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Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the restrictions will lead to fewer instructors in their classrooms.

Gov. Greg Abbott named raising teacher pay as one of seven emergency items for this legislative session. The push for higher salaries comes as most teachers in the state weigh whether staying in the profession is worth it.

The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic growth.

The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic growth.

Researchers said teachers should be trained in trauma-informed practices and de-escalation both before and after they enter the classroom, and policymakers need to do their part by providing funding for adequate staffing and training.

The Texas State Board of Education is developing a process for vetting materials. Some advocacy groups are concerned the process will be politicized.

Some Texas public school teachers say they have to do side jobs in order to be able to live.

Thousands of retired public employees in Kansas have never seen an increase to their pension pay, and inflation is eating away the value of the those payments. Advocates argue the Legislature owes them a boost.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters is again taking aim at teachers’ unions, this time with the announcement of an Oklahoma State Department of Education public awareness campaign he says highlights teacher unions’ positions on issues.

Even though funding measures advocated for by 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout participants were stymied largely by Republican lawmakers, Oklahoma’s GOP is now authoring record-level education funding measures that include teacher raises, along with a slew of labor rights bills for educators. But the funding bills are far from a done deal — in fact, due to a disagreement in how those bills should operate, there could be no deal at all.