This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. The Brazosport Independent School District is always in need of more teachers — and for a long time, it wasn’t able to find enough. Located ...

Texas hired more than 43,000 teachers this past school year, but that is a 10% decrease from the year prior as the state ...

This article was originally published in Texas Tribune. When Texas lawmakers passed legislation in 2015 that created a pathway for public schools to hire more teachers without formal classroom ...

Texas education officials hope a newly approved certificate for aspiring teachers who complete a residency program will encourage more potential educators to complete the rigorous program and enter ...

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 ...

Teacher certification in Texas was an issue heavily addressed in the major piece of legislation, House Bill 2, passed during the previous legislative session. Out of all the new teachers hired in ...

The Texas House’s sweeping school funding bill would include limits on which classes uncertified instructors can teach and create pathways for them to get credentialed. (Miguel Gutierrez Jr. | The ...

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 ...

The future of an embattled teacher preparation company — which enrolls more educator candidates than any other program in Texas — will remain in limbo after a Travis County judge threw a curveball in ...