More than half of new Texas classroom teachers who joined the profession last year lacked certification. Education leaders ...

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Most new teachers in Texas schools have no teaching experience on the first day they set foot in the classroom. Over the past two decades, the number of students graduating from Texas’ four-year ...

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 ...

MADISONVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - A widespread certification scandal is shedding light on longstanding gaps in Texas’ teacher certification process. The scandal, involving a Houston-based scheme which ...

In the late ’90s and the early 2000s, Texas was facing the familiar problem of teacher shortages across the state. To address ...

This story will be updated. Texas education leaders are bracing for what could happen should the state’s largest teacher preparation program lose its accreditation. But such a drastic step — if it ...

Alternative-certification programs have long been thought of as one solution to teacher shortages, but a new analysis shows that the number of candidates completing those programs has declined over ...

Texas Teachers of Tomorrow, the state's largest teacher preparation program, failed seven of nine state standards, according to a recent state audit. Michael Hogue/Staff artist The largest teacher ...

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Fifth graders at Jacobs Well Elementary School in Wimberley lineup at the door as they prepare to walk back to their classroom from the science lab on September 4, 2020. (Jordan Vonderhaar For The ...