The educators are tasked with developing recommendations to improve Texas schools ahead of the next legislative session.

Abbott on Tuesday announced the launch of the Texas Classroom Commission, made up of current and former teachers, to identify ...

Texas' top education official offered a grim assessment of students' math skills, emphasizing that COVID disruptions linger - even for the children who weren't in public school when campuses shut down ...

Texas students gained ground in math and social studies on spring 2026 STAAR tests, but reading results stayed largely flat, TEA reported.

Special education enrollment in Texas public schools is increasing, even as overall statewide enrollment is expected to decline, according to a recent annual report from the Texas Education Agency ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class are multitude. I can tell you the story of how math instruction is failing ...

A 2025 statewide survey of Texas public school teachers found fewer than half of responding educators felt adequately prepared to enter the classroom when their careers began. About two-thirds of the ...

Both the state as a whole and Dallas ISD made gains in math, and middle schoolers gained ground in reading. But fewer than half of third graders tested on grade level in reading ...