The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appointed Levi Fuller as the state’s first-ever Inspector General for Educator Misconduct. This newly created role marks a major shift in how our state handles educator accountability and the safety of students across more than 5.5 million public school enrollments.  Commissioner Mike Morath announced the appointment, emphasizing Fuller will oversee the enforcement of educator misconduct policies, coordinate investigations, and help streng

Every once in a while, a story cuts through the noise and reminds us what’s actually at stake in the fight for life. Seattle Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall’s life story is one of those moments. Derick Hall was born at just 23 weeks. According to accounts shared by his family, he entered the world without a heartbeat. By every clinical metric, his life was considered expendable. Yet doctors and nurses fought. His family prayed. And because people chose to value life even in t

Artificial Intelligence’s ability to generate images from text prompts or manipulate existing photos has been misused to create sexualized depictions of minors. Research shows a dramatic surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, with 245 reports processed in the UK in 2024 that stemmed from AI-made illegal images, up 380% from the prior year. Many of these images were judged to be real enough to be treated as criminal content.  In another alarming trend, a recent stud