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Texas lawmakers hate the STAAR test. Why didn't they kill it?
State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an ...
Civil liberty groups, Texas families file lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 10
The new lawsuit argues Senate Bill 10 violates the First Amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and ...
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Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban
The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel’s most right-leaning Republicans, who criticized the lessons as ...
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Gov. Abbott Unveils New Tri-Agency Website to Reinforce Texas' Education-to-Workforce Pipeline
Texas Gov. Abbott launched a new website to enhance connections between education and workforce, designed by TEA, THECB, and ...
Here's what pay raises Houston-area teachers will receive from state public education funding
Teachers with at least five years of experience in larger districts can receive as much as $5,000. Here's a look at how much ...
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Texas Education Agency will take control of Houston ISD in June - KSAT.com
The Texas Education Agency will replace House and the district's school board as part of a state takeover. (Joseph Bui For The Texas Tribune, Joseph Bui For The Texas Tribune) ...
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Texas education agency faces mounting questions over canceled special education contract
Texas Education Agency officials are keeping quiet about why exactly a controversial no-bid data mining contract took a nosedive last week, losing the state $2.2 million in federal funds for ...
Can Houston ISD distribute state teacher raises by performance? Texas Education Agency says yes.
Houston ISD announced state teacher raises will be distributed by performance, not tenure. Here's what the Texas Education ...