NORTH TEXAS – The Texas Education Agency has identified more than 100 educators who are under investigation for allegedly cheating on certification exams. Fifty of them are from districts in North ...

HOUSTON – Texas prosecutors have filed felony charges against five people in an elaborate teacher certification cheating scandal, leading to hundreds of teachers in classrooms throughout the state, ...

Jibreel Kales, a five-year-old student at Lakeshore Elementary in Atascocita, was left outside on the school playground before wandering into traffic on October 28, 2025. Read full article: ‘How do ...

As Texas faces a shortage of certified teachers, University of Houston researchers are at the forefront of developing a strong, sustainable teacher workforce — backed by a $1 million grant from the ...

New research shows that students lose out on months of learning amid a surge in uncertified teachers across Texas. The analysis out of Texas Tech University's College of Education reviews student ...

Teacher certification in Texas was an issue heavily addressed in the major piece of legislation, House Bill 2, passed during the previous legislative session. Out of all the new teachers hired in ...

A teacher certification scandal is rocking the Houston area, according to a statement by Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on Monday. The scheme involved hundreds of teachers taking false ...

Five people have been charged for their involvement in the $1 million teacher certification scam in Texas. The Texas educational community continues to reel from the teacher certification scam that ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement with the Texas Education Agency over a 2022 complaint that accused the latter of not providing appropriate accommodations to a teacher taking a ...

Houston school district employees have been charged for their alleged involvement in a criminal venture that helped hundreds of aspiring teachers cheat on certification exams. Three Houston ...

A probe into a cheating scandal involving Texas teachers and their credentials is expanding in North Texas. We first reported on the scandal last fall, where educators in Houston were accused of ...

Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Students are losing out on months of learning as Texas becomes more reliant on uncertified teachers to fill vacancies, according to new research. A study by Texas ...