TEXAS, USA — The State Board of Education on Friday unanimously rejected a new teacher certification exam that supporters dubbed the solution to prepare and retain new teachers, but critics worried ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) -- A Florida couple, both educators, entered not-guilty pleas Friday in federal court, after being hit with more than 100 wire-fraud and racketeering charges stemming from ...

Why is Oklahoma Requiring This Teacher Certification Exam? The new exam seems necessary as Oklahoma's top education official, Ryan Walters, insists that the exam will safeguard Oklahoma's classrooms ...

A state board on Friday voted in favor of requiring a new teacher certification exam in an effort to better prepare new teachers and keep them in the profession. The 11-member State Board for Educator ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — New teachers in Texas will not be required to take a new certification exam that would have been more expensive and more rigorous. All 13 members of the State Board of Education ...

HOUSTON – Texas prosecutors have filed felony charges against five people in an elaborate teacher certification cheating scandal, leading to hundreds of teachers in classrooms throughout the state, ...

Texas has adopted new certification standards for teachers that some education advocates fear will make it more difficult to staff classrooms and find diverse candidates. Before its vote Feb. 11 to ...

Fifth graders at Jacobs Well Elementary School in Wimberley lineup at the door as they prepare to walk back to their classroom from the science lab on September 4, 2020. (Jordan Vonderhaar For The ...

Want more state education news? Sign up for The Alabama Education Lab’s free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat. Alabama state officials on Thursday demanded better certification pass rates from the state’s ...

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At a time when more Texas teachers are leaving the classroom, the state’s licensing board is considering a new certification exam that could help better prepare new teachers — and perhaps help keep ...

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