A Travis County district judge ruled in May in favor of Texas Teachers of Tomorrow, granting the company’s request for a temporary injunction. The decision stops state education officials from moving forward with their case.
The company’s “entire business is at stake” should the state bring a case to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, according to court documents. But state auditors repeatedly found the company fell short of standards. It misled potential teachers with its advertising, did not support candidates with required mentors and failed to demonstrate that its training was based in research, according to a 2021 state report.
TEA staff also noted that the company did not prove that all candidates spent enough hours observing classroom settings as part of their training. Since the troubling audit, new leadership took over the Teachers of Tomorrow. Officials invested more than $6 million to upgrade its program, according to a statement.