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

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

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 ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Teacher shortages are a nationwide problem but CCISD has found a possible solution. The district has launched its Associate Teacher Program, already filling 85 spots. The state ...

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 ...

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 ...

Texas teachers who are trained through intensive residency programs — similar to the pathway doctors take — will soon get extra recognition. State education officials signed off on creating an ...

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 ...

Now that Texas is focused on addressing teacher shortages, experts hope state leaders will address the factors that cause teachers to leave the classroom or not enter it in the first place. Juan ...

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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 ...