Wow! Let's Make the World More Beautiful, Rose Miao
Pattison Elementary, Katy ISD
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Agency News
November 20, 2009
The State Board of Education today gave preliminary approval to revisions to two high school graduation plans to bring them in line with the Recommended High School Program
November 20, 2009
The State Board of Education, at the recommendation of consultant NEPC and the Permanent School Fund staff, on Nov. 20 placed Goldman Sachs on a manager watch list.
November 20, 2009
AUSTIN – The State Board of Education Friday honored 11 Texas businesses, organizations and governmental entities for encouraging employees to volunteer in the state’s 8,000-plus public schools.
November 20, 2009
Commissioner Robert Scott today announced the nomination of 26 Texas public schools for the 2010 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition. The award honors schools for academic excellence and making significant progress in closing the achievement gap.
November 16, 2009
A North East ISD principal has won the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership.
November 13, 2009
The Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with Epsilen LLC, and The New York Times Company, today announced the creation of Project Share, a new initiative that will build a portal system to expand the development and delivery of high quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment and provide access to online resources, online course content, academic networking, and professional learning communities.
November 5, 2009
Accountability appeals changed the ratings of 19 school districts and 64 campuses, final results released today show. Seventy-eight percent of districts also earned Gold Performance Acknowledgments today.
November 1, 2009
The Texas Education Agency is seeking qualified attorneys to act as Independent Hearing Examiners in local school district employment hearings. Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. Dec. 1, 2009.
October 30, 2009
Yushica Walker, a sixth-grade science teacher at Morehead Middle School in the El Paso Independent School District, today was named the 2010 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year, and math and language arts teacher Donna Patrick of Southern Hills Elementary School in the Wichita Falls ISD was named the state's new Elementary Teacher of the Year.
October 27, 2009
With great anticipation, the announcement of the state's top elementary and secondary teacher will take place Friday at a special ceremony and luncheon at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in Austin.
October 23, 2009
Despite turbulence in financial markets worldwide, the Permanent School Fund, which is overseen by the State Board of Education, has rebounded to a value of almost $22 billion, up from $15.9 billion this spring.
October 22, 2009
A new report on dropout prevention and recovery called Achieving Graduation for All released today by the National Governors Association noted that Texas is implementing many of the necessary steps recommended to tackle the dropout problem.