More than a third of new Texas teachers hired last year were uncertified, TEA says

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More than a third of new Texas teachers hired last year were uncertified, TEA says
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Forty-nine thousand teachers were hired across Texas public schools during the 2023-24 school year. More than a third of them were uncertified, an all-time high

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"The proliferation of uncertified teachers in Texas schools is detrimental to student learning, student safety, and teacher morale," Holly Eaton, the Does it impact the education system in our schools? The quick answer is yes," Ken Zarifis, the president of Education Austin, the teachers' union for Austin Independent School District, said. "But it's a crisis that we've designed by the legislature and our Governor to defund public education."

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