Houston ISD began the 2025-26 school year with about 1 in 4 teachers uncertified, an increase from the previous year, district records show. Nearly 2,500 out of HISD's 10,200 teachers were uncertified ...

More than half of new Texas classroom teachers who joined the profession last year lacked certification. Education leaders ...

Houston Independent School District laid off 160 uncertified teachers and 54 staff members as part of “staff leveling” efforts “to align teachers with student enrollment,” according to a district ...

Across Texas, 1 in 6 teachers didn't return to teach in 2024-25. In Houston ISD, it was nearly 1 of 3. The state's largest school district had a turnover rate of 32.2% compared with the statewide ...

Since its takeover, HISD has seen state-appointed leadership, high teacher turnover, improved test scores and lots of ...

Michelle Williams, a Houston ISD teacher and the leader of the Houston Education Association, speaks at a school board meeting in August 2025. The Houston ISD school board voted to fire Michelle ...