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Texas Education Agency Moves Forward With Houston ISD Takeover
Texas’s largest school district will be taken over by the TEA.
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Texas Could Possibly Take Over Houston ISD — Here's What We Know
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said he’d spoken to Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath about rumors of the coming HISD intervention.
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TEA Appoints Watchdog for Lancaster ISD
The Texas Education Agency says Lancaster ISD violated the Texas Constitution when they approved a hefty buyout of their former superintendent’s contract in 2020. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter says the state has appointed a watchdog for the district.
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Conservator to Oversee Lancaster ISD After TEA Says Board Violated Texas Education Code
The Texas Education Agency is assigning a conservator to oversee the Lancaster Independent School District over actions taken by the school board that the district admits violated Texas Education Code and the Texas Constitution.
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Texas Schools Could Add Safety Requirements Like Silent Alarms, Panic Buttons
In early November, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released details on proposed rule changes that also include mandatory locked doors and windows.
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Crowley ISD Adds STEM Studies Ahead of State Mandate
In three years the state will require your child’s teacher to include STEM lessons every day in class, but Crowley ISD is getting a jump start on preparing students for the ever-changing world.
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Crowley ISD Gets Jump Start on STEM Studies Mandate in Elementary Schools
Heads up parents: The State of Texas is requiring elementary teachers to incorporate STEM – that’s science, technology, engineering, and math studies – in all elementary school subjects by 2025.
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Crowley ISD Begins Adding STEM Practices to Classes in Elementary Schools
Heads up parents: The State of Texas is requiring elementary teachers to incorporate STEM – that’s science, technology, engineering, and math studies – in all elementary school subjects by 2025. One local school district is getting a jump start on it. On Thursday, Crowley ISD is celebrating “STEM For All Day”.
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Texas School Districts Receive Education Assessments
Report cards– handed out on this first day of school– not to individual students, but to their schools on how well they did their jobs educating students.
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North Texas School Districts Race Against the Clock to Hire Teachers
Right now, school leaders are working to find enough teachers to fill vacant positions.
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Newly Released STAAR Results Show Progress in Elementary, Middle School
Texas students showed progress in elementary and middle school courses, according to newly released STAAR tests. NBC 5’s Wayne Carter has the takeaways from the final STAAR results of this school year.
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STAAR Shows ‘Across-the-Board Improvements' for Grades 3-8
The final STAAR test scores have been released and they show across-the-board improvements in all subjects for all grades.
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Texas School Districts Ordered to Audit, Fix Security Issues
State officials on Thursday ordered local school districts across Texas to audit and correct security deficiencies at their schools before the start of the next school year.
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Texas Lawmakers Zero-In on Truancy Reforms at Uvalde Hearings
Signs of brewing trouble stain the academic history of the young man who would go on to kill 19 children and two teachers in Texas’ deadliest school shooting. The Dallas Morning News reporter Talia Richman discusses the renewed focus on absenteeism and Texas’ truancy laws.
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Uvalde Hearings Bring Renewed Calls for Review of School Safety Standards
The state’s top leaders in both law enforcement and education agreed that an urgent review is needed of the procedures and standards for school safety.
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Texas 2022 STAAR Results Show Progress
STAAR test results from the 2021-2022 school year have been released. School leaders and teachers worked hard to bring the numbers back up this year after a dramatic drop after the pandemic. Education reporter Wayne Carter reports.
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TEA Offers Guidelines for School Library Book Policies
The Texas Education Agency is giving school districts a list of guidelines to follow to create policies when it comes to school library books.
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Texas Education Agency Weighs in on Library Book Debate
The Texas Education Agency is now getting into the debate over library books and what students have access to in schools.
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Texas Adjusts School Funding to Account for Attendance, Enrollment Changes
Schools across the state will no longer lose funding for massive attendance drops during the pandemic
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Omicron Surge Causes School Staffing Issues in North Texas
Many North Texas school leaders are dealing with a host of issues caused by the surge in COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant.