Texas schools are hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope the state will pay to prepare them.

Texas schools are hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope the state will pay to prepare them.

When Texas lawmakers passed legislation in 2015 that created a pathway for public schools to hire more teachers without formal classroom training, one goal was to make the profession more attractive to individuals from different paths who could offer hands-on learning to students. Some school administrators made it clear they intended to place these so-called … Read more

10 Charts That Explain How Schools Have Grown Less Violent Since COVID

At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement — after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 prompted nationwide outrage over police brutality — education leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, removed campus cops from schools. Similar actions swept the country: Dozens of districts cut ties with the police, … Read more