Governor Greg Abbott has announced 152 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling over $54 million have been awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to public community, state, [...]
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 (TEA) has published the results of the Extracurricular and Cocurricular (ECC) Student Activity Accountability Indicator Study as directed by House Bill 22. In the executive summary, [...]
The Texas Education Agency has sent a letter notifying school administrators of updates related to the 2023 A–F accountability system refresh including cut scores scaling resources, and intent to submit [...]
The House Committee on Public Education interim report to the 88th Legislature covers education impact from Texas-Mexico border migration, parent’s role in education, promotion of postsecondary and career readiness, recommendations [...]
The Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans interim report to the 88th Legislature covers school safety, mental health, social media, police training, and firearm safety. For more information see [...]
The State Board for Educator Certification met on December 9, 2022, to take up discussion on a variety of items including proposed revisions and amendments to TAC, discussion of Educator [...]
The Texas Commission on Virtual Education met on November 30, 2022, to discuss the draft report of recommendations of statutory changes regarding virtual education. An archive of the meeting can [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tori Lee and Marisela Nava to the Texas Early Learning Council for terms set to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The Texas Early [...]
The State Board of Education met on November 18, 2022, to hear TEA Commissioner Mike Morath’s comments, take up discussion of legislative recommendations, and proposed revisions to 19 TAC. An [...]