Senate bill would provide state teaching materials, citing learning gaps and teacher burnout

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas Senate this week passed legislation that would provide standardized instructional materials from the Texas Education Agency to classroom teachers, citing lagging student proficiency and burnout among teachers."It's a landmark bill. It will be a cornerstone of our education reforms for this session," the bill's author Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, said. "We have many classrooms across Texas that are relying on outdated methods for, let's say, teaching reading and