TCTA follows and compiles the latest news impacting teachers and other classroom personnel. We actively monitor and bring you the latest information from the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, the State Board for Educator Certification, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the U.S. Department of Education. We also include summaries of the latest news in the TCTA eUpdate newsletter.
SBOE reviews changes to social studies TEKS during special meeting
Feb 27, 2026
The State Board of Education held a special meeting Feb. 25, 2026, to discuss recommended changes to the K-12 social studies curriculum.
State Board of Education discusses reading lists, social studies curriculum
Jan 30, 2026
The State Board of Education met this week to discuss a new required vocabulary and reading list as well as upcoming changes to the social studies…
State Board of Education approves new certification rules
Apr 14, 2025
The State Board of Education met April 7-11 to discuss new rules for educator certification and updates to TEKS.
Education commissioner delivers remarks to State Board of Education
Jan 29, 2025
Commissioner Mike Morath spoke to the SBOE about the state of public education in Texas during their regular meeting.
Public input sought on TEA's proposed curriculum that includes religious content
Jun 6, 2024
TEA recently released thousands of pages of instructional materials in a proposed elementary school curriculum that drew immediate criticism from…
TEA switching main model for Reading Academies in July
Mar 16, 2023
After three years of implementing Reading Academies, required for all teachers in grades K-3, the Texas Education Agency is making some changes for…
New shift emerging in lesson planning: “internalizing” instead of designing
Sep 26, 2022
TCTA is seeing signs of a potentially major shift in the way teachers could be asked to approach lesson planning, and some classroom veterans are…
Spring STAAR exams will include new question types
Jul 28, 2022
STAAR tests will include non-multiple-choice questions that reflect the types of questions asked by educators in classrooms.
TEA releases new details about flexibility for Reading Academies in 2022-23
Jul 15, 2022
TEA has outlined new flexibility for K-3 Reading Academies for the 2022-23 school year.
Community efforts to ban books draw resistance from librarians
Apr 23, 2022
Orchestrated efforts to ban certain books deemed “pornographic” from school libraries across the country are being met with resistance by groups who…
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