Talia Richman
@TaliRichman
Education Lab reporter @dallasnews | Former @baltimoresun & @thedbk amplifier | [email protected]
How 15 words led to the arrest of a Texas boy with autism A story about the way young children can be criminalized in the desperation to prevent the next school shooting: dallasnews.com/news/education…
Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Take Action on Flooding propublica.org/article/texas-…
House Ds and Rs are caucusing separately about the school finance bill House Bill 2, right now. The House and Senate have struck a deal behind closed doors on the bill. Some early details from our story here: dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
Under a 2023 Texas law, students caught with vapes must be removed to disciplinary alternative schools. More students were sent to DAEP last year than at any point in the past decade. State lawmakers are now debating whether to ease up — or double down: dallasnews.com/news/education…
DallasNews Corp. Board says its reviewing offer from Alden to buy The Dallas Morning News. Robert Decherd, DallasNews Corp. controlling shareholder says he favors moving forward with deal that allows Hearst to buy the company | @dallasnews: dallasnews.com/news/2025/07/2…
Dallas ISD left with $22 million gap after Trump education funding freeze dallasnews.com/news/education… @TaliRichman
A bullet shattered a Dallas teacher’s glasses. Picking up the pieces has upended her life. Our @dallasnews story on how Columbia Renix is trying to figure out what comes next for her family after the Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting: dallasnews.com/news/education…

Fantastic article by @TaliRichman on the significant investment in teacher prep in TX. In many ways, this article touches on my journey as a researcher since coming back to TX. Every child deserves a high-quality teacher. This legislation is one giant step in making that happen.…
Will Texas’ ‘monumental’ investment in the teacher pipeline pay off? dallasnews.com/news/education…
I could not possibly be more excited about @HeathKeri co-winning the GRAND PRIZE for education reporting during the #ewa25 conference !!! It’s another year of celebrating a Texas reporter winning one of the top two @edwriters prizes. So, so well deserved.
One of the worst things about the Texas Legislature is how members make regular citizens — whose input they ostensibly want — wait hours and hours, sometimes well past midnight, to testify before committees. Good read here by @alereports ⬇️ texastribune.org/2025/05/09/tex…
New: While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica's first-of-its-kind analysis. propub.li/4iSmMVZ
Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
Two new trustees appear headed to the Dallas school board, according to unofficial vote totals. Byron Sanders and Prisma Garcia declared victory late Saturday night: dallasnews.com/news/education…
The Dallas teacher injured in last month's Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting is the mother of a 9-month-old girl. She was grazed by a stray bullet, which knocked the glasses off her face. A GoFundMe to support her recovery: gofundme.com/f/support-ms-r…
‘You’re never prepared’: Wilmer-Hutchins teacher healing after bullet grazed her dallasnews.com/news/education…
The percentage of uncertified teachers working in Texas public schools hit a new high, according to updated data from the state education agency. dallasnews.com/news/education… Graphics from @adriano_dreamer show the explosion since the pandemic:
