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A statewide teacher certification cheating scandal is growing, and 25 more North Texas educators have been added to the list.

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 ...

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 ...

Schools in Texas are struggling to get and keep certified teachers in the classroom, educators say. The Texas Education Agency said that for the 2024-2025 school year, an estimated 30,000 first-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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

District leaders have long tapped those with special content or professional knowledge to teach, even without prior teaching experience or a teaching certificate. During extended or severe teacher ...

Sixty new Texas teachers —including 24 from the Houston area—have been added to the list of educators being investigated for allegedly participating in a local cheating ring that resulted in fake ...

Job turnover among teachers in Texas remains high after hitting a record in 2023, when more than 13% left their jobs. In 2022, after 11.5% of teachers left, Gov. Greg Abbott commissioned a task force ...

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