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The Frank R. Kemerer Award Recipient: Elisa Murillo
TASSP and ED311 are proud to present this year’s Frank R. Kemerer award to Elisa Murillo of Highlands High School in San Antonio. The Frank R. Kemerer award recognizes an outstanding high school social studies teacher in Texas, and it is named for Dr. Frank Kemerer, a...
Districts Can Now Apply for COVID Relief Funds
The Texas Education has announced that districts and open-enrollment charter schools (school systems) in Texas may apply to receive their allocation of the $11.2 billion appropriated to the State of Texas for public education purposes under the American Rescue Plan...
Dallas ISD and a New Discipline Policy
Texas’ second largest school district is on track to also become one of our most progressive in terms of disciplinary action. Dallas ISD is moving towards rewriting its school discipline code to end discretionary suspensions for minor things like disruption and...
US Department of Education to Allocate $81 Million to Texas to Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced today plans to distribute $800 million to help support the needs of students experiencing homelessness under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief – Homeless Children and Youth...
Compensatory Services Strategies in Three Steps
Parents, extended school year, and legal knowledge are key From our partner organization PresenceLearning The impact of school closures upon students may well be an issue for years to come. The Biden administration has approved a new round of support in the American...
State Leadership Announces Funding for Texas School Systems to Support In-Person Instruction
From the Office of the Texas Governor website.... March 4, 2021 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced today that the State of Texas will provide a "hold harmless" to Texas school systems for the rest of the...
Mike Morath’s STAAR Announcements Are Disappointing
Mike Morath announced that students learning remotely will not have to take the STAAR this school year. This is to accommodate families who are concerned by the health implications of sending their children to campus to participate in the test. Because the STAAR...
TEA Announces Pre-K Learning Solution to Support Texas Schools with In-Person and Remote Instruction
The Texas Education Agency today announced the next set of instructional materials – a full suite of resources and tools for prekindergarten – that will be made available to school systems through the Texas Home Learning 3.0 (THL 3.0) initiative. Like other THL 3.0...
Give Them What They Need
Virtual learning is rough, but some help is on the way from federal dollars through the CARES Act and Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. Granted, the CARES Act funds will help all 1200 plus Texas school districts by reimbursing money already spent on laptops, tablets,...