Teachers
Texas public schools employ more than 320,000 teachers plus about 70,000 additional professional staff members such as principals, central office administrators and others. The Texas Education Agency provides a wide array of services that help educators do their jobs. Those functions include accrediting educator certification programs, issuing teaching certificates, distributing curriculum standards and textbooks and providing standardized student tests. This web portal attempts to bring together information educators need to function effectively and efficiently as they work with the state’s 4.7 million students.
Announcements
January 27, 2012
The State Board of Education today gave preliminary approval to revised curriculum standards for mathematics. It also approved a revised instructional materials adoption schedule.
January 25, 2012
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new automated system for ordering GED® certificates. GED test takers and certificate holders can now immediately download and print their official GED certificates - complete with test scores - by visiting http://www.texged.com. To further increase the level of customer service, local GED testing centers across the state will now be providing direct customer service, responding to, and supporting GED testing customers and will serve as the primary information resource for all GED test inquiries.
January 09, 2012
Commissioner Robert Scott today announced the nomination of 26 Texas public schools for the 2012 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition. The award honors schools for academic excellence and for significant progress in closing the achievement gap.
January 05, 2012
A new study called "Consolidated Report on Texas Education Service Centers" examines whether cost efficiencies are provided by the state's 20 regional education service centers. The report finds that the prices of ESC products and services were generally lower than alternate providers, creating savings for school districts and charter schools that used them.