Education
Texas AFT meets with Houston-area school leaders on how to address teacher shortage
Posted on · Many local school districts have been facing challenges with filling teacher shortages and retaining the current teachers they have.
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Education
‘They are not naive about the reality’: New Texas teachers enter a field in crisis
Posted on · "I have to do what’s best for me. And if I cannot live reasonably with being a teacher, I will have to leave this profession as others are right now.”
Education
As school year approaches, administrators scramble to help short-staffed Texas campuses
Posted on · Few schools have been able to keep up with the recent wave of teacher resignations.
Houston Matters
Hospital price transparency, and Chris Redd of SNL (Aug. 11, 2022)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Why Texas hospitals are still not complying with federal price transparency rules. What's being done to address the teacher shortage. And SNL's Chris Redd explains how therapy made him a better comedian.
Education
Teachers in Fort Bend ISD are facing extreme pressures as staffing shortages continue
Posted on · “I get at least three to five calls a week of teachers in tears, saying ‘I'm done, I can't do this anymore,” said Glenda Guzman Macal, president of Fort Bend AFT.
Education
The Pandemic’s Toll On Educators Has Made Texas’ Teacher Shortage Worse
Posted on · Teachers report being spread thin by the demands of remote learning and exhausted by the constant health concerns.
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Houston’s Cold Snap, Teacher Supply & Demand, Sports Monday: Houston Matters for Monday, January 6, 2014
Posted on · You may have heard – it’s cold out there in Houston today. We’re not expected to rise above forty degrees, and we can expect another bitterly cold night. On this edition of Houston Matters, we’ll welcome your questions about Houston’s coldest days, and all other things meteorological in nature for Frank Billingsley, KPRC’s Chief Meteorologist. […]