Texas Teachers

The State Board of Education must still approve use of the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment, which was dropped by two states that had adopted it.

The National Education Association continues to search for salaries for new teachers, while in Texas the pay for experienced educators is stagnant.

The policy sidelines educators, often for two school years, at a time when districts are already struggling to keep teachers in the classrooms.

School districts are not required to adopt the agency’s recommendations but can use them as guidance as they develop new procedures or alter their policies for selecting or removing library books.

Thomas Mayfield helped raise test scores and engagement in the classroom, and now he's helping teachers in Fort Worth learn what he did.

Republicans say they don’t want young kids learning about sex. Educators say that’s already the standard.

K-3 teachers in Texas have until 2023 to complete a 60-hour Reading Academies course to keep the job. It’s taking some 120 hours on their own time to finish.

Initially, the Texas Education Agency’s Teacher Vacancy Task Force only included two teachers. Now the agency is adding another 24 public school teachers.

Students in Cindy Reyes’ class spent part of their Wednesday afternoon working on word problems in math at Como Elementary.

Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the The Texas Education Agency Monday, directing it to set up a task force of experts and stakeholders to work on solutions to ending an ongoing shortage of public school teachers.

In many places in Texas, staffing shortages are causing teachers to burn out, while continuing to cover for sick coworkers.