Consortium Provides Recommendations on Assessment / Accountability to State Commission
The Commission on Next-Generation Assessments and Accountability, created in 2015 by HB 2804 to “develop and make recommendations for new systems of student assessment and public school accountability,” met for the second time February 23, 2016. During one of three...
Video: 2016 Texas Superintendent of the Year Tells SBOE We Must Give Up the “Testing Game”
2016 Texas Superintendent of the Year Mary Ann Whiteker of Hudson ISD was invited to address the State Board of Education at its meeting January 29, 2016. Whiteker spoke of the Creating a New Vision for Public Education in Texas document created by the Public...
UIL to Host First-Ever Robotics Championships for Texas High Schools
In December 2015, the University Interscholastic League announced that it will host the first-ever UIL robotics pilot program to begin during the 2015-16 academic school year. The UIL Robotics State Championship will have two divisions, UIL Robotics: FIRST® Division...
Let’s Count Our Gains and Gather Strength from Our Supporters
The following is the President's Message from the winter 2015 issue of INSIGHT, the professional journal of the Texas Association of School Administrators: At times, it seems like public education is being set up to look bad … that others are questioning our values,...
Midway ISD Joins Makerspace Movement to Create Engaging Learning Environments
Midway ISD in Region 12, a Consortium Associate, or one of 80-plus school districts that partners with the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium and shares a mission of preparing future-ready students, has joined the “makerspace” movement, turning school libraries...
Roscoe Collegiate ISD Celebrates Opening of 21st Century Learning Facility
On October 26, 2015, Roscoe Collegiate ISD celebrated the grand opening of its new STEM Agricultural Research Center. Keynoting the event was Texas House Public Education Committee Chair Jimmie Don Aycock, who commented that the district’s P-20 model is accomplishing...
Friendswood ISD Opens High-Tech Library
In 2015, Friendswood ISD opened a new, high-tech library at Cline Elementary that features a green screen room for students to create videos, a 3D printer, a space for students to present wirelessly with iPads, and microscopes connected to a monitor, allowing students...
Education Reimagined Releases Learner-Centered Vision for U.S. Education
In September 2015, an exciting effort to reimagine education that began two years before went public when Education Reimagined released A Transformational Vision for Education in the U.S. The signatories to the vision include Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael...
Harlingen CISD Early College High School Ranked Among Top Schools in Nation
In September 2015, Newsweek ranked Early College High School in Harlingen CISD as one of the top high schools in the nation in its “Beating the Odds 2015” list, coming in at number 84 on the list of 500 public high schools across the United States for their...
A Decade of Progress Toward TASA’s Vision
The following is the Executive Director's Message from the summer 2015 issue of INSIGHT, the professional journal of the Texas Association of School Administrators: By the time the Texas Legislature convenes in January 2017, 10 years will have passed since the 35...