The Classroom Teacher, the award-winning quarterly magazine of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association, provides in-depth analysis of the issues that matter most to educators. Content includes:

legislative issues and outcomes by TCTA’s top-rated education lobby team
information on the implications of education policy at the local, state and federal levels
reports from TCTA’s Washington lobbyist
articles on common legal issues

The Survival Guide serves as the fall edition of The Classroom Teacher. Read it here.

Summer 2023

AI in the classroom | Legislative wrap-up | Meet Nydia Alvarez-Alonzo | How TIA works & More

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Spring 2023

Mental health matters | Mid-session legislative outlook | COLA for TRS | Meet 5 top teachers & More

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Winter 2022-23

Four-day school weeks | 88th Texas Legislature preview | Removing disruptive students & More

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Summer 2022

Tackling the teacher shortage | School safety | Tips from top teachers | Meet Eleanore Malone & More

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Spring 2022

SBEC's new rules for resignation | Efforts to ban books | School vouchers in 2022 elections & More

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Winter 2021-22

Complying with ‘critical race theory’ law | Reducing mandatory CPE | Student discipline laws & More

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Summer 2021

Options for teachers as pandemic persists | Meet TCTA State President Sherry Miller & More

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Spring 2021

Educators adapt amid challenges | Closed doors at the Capitol | Teacher Incentive Allotment & More

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Winter 2020-21

Texas lawmakers prepare to reconvene | Teaching in a pandemic | Social Security change ahead? & More

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Summer 2020

What will classrooms look like in 2020? | Teacher service records | Mental health matters & More

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Spring 2020

Remodeling the school year | David Walker's Arctic adventure | TRS changes | Contract rules & More

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