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Schools hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope Texas will pay to prepare them.

The Texas Tribune When Texas lawmakers passed legislation in 2015 that created a pathway for public schools to hire more teachers without formal classroom training, one goal was to make the profession more attractive to individuals from different paths who could offer hands-on learning to students. Some school administrators made it clear they intended to

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Bexar County over voter registration outreach effort

The Texas Tribune Bexar County officials moved forward Tuesday with a plan to mail county residents voter registration forms, defying Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s threat to use “all available legal means” to quash the effort. Paxton followed through Wednesday morning, filing a lawsuit in a state district court in Bexar County that seeks an

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More TV opportunities are helping fuel the rapid growth of women’s college volleyball

AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Just watch us once and you’ll be hooked. That is the message women’s college volleyball programs kept delivering as their sport went relatively unnoticed, struggling to find a television home amid the flurry of football games dominating screens each fall. “It was an accessibility issue, not necessarily a passion

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AP Player of the Week: Arizona’s McMillan records first 300-yard receiving game since ’22 Rose Bowl

The inaugural Associated Press national player of the week in football for Week 1 of the season: Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona McMillan, an AP first-team preseason All-American, set the school record with 304 yards receiving and tied another with four touchdown catches in the Wildcats’ 61-39 win over New Mexico. It was the first 300-yard receiving

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