Texarkana Independent School District's Board of Trustees met on Monday evening and heard reports from the chief financial ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

UTPB is stepping up to address the region’s teacher shortage by offering flexible and affordable pathways to obtain a teacher ...

Crowdfunding and business sponsorships dramatically reduce that burden. School districts, chambers of commerce and funders ...

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 100 Texas teachers are under investigation in a major fraudulent certification scheme that now involves a pair of Del Valle ISD teachers. In October, multiple people were ...

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 ...

The University of Texas Permian Basin announced that they have recieved a $2.55 million grant from the Scharbauer Foundation.

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 ...