Texas Education Agency Pauses A-F Ratings For 2020-21 School Year
STAAR testing will proceed so parents and educators continue to understand what students have learned this year, and to gauge the impact of the pandemic on education
TEA Announces Pre-K Learning Solution to Support Texas Schools with In-Person and Remote Instruction
AUSTIN, Texas – November 19, 2020 – The Texas Education Agency today announced the next set of instructional materials – a full suite of resources and tools for prekindergarten – that will be made available to school systems through the Texas Home Learning 3.0 (THL 3.0) initiative. Like other THL 3.0 offerings, these instructional materials are optional, customized for Texas, and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what students should know and be able to do.
TEA Announces Additional Innovative Learning Solutions for K-12 English and Spanish, and K-5 Science to Support Schools Across Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – October 5, 2020 – The Texas Education Agency today announced the next set of instructional materials – covering K-12 English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR), K-5 Spanish Language Arts and Reading (SLAR), and K-5 Science – that will be made available to school systems through the Texas Home Learning 3.0 (THL 3.0) initiative. Like other THL 3.0 offerings, these instructional materials are optional, digitized, customized for Texas, and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what students should know and be able to do.
TEA Updates Pandemic School Funding Formula
To be eligible for full funding, school districts must offer in-person instruction to families that desire it
26 Texas Public Schools Receive 2020 National Blue Ribbon Honors
All campuses nominated by TEA in February were awarded this prestigious designation
AUSTIN, Tex. – September 24, 2020 -- The United States Department of Education (USDE) announced today that 26 Texas Public Schools received 2020 national Blue Ribbon honors.
DSHS and TEA Launch Webpage with COVID-19 Case Data Reported by Texas Public Schools
Reported cases represent less than half-a-percent of students who have returned to campus
TEA Launches First Set of Innovative Learning Solutions for K-12 Math to Support Schools Across Texas
Next phase of Texas Home Learning 3.0 will reach millions of Texas public school students
A Signature Part of HB 3, in its Inaugural Year, the Teacher Incentive Allotment Will Benefit More than 3,600 Texas Teachers
26 Texas School Districts will generate nearly $40 million dollars in additional funding
AUSTIN, Texas — August 25, 2020 — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today announced the first 26 districts approved for a Local Designation System as part of the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA).
Joint Statement from TEA and DSHS on Creation of COVID-19 Data Tracking System for Texas Public Schools
“The Texas Education Agency (TEA) in collaboration with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) today announced a new tracking system to monitor and report confirmed COVID-19 cases in public schools across Texas. School systems report COVID-19 cases to DSHS, and DSHS will publicly report data on COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in schools starting in September.