The Greater Houston Partnership and Good Reason Houston held a discussion moderated by Bob Harvey, CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership, about public education and the upcoming 88th legislative session. [...]
The Texas Education Agency announced the release of the 2020 Annual Report and School Year 2019-20 Pocket Edition. The Agency’s Annual Report promotes the progress and advancements taking place in Texas’s more than [...]
Governor Greg Abbott delivered his State of the State on February 1st pointing out five areas that he would declare as emergency items: Expanding Broadband Access, Discourage Cities from Defunding [...]
On February 3, Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona testified before the Senate Education Committee for his confirmation hearing. For almost three hours lawmakers engaged with Mr. Cardona on a variety [...]
House Democrats hosted a press conference to call for fully funding schools and cancelling the STAAR test. This comes after it was mandated that students take the STAAR test in [...]
The Comptroller’s office certified the 2020 Property Value Study (PVS) preliminary findings to the commissioner of education on Jan. 29, 2021, and published them on its PVS webpage. March 10, [...]
The State Board of Education met on January 26 to adopt operating rules and to announce committee jurisdiction changes and committee memberships. Spotlight on Committee Jurisdiction Changes Committee on Instruction [...]
The State Board of Education met on January 29 to take up several items. Items discussed include curriculum requirements, the Permanent School Fund, and revisions to SBOE rules. The agenda [...]