Meet Marco Cervantes. Better known by his stage name, the Mexican Step Grandfather, this UTSA faculty member uses music to share his experiences and insights with the world.

At the beginning of the school year, Jessica Martinez, a fifth grade teacher at Sky Harbour Elementary School in the Southwest Independent School District, started the 1,000 Book Project. As part of the project, Martinez, who is also a graduate student in the College of Education and Human Development, had her students write letters to their families, members of the community, and organizations asking for book donations.

Boerne Champion High School teacher Kim Grosenbacher has been named recipient of the 2015 Frank R. Kemerer Award, recognizing Texas’ outstanding high school social studies instructor.

On May 15, the Institute of Texan Cultures opened a new exhibit on one of the major cultural groups of Texas. “Los Tejanos” is about the Spanish and Mexican influence on the Lone Star State. Through 500 years of history, the Tejano culture helped shape what Texas is today.  To celebrate the new exhibit and give the entire community a chance to see the exhibit, the museum will sponsor a free Sunday, May 17, noon to 5 p.m. It’s a hands-on opportunity children and families can enjoy. Museum educators will lead preview tours of the exhibit and partner organizations will projects and crafts.

Elisabeth Krimbill    |    Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

The Patient Institute of San Antonio

Kansas State University kinesiology research offers encouraging information for cancer patients: A brisk walk or a slow jog on a regular basis may be the key to improved cancer treatments. Brad Behnke, associate professor of exercise physiology , and collaborators have shown that moderate exercise on a regular basis enhances tumor oxygenation, which may improve treatments in cancer patients.

Readmission of patients with chronic diseases is a growing problem, costing the U.S. health care system about $25 billion each year. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas developed a predictive analytics model that can identify congestive heart failure patients with high readmission risk and potentially help stymie those costs.

The annual report reveals geographic divides on enrollment, funding and quality.

Meet 16 innovative K-12 district leaders putting smart ideas to work in schools across the United States.

A majority of the young people in schools where I have worked speak a different language at home than they do at school. In my work in Boston, New York City, and Baltimore, I have seen school policies respond to the bilingual abilities of young people as a strength, as a deficiency, or as something to be ignored.

As public schools become more linguistically diverse, some see bilingual or “dual-language” programs as a way to improve education for all – English speakers too. Yesterday we checked out an innovative dual-language school in a low-income Georgia neighborhood just outside Atlanta. Today we’ll visit a program 50 miles to the northeast, where staff combine the approach from that first school with resources from a more solidly middle-class community. That promising mix has become a model. Read more below, or listen above.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that would allow Texas high school students to fail two high-stakes exams and still graduate. It is effective immediately.

(Part of our series of conversations with leading teachers, thinkers and activists on education issues) -- Jordan Shapiro's recent post in Forbes in which he laid out four misconceptions about the future of education, caught my attention because, like much of his work, he tries to take a cattle prod to the conventional education narrative.

Documents say the incoming president of the University of Texas at Austin declined the school’s offer of a $1 million salary.