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A student in math class. (credit: Getty Images/Christopher Furlong)

I-Team: Teachers Teaching Students How To Cheat?

Our CBS 11 I-Team found some North Texas teachers may actually be teaching their students how to cheat.

CBS 11–2013/04/25

These students were among the thousands at the Texas State Capitol on March 12, 2011 to protest budget cuts being made to public schools. (credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT/KTXA)

Texas Teachers Rally For Funding In Austin

Teachers across North Texas are not ready for their Spring Break vacations just yet. They are getting ready to march on Austin to fight for more money and better safety for their schools.

2013/03/11

Longer School Days On Horizon For DISD Teachers?

The DISD superintendent has a new plan for teachers that once again include longer workdays. Starting next school year, principals will decide for their campus, as to whether or not teachers will stay up to 30-minutes before or after school.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/03/06

A teacher assists a student in her third-grade class. (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

A License To Teach? North Texas Teacher Association Supports It

There is a new push to require teachers to carry a professional license as well as a certification.

CBS 11–2012/12/04

New Dallas schools Superintendent Mike Miles. (credit: DISD)

DISD To Discuss Shorter Teacher Workdays

The DISD board of trustees could decide on Thursday whether or not to scale back the workday for its teachers. The work schedule this year includes an extra 45 minutes.

2012/11/29

Before sitting in the Oval Office, many former presidents worked in the classroom as schoolteachers including John Adams, James Garfield, Chester Arthur and Lyndon Johnson.

DISD Teachers Say Longer Work Day Is Not Working

Dallas Independent School District teachers may be more ready than most workers for a holiday break.

CBS 11–2012/11/21

A teacher takes questions from his class. (credit: Chris Hondros/Newsmakers)

Hundreds Of Teacher Vacancies In Dallas ISD

Hundreds of Dallas classrooms don’t have full-time educators. Approximately 300 classroom teacher jobs remain unfilled.

CBS 11–2012/11/14

DISD Teacher Morale Addressed At Board Briefing

There is a consensus among many that the morale of teachers in the Dallas Independent School District is at an all-time low. The issue was a topic of discussion at Thursday’s DISD board briefing.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/11/08

Students in pre-kindergartner class enjoy reading a book. (credit: Wendy Carlson/Getty Images)

Residents Sound Off On DISD Vs. Charter Schools

It could have been a routine discussion at Dallas City Hall, but it wasn’t. The topic — whether to create a non-profit corporation so a public charter school could issue bonds.

2012/02/08

Some Former DISD Teachers Can’t Afford To Return To Work

Dallas ISD teachers were paid 15 percent of their salaries, up to $10,000, as part of cost-cutting incentives to get them to leave early. But now the district could use some of those teachers back to fill 230 positions.

2011/08/15