Portraits of the Texas Panhandle, Juan Carlos Ramirez
Caprock High School, Amarillo ISD
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Agency News
March 9, 2010
The next available live webcast of the State Board of Education meeting begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The agenda for the meeting is also available online. During Wednesday's meeting, the board will debate updates to the social studies curriculum standards. Information about the standards, as well as a list of those who have signed up to testify on this topic, is available at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=3643.
March 1, 2010
Texas is the first, and so far, only state to meet all the American Diploma Project’s five key college and career readiness measures, Achieve, a national bipartisan organization, announced today.
February 23, 2010
Texas' English language arts and mathematics college and career readiness standards are more comprehensive than the national Common Core College Readiness Standards, a new analysis released today found.
February 16, 2010
Gov. Perry and state legislative leaders in January 2010 asked each state agency to compile a list of state-funded programs that could be cut to produce a five percent budget reduction. Proposed budget cuts to the Texas Education Agency appropriations total about $135 million.
February 10, 2010
Texas was recognized today by the College Board as one of 20 states with the greatest percentage of students earning scores of three or higher on Advanced Placement (AP) exams.
February 8, 2010
A new side-by-side chart details the latest graduation requirements for students.
February 5, 2010
Ann Smisko, a recognized education leader, will return to the Texas Education Agency Feb. 16 as the associate commissioner for school support and improvement.
January 27, 2010
Li Boynton, a senior at Houston’s Bellaire High School, will be among the special guests joining First Lady Michelle Obama in her box tonight to watch the president deliver the State of the Union address.
January 26, 2010
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott gave a state of public education speech at the Texas Association of School Administrators Midwinter Conference.
January 26, 2010
Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced the next generation of student tests will be called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR. STAAR will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), the assessment program in effect since 2003.
January 25, 2010
A new report shows that Texas has the fourth highest graduation rate among states using National Governors Association methodology to calculate graduation rates.