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School districts and educators across the region say there are higher rates of teachers calling in sick.

The East Austin school started the year with 14 open positions, including principal. It's also dealing with renovations and the departure of LASA. Students and staff describe the situation as "chaotic."

The stress of teaching in the COVID-19 era has triggered a spike in retirements and resignations.

As coronavirus cases rise, educators are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to reconsider his executive order on mask mandates

Texas educators say they’re concerned they won’t be able to have open conversations about what’s happening in the world if the Texas Legislature approves a bill that restricts how teachers can discuss current events in the classroom.

A national survey finds that half of teachers are considering leaving the field in the next two years. That's 20% more than before COVID-19 hit.

Educators tell NPR that the stress of teaching through the pandemic has affected their health and their personal lives. "It's like nothing I've experienced before," one teachers says.

In an academic year scrambled by the pandemic and a deadly winter storm, Texas school students face makeup work and rounds of standardized testing. Many parents and teachers say it's unnecessary.

Ranjitsinh Disale from India has been honored for finding ways to educate girls whose parents don't want them to come to school.

Administrators, school staff and uncredentialed stand-ins are being sent into classrooms to cover for teachers who fall ill or have to isolate. But even those improvisations aren't keeping classrooms fully staffed.

Across the U.S., the deaths of educators have torn at the fabric of the school experience, taking the lives of teachers, principals, superintendents, coaches, a middle school secretary, a security guard. The losses have forced school boards to make hard decisions of whether to keep classrooms open and have left students and staff members grief-stricken.

With schools across the state now open to in-person instruction, many Texas teachers are simultaneously teaching students in the classroom and at home.