Changes to state standardized tests have made it difficult to compare how Texas students are doing in school in recent years, ...

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Emerging research points to the problems this can create for children. A study by Texas Tech University’s Jacob Kirksey found that students with new uncertified teachers lost the equivalent of about ...

Manor ISD announced on Wednesday that it met all requirements necessary to remove the district and the board of trustees from monitoring by the Texas Education Agency.