Idaho lawmaker says schools are ‘soft target’ as GOP tries once more to arm teachers
A Republican lawmaker says armed public school employees could deter attacks. A House Democrat decried the proposed “lack of ...
Samsung Austin Semiconductor donates $1.5 million to Texas A&M, ACC engineering academy
The Texas A&M University Engineering Academy at the Austin Community College aims to meet growing engineering workforce ...
Texas Teachers Association: Vouchers will financially damage public schools | Opinion
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick say they want to raise teacher pay, but if the school voucher bill (Senate Bill 2) ...
Texas Legislature expected to vote on statewide cellphone ban at public schools
Students spend an average of 5+ hours a day on social media with 20 notifications an hour on average, according to the bill's ...
Bill to raise pay for Texas teachers advances in Senate; committee vote is unanimous
A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval to across-the-board pay raises for public school teachers, sending the nill ...
Will some experienced Texas teachers receive $10K pay increases?
Texas lawmakers on Thursday are expected to debate an across-the-board raise for the state’s experienced educators.
Debate of Texas teacher pay & student allotment
A Texas Senate bill that would increase pay for teachers in public and open-enrollment charter schools breezed through after ...
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Texas House wants to give public schools $220 more per student
The proposal, filed Thursday, comes well short of the increase school administrators and education advocates have been asking ...
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Texas Senate bill would give public school teachers free pre-K and raises based on experience and performance
The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic ...
Texas Women's University Staff to Face Teacher's Speech Claims
Texas Women’s University officials must face claims brought by an 85-year-old professor alleging her First Amendment rights ...
Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to state and local funding
The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families ...
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Lone Star College approves revisions to teacher certification program
The Lone Star College board of trustees approved revisions to its Alternative Teacher Certification Program for the college’s Kingwood and University Park campuses.