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Less than a third of $18 billion in aid has been used so far, with two years left to spend it.
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Texas schools have long had too few teachers. The pandemic made the situation worse — but issues like low pay, poor benefits and polarizing statewide politics all have an impact, too.
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The switch to four-day school weeks is popular among smaller school districts that don’t always have the finances to attract or retain teachers with pay increases.
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In cities across the country, teachers are almost always in demand. And amid the so-called “Great Resignation,” that may be truer now than ever. Until school starts in August, it’s impossible to know exactly how many teachers Texas will be in need. But some Dallas instructors suspect a higher-than-typical number of their colleagues won’t return to class this fall.
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Campuses won’t be warned ahead of time about the “random intruder detection audits.”
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The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer.
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A pandemic waiver allowing parents and guardians to pick up free meals from schools expired at the end of this school year in Texas. Some are now concerned fewer students will have access to nutritious food over the summer.
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For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests. But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a “not rated” label.
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The National Education Association continues to search for salaries for new teachers, while in Texas the pay for experienced educators is stagnant.
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The policy sidelines educators, often for two school years, at a time when districts are already struggling to keep teachers in the classrooms.