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A Humble, Texas kindergarten teacher was caught giving melatonin gummies to students in a special education class.

East Texas lost an educator this week, but his legacy is expected to live on for years to come.

A presidential candidate and pastor is defending the idea of putting chaplains in schools after a group of theologically progressive Christian chaplains and clergy of other religions wrote a letter urging Texas public school districts not to put volunteer or paid chaplains in their schools as a new Texas law allows them to do so.

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Dr. Isela Russell is a third-grade Spanish Immersion program teacher at Wellington Elementary in Lewisville ISD, where she has taught for the past four years of her 20-year education career.

Kerrville Independent School board trustees voted unanimously to approve an 18 percent decrease in the district’s tax rate while also adopting a balanced budget that includes pay raises for teachers

Florida schools saw an 8% decline in teacher vacancies heading into the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, The Daily Signal has learned.

Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. today announced Florida schools have 4,776 total teacher vacancies

Today, Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. announced Florida schools have 4,776 total teacher vacancies to begin the year, compared to 5,208 vacancies at the start of last school year. This is an 8% decline in teacher vacancies for the first day of school for the 2023-24 school year compared to the 2022-23 school year.

Riverbend High Schools new principal, who was appointed this summer, was previously the principal of Kotlik School in Alaska.