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After two years of hell, Texas teachers are burned-out, angry, tired—and sounding the alarm about public education.

STAAR testing adds pressure to final weeks as frantic Texas school year nears end Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  , our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After a tumultuous year that has seen students falling behind and teachers simultaneously conducting classes remotely and in person, Texas public schools face a pressurized final six weeks full of standardized testing and makeup assignments. Keren Jackson, a high school English teacher in the San Marcos Independent School District, has until April 30 to offer extra-credit projects or assignmen...

Although millions of students continue to learn remotely, the state is expecting them to take STAAR tests in person in school buildings this spring. Credit: Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After a tumultuous year that has seen students falling behind and teachers simultaneously conducting classes remotely and in person, Texas public schools face a pressurized final six weeks full of standardized testing and makeup assignments. Keren Jackson, a high school Engli...

After a tumultuous year that has seen students falling behind and teachers simultaneously conducting classes remotely and in person, Texas public schools face a pressurized final six weeks full of standardized testing and makeup assignments. Keren Jackson, a high school English teacher in the San Marcos Independent School District, has until April 30 to offer extra-credit projects or assignments to students who failed classes during the fall semester. She also has to spend several school days during the next month administering the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness to her stude...