College and Career Readiness, Latest News
On May 5, 2017, 27 of 28 members of the Roscoe Collegiate ISD (RCISD) senior class graduated from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas, with associate degrees — two weeks before they crossed the high school graduation stage in Roscoe. Already a state and national...
College and Career Readiness, Digital Learning, Latest News
Willis ISD, a Consortium Associate district, will break ground in spring 2017 on a new Career and Technology Education Center building that will provide space, classrooms, labs, and upgraded equipment that will help enhance and grow 20 courses in 16 career directions,...
College and Career Readiness, Community-Based Accountability, Digital Learning, HPLS, Latest News, Multiple Assessments, Organizational Transformation
The Texas High Performance Schools Consortium, a group of 22 school districts charged with informing the governor, Texas Legislature, State Board of Education, and commissioner of education on methods for improving student learning in Texas public schools, has...
Digital Learning, Latest News
In 2016-17, Beeville ISD, a Consortium Associate district, became the first Texas school district to make computer science a requirement for all 3,500 students at its six campuses. To do that, the district needed to teach its teachers first. It formed a one-year...
College and Career Readiness, Latest News
The following opinion piece was written by HD Chambers, superintendent of Alief ISD, and Joe Arnold, senior government affairs manager for BASF Corp. and chair of the workforce development committees of the Texas Association of Manufacturers and Texas Chemical...