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Teacher certification in Texas was an issue heavily addressed in the major piece of legislation, House Bill 2, passed during the previous legislative session. Out of all the new teachers hired in Texas the past year, 56 percent were uncertified. In 2012 ...
Schools in Texas are struggling to get and keep certified teachers in the classroom, educators say. The Texas Education Agency said that for the 2024-2025 school year, an estimated 30,000 first-year teachers, with no prior teaching experience, were hired ...
At a time when more Texas teachers are leaving the classroom, the state’s licensing board is considering a new certification exam that could help better prepare new teachers — and perhaps help keep them longer in the job. On Friday, the 11-member State ...
A probe into a cheating scandal involving Texas teachers and their credentials is expanding in North Texas. We first reported on the scandal last fall, where educators in Houston were accused of paying someone to take their state certification exam.
Gov. Greg Abbott is set to sign an $8.5 billion public education spending package into law on Wednesday. It includes money for staff pay, teacher prep, special education, early childhood learning and more. (Ilana Panich-Linsman For The Texas Tribune, Ilana ...
Students walk down a school hallway. Dallas ISD trustee Ben Mackey says 20% of the district's new teacher hires lack certification, well below state numbers. Texas’ new state education funding bill includes money to certify more teachers, but experts say ...
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The list of teachers under investigation by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for allegedly obtaining fraudulent teaching certificates has grown, and more than a third of the newly named educators are from the Houston area. Five people, of which three were ...
District leaders have long tapped those with special content or professional knowledge to teach, even without prior teaching experience or a teaching certificate. During extended or severe teacher shortages, states often grant a broader range of emergency ...
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