New enforcement role at Texas Education Agency looks into educator misconduct

Making sure the more than 5.5 million students in public schools across Texas have a safe learning environment will now fall on Levi Fuller.

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Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

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TEA warns of state takeovers for “encouraging” student protests

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Texas college completion rises, low-income students left behind

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Houston ISD has released a list of community partners that are sponsoring the district’s lowest-rated campuses as part of state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles’ new “Houston Promise” initiative to improve struggling schools.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/10/16/533599/hisd-houston-promise-mike-miles-low-rated-schools-business-sponsorships/

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Student no longer at Texas State after mocking Charlie Kirk

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Education Commissioner Mike Morath warned last week that educators who "posted and/or shared reprehensible and inappropriate content on social media" could face suspension or revocation of their teaching certificates.

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Democrats say recent changes to a bill that would replace the STAAR test give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/27/529558/texas-house-democrats-frustration-with-staar-bill-highlights-divide-over-how-new-test-should-look/

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The Texas Education Agency is releasing long-delayed A-F ratings for the 2023-24 school year, along with ratings for 2024-25, for more than 9,000 campuses and 1,200 school districts statewide.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/15/528743/tea-releases-last-two-years-of-a-f-school-ratings-heres-how-to-find-your-campus/

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When the Texas Education Agency releases its latest A-F ratings next week for schools across the state, Houston ISD leaders say the district will have no F-rated campuses. Two years earlier, HISD had 56 failing schools.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2025/08/06/528102/houston-isd-reports-remarkable-transformation-in-forthcoming-state-accountability-ratings-for-2024-25/

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