Five North Texas schools have been announced as part of the inaugural batch of Lone Star Ribbon schools earmarked by the Texas Education Agency for “outstanding academic performance and efforts to close achievement gaps.”
“Texas is on the pathway to become No. 1 in educating our children,” said Gov. Greg Abbott in a press release. “… I congratulate the 28 campuses who are now 2025 Lone Star Ribbon Schools. Together, we will chart a path toward a bigger, brighter Texas.”
The Lone Star Ribbon program replaces the former national Blue Ribbon program, which was abandoned by the Department of Education (DOE) under President Donald Trump’s direction, in the name of placing states in greater control of their education systems…