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There is a new push to require teachers to carry a professional license as well as a certification.
An expert economist has testified in the public school finance trial that Texas teacher quality in the state is dropping, largely because of low pay in a competitive market.
Carroll ISD Trustees voted unanimously late Monday night to place lights at the baseball and softball fields at Carroll Senior High School.
Texas education officials said that thousands of students retaking the standardized STAAR test had to skip the electronic version due to a computer glitch.
The DISD gave parents a chance to voice their concerns at an open mic night. Superintendent Mike Miles hosted the hour-long meeting to take questions from parents.
Friends and family of a Terrell ISD teen are suggesting the girl's death was the result of bullying. Monday officials with the district said, "That has been some of the rumor and allegation. We routinely investigate any such allegation. We're continuing our investigation processes."
More than half of Texas ninth graders who last spring failed one or more of the state's new standardized tests skipped their chance to retest over the summer.
Southlake's Carroll ISD has committed to buying new lights for its baseball and softball teams. It just hasn't decided where to put them.
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams has deferred the requirement for schools to count new end-of-course examines as 15 percent of a student's grade this school year.
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams speaks a day after Gov. Rick Perry urged him to again delay requiring high school students to have standardized test scores factored into their final grades.
Governor Rick Perry is asking his new education commissioner to again delay a mandate that requires Texas high school students to have standardized test scores factored into their final grades.
What you may have suspected is now confirmed. You may be a cell phone addict. That's not a good thing.
The DISD board of trustees could decide on Thursday whether or not to scale back the workday for its teachers. The work schedule this year includes an extra 45 minutes.
An expert has suggested that tougher Texas standardized tests have not translated to statewide student improvement on the SAT and ACT.