Teachers

The House voted unanimously to approve a constitutional amendment to provide an ongoing cost of living adjustment to pensions of two, four or six percent. It would be based on the number of years since a teacher retired.

Friday, the House voted unanimously to approve a constitutional amendment to provide an ongoing cost of living adjustment to pensions of two, four or six percent.

We’ve all heard repeatedly about the shortage of teachers in the classroom. But what about a shortage of students? NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter looks at the problem in one important college department and how it’s just the beginning of a major issue for schools.

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There’s a crisis in the classroom when it comes to finding teachers, Monday 60 districts rented out the Esports Stadium in Arlington to find teachers, calling on people who don’t even have a background in education to help.

The school year may be starting to wind down, but school districts still are search for more teachers in the classroom. Schools have decided to join forces in a massive job fair bringing 60 school districts together with open minds for anyone with an interest in teaching.

Schools have decided to join forces in a massive job fair bringing 60 school districts together with open minds for anyone with an interest in teaching.

HBCUs play an outsize role in producing teachers of color in the U.S., where only 7% of teachers are Black, compared with 15% of students. Nearly half of all Black teachers nationwide are graduates of an HBCU.

Teachers experimenting with robots, plus storm chances return Wednesday.

A mother picking up her two kids from school suddenly went into labor and that’s when a Dallas ISD teacher stepped in to deliver the child. NBC 5’S Katy Blakey has the story.

Loren Carcamo arrived to Kleberg Elementary School ready to pick up her daughter when an unexpected surprise happened, her water broke.

While the Cotton Bowl pumps money into the local economy as football fans come to town for the Cotton Bowl Classic, the charity attached to the annual college football game raises around $500,000 for education and teachers.

While many schools look for teachers, Tioga ISD is laying them off during the holidays saying they just don’t have the money to pay the staff.

At a time when schools everywhere are desperately trying to find teachers any way they can, Tioga ISD is laying off educators, because they simply don’t have the money to pay them.

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The passed measure would ban library books that mention “gender fluidity.”

Two controversial policies are on the agenda in Keller ISD. The school board will consider arming teachers in the classroom and vote to ban any books that have LGBTQ content.

The Keller ISD Board Trustees is set to vote on authorizing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, and banning library books that mention “gender fluidity.”

The Keller Independent School District Board Trustees is set to vote on authorizing teachers and employees to carry guns in the classroom, and banning library books that mention “gender fluidity.”

You’ve heard schools talk about the dire need for teachers, well the Dallas ISD is actually narrowing it’s focus a bit more with a need for minority male teachers.