastside Memorial High School in Austin ISD was named the 2016 Zero-Waste Champions by Keep Austin Beautiful, in partnership with the Bleed Orange Live Green initiative and Austin Resource Recovery. Each year, the award recognizes a local Austin school for outstanding...

Fair Opportunity Project, comprised of college students from Harvard, Stanford and Yale have created a college admissions and financial aid guide being sent to every public high school in America. Attempting to level the college application playing field, Fair...

The Texas Book Festival takes place Nov. 5 and 6 on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol and along Congress Avenue Award-winning authors in the lineup include Don DeLillo, Diana Kennedy, Thomas Dolby, Padma Lakshmi and R.L. Stine. More than 280 writers—including...

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, is accepting entries until Nov. 8, 2016. Hailed as the nation’s largest youth volunteer recognition program, the top national winners each...

The Austin Diaper Bank – in partnership with BB&T, Stepping Stone School and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts – is aiming to collect 100,000 diapers for Central Texas babies and senior citizens during The Great Central Texas Diaper Round-Up. During October, all BB&T...

Nine samples of mosquitoes collected in Williamson County have tested positive for West Nile virus, the Williams County and Cities Health District (WCCHD) announced recently. Due to the number of children and adults who will be outside in the evening for Halloween...

October is National Orthodontic Health Month, and members of the Texas Association of Orthodontists (TAO) invite children across the state to trade in their Halloween candy for prizes or cash. Simply bring in candy gathered around Halloween to a participating...

Regents School of Austin recently announced it has won the national “Math for the Win” contest and the chance to chat with an NFL Player and published mathematician. Texas Instruments asked students and teachers across the country to show how they use math to win at...

For the second consecutive year, the St. David’s Foundation announced it has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Live Oak Health Partners Community Clinic in Hays County. Representatives of the clinic say the money will be used to help unfunded patients receive needed...

Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a national non-profit developing better athletes and better people through youth and high school sports, recently launched PCA-Central Texas, the organization’s 16th PCA chapter in the U.S. Led by Trennis Jones, the chapter's...

Austin nonprofit Latinitas is seeking afternoon coaches and career presenters for its Startup Chica Conference on Saturday, Oct. 22. The conference will help Latinas ages 9-18 turn their ideas into businesses. The one-day conference will bring together young...