Topic: Texas Education Agency

AFT Convention 2024: Progress Is Possible, Not Guaranteed

Publish Date: August 2, 2024

Top: AFT convention delegates and guests listen to Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, July 25. Photo by Marco Guajardo, Texas AFT. Bottom: Scenes from the four days of convention programming at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Photos by Mariana Krueger, CCR Studios. This past week, Texas AFT welcomed the 88th biennial national AFT Convention to Houston....

SBOE Preview: New Charter Schools up for Consideration

Publish Date: July 5, 2024

June 28, 2024: Religious Freedom Fight

Publish Date: July 1, 2024

The Growing Financial Strain of Charter School Expansion on Texas Public Schools

Publish Date: June 27, 2024

SBOE Preview: New Charter Schools up for Consideration

Publish Date: June 20, 2024

June 14, 2024: The Future of Our Schools

Publish Date: June 16, 2024

What STAAR Scores Actually Measure: Beyond the Classroom

Publish Date: June 14, 2024

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released data on high school STAAR test results, showing an improvement in students’ performance on English II but remaining largely stagnant from the prior year and still catching up to pre-COVID levels. The Austin American-Statesman reported that, “Students who met grade level for the English I test remained at 54% this year, while the students...