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As Odessa Schools Struggle To Hire Teachers, A New Program Hopes To Put A Dent In The Region’s Educator Shortage
By Mitch Borden Summer vacation is in full swing across Texas. Families going on long trips. On hot days, kids heading to the pool with friends or are running down ice cream trucks to get a cool treat. But for … Continue reading
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Tagged ECISD, Ector County Independent School District, Ector County ISD, Odessa, Teacher Shortage
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To Keep An Odessa School From Closing, Ector County ISD Focuses On Improving Student Literacy
By Mitch Borden In Odessa, Blackshear Elementary Magnet is on its last leg. For years the state has said the struggling school needs to improve, and in 2018 the Texas Education Agency even gave the Permian Basin campus a failing … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackshear, Blackshear Elementary Magnet, Doctor Lilia Nanez, ECISD, Ector County Independent School District, Ector County ISD, El Super Lector, Improvement Required, Jaime Miller, literacy, Odessa, Oil Boom, Permian Basin, Phonics, Reading, School, Teacher Shortage
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New Scholarship Strives To Help Local Students Become Teachers In Odessa
By Mitch Borden In a new effort to address the teacher shortage in Ector County Independent School district — a new scholarship has been created to help fill hundreds of vacancies. Two organizations —The University of Texas Permian Basin and … Continue reading
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Tagged ECISD, education, Odessa Education Foundation, Scholarship, Teacher, UT Permian Basin
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