HISD has cause for celebration this week, as a district record three schools have made the state final in boys basketball, something that has never been done in the district’s long history.

KPRC 2 has obtained a new list from the Texas Education Agency that contains the names of 60 new Texas educators who are currently under investigation in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts.

The court date has been moved once again for the man police believe is responsible for taking multiple teacher certification tests in a statewide cheating scandal.

Many might be wondering why wasn’t anyone thinking of the children when they conducted this million-dollar teaching certificate scheme; or what are the children thinking about all this?

A growing teacher certification scandal continues to shake the Texas education system. Nearly 40 educators reportedly worked in Houston-area school districts.

The last of five suspects charged in connection to a yearslong Houston-based cheating scandal, involving hundreds of unqualified teachers getting certified to teach at schools statewide, turned herself in Monday.

Darian Wilhite is one of the five people named in an investigation where hundreds of unqualified educators faked their credentials and were able to teach at various local schools.

A once-respected head of a boy's basketball coach and two assistant principals are at the center of helping hundreds of teachers slip through the cracks and teach at various local schools in exchange for money.

Two of the three Houston ISD employees who were charged in connection to a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts have bonded out of jail.

The man accused of taking hundreds of certification exams in a statewide teacher certification cheating scandal has had his court date moved to Friday.

Houston Independent School District is grappling with a massive scandal as three of its staff members have been arrested in connection with a million-dollar teacher certification fraud.

Vincent Grayson was the head basketball coach at a high school in the state's largest school district.

Five people were charged in connection with the scheme. Investigators say aspiring teachers would pay for help cheating in the certification test.

Nicholas Newton, a former assistant principal at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston ISD, appeared in court facing charges of engaging in organized criminal activity as part of a teacher certification exam cheating scheme

Vincent Grayson was said to have an impact on the basketball court at Booker T. Washington High School but his reputation now lies in limbo after being named the ringleader in a million-dollar cheating scandal.

Residents share their reactions after learning that 200 unqualified teachers slipped through the cracks in a cheating scandal. Many of the perpetrators charged (including the alleged kingpin) were Houston ISD educators.

Step-by-step process: How alleged $1M Houston-based cheating scheme worked.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced criminal charges Monday against five people accused of participating in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts.

A coach at Houston Independent School District has been identified as the “Kingpin” in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced criminal charges Monday against five people accused of participating in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts.

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“It’s nothing we aren’t used to,” HISD athletic director Andre Walker said. “We have done this many times before in HISD, but it’s just been different teams. Now it’s Booker T. Washington’s turn. The district really feeds off what basketball is doing right now, and I hope to be making this drive to State in a few months with soccer.”

HOUSTON – Vincent Grayson’s father always told him that good things come to those who wait – “just be patient young lad and your time will come.”