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There’s just a week left in the special session. Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday added pay raises for Texas teachers to the agenda for the special session, but lawmakers have little time before the ...
Alternative teacher certification is a process by which a person is awarded a teaching license even though that person has not completed a traditional teacher certification program. In the US, traditional teacher certification is earned through completing a bachelor's or master's degree in education, taking standardized tests (usually a Praxis ...
The Association of Texas Professional Educators.would like to see standalone legislation for teacher pay raises, but recognizes that creating laws is a team effort and without the support of the ...
Statewide, the attrition rate for teachers hit a record high of 13.4% between the 2021 and 2022 school year, even as the number of teachers in public schools grew, according to the Texas Education ...
The entrance to the T.R.S. Building on Red River Street in Austin. Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a public pension plan of the State of Texas.Established in 1937, TRS provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools, colleges, and universities supported by the State of Texas and manages a $180 billion trust fund established to finance member benefits.
The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, commonly referred to as its acronym STAAR ( / stɑːr / STAR ), is a series of standardized tests used in Texas public primary and secondary schools to assess a student's achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. It tests curriculum taught from the Texas Essential Knowledge and ...
Texas State Teachers Association. Texas State Teachers Association, or TSTA, is the oldest education organization in Texas, affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA). TSTA is led by a full-time state president and vice president, a board of directors, and a democratically elected House of Delegates.
Yet, nothing has alarmed me quite like the escalating teacher shortage. Half of all schools in the U.S. reported at least one teacher vacancy at the start of 2022. By 2025, more than 225,000 ...