{"id":298645,"date":"2026-06-06T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298645\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:54:25","slug":"ut-tyler-jacksonville-isd-partner-to-enrich-district-educational-opportunities-partnership-addresses-teacher-shortage-across-region-and-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298645\/","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler, Jacksonville ISD Partner to Enrich District Educational Opportunities Partnership addresses teacher shortage across region and state\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123422 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UT-Tyler-Jacksonville-ISD-MOU-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/>TYLER, Texas (June 5, 2026) \u2013 The University of Texas at Tyler has partnered with Jacksonville Independent School District to provide discounted tuition rates for district employees wishing to\u00a0 pursue advanced degrees at UT Tyler.<\/p>\n<p>The university remains focused on teacher education and how its School of Education can help\u00a0 address the teacher shortage in East Texas and across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcoming Jacksonville ISD into our education partnership network reinforces our mutual\u00a0 commitment to advancing educational excellence throughout East Texas,\u201d said UT Tyler President\u00a0 Julie V. Philley, MD.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership also strengthens the district by making educational opportunities more affordable\u00a0 and accessible for its administrators and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a UT Tyler alum, I\u2019m excited for this partnership with the university. Furthering our employees\u2019\u00a0 education affects not only their personal lives but enhances their ability to continue to impact\u00a0 students,\u201d said Jacksonville ISD Superintendent Brad Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>UT Tyler will work with the district to offer an accelerated master\u2019s degree in educational leadership\u00a0 with principal certification, as well as special opportunities for other graduate degrees. These\u00a0 programs are offered 100% online to accommodate working professionals. For additional\u00a0 information, visit uttyler.edu.<\/p>\n<p>This mission of the Jacksonville Independent School District, in partnership with students, family\u00a0 and community, is to ensure a quality education by maintaining high expectations and providing a\u00a0 safe learning environment while developing citizens who are lifelong learners in an ever-changing,\u00a0 competitive world.<\/p>\n<p>With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT\u00a0 Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 11,500 students.\u00a0 Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has\u00a0 unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent\u00a0 patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News &amp; World\u00a0 Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TYLER, Texas (June 5, 2026) \u2013 The University of Texas at Tyler has partnered with Jacksonville Independent School&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-298645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}