Camille Phillips
Education Reportercamille@tpr.org
Instagram: camille.m.phillips
Camille Phillips has covered education for Texas Public Radio since 2017. She is also the host of The Enduring Gap, a limited series podcast exploring the Latino college gap in San Antonio, what can be done to close it, and what the rest of the country can learn from it.
In her time at TPR, Camille has focused on students, including the ways calls to ban books effects LGBTQ students, and a push from student advocates to end school policing.
She has also covered the growth of charter schools, the impact and causes of the teacher shortage, and the extra strain remote learning put on parents of students with disabilities.
Her work also regularly airs nationally on NPR, including her coverage of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, a change in state curriculum acknowledging slavery as a cause of the Civil War, and a course at St. Mary’s University encouraging students to embrace their Spanglish.
In 2023, her work was recognized with a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media, the Eddie Prize from the Education Writers Association, and two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. Before coming to TPR, Camille worked for St. Louis Public Radio, where she was part of the news team that won a national Edward R. Murrow and a Peabody Award for One Year in Ferguson, a multi-media reporting project.
She has an undergraduate degree from Truman State University and a master’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Camille can be reached at Signal, WhatsApp, or via email at camille@tpr.org for news tips and story ideas. She’s on Instagram @camille.m.phillips.
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The Alamo Colleges District also celebrated boosting the number of degrees and certificates awarded to students by 31% compared to the year before. -
Nine SAISD schools have been rated academically unacceptable by TEA for three years in a row. They face state takeover or closure if they don't improve by 2027.
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Several San Antonio colleges were awarded federal HSI grants in recent years and were expecting this year’s allocation as usual. -
Nearly two years after trustees for the San Antonio Independent School District voted to close 15 schools, the district has opened a request for proposals to lease some of the closed schools. -
Edgewood trustees sanctioned Trustee Michael Valdez for criticizing the superintendent and district police chief for the arrest of a parent activist in a news article. -
A law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion in Texas public schools took effect last week. But students in some San Antonio schools felt its impact even before it officially became law. -
The ACLU of Texas has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's new anti-DEI law days before it goes into effect. -
Nicknames must align with biological sex: North East ISD’s guidance to teachers to comply with SB 12At the start of the school year, North East ISD told staff they also must tell students’ parents if the student brings up their sexual orientation or gender identity. -
Alamo Colleges wants to replicate the enrollment growth at SAC’s nursing program at similar high-wage, high-demand programs system wide. -
Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales dropped all charges against a parent activist arrested Tuesday at an Edgewood Independent School District board meeting.
