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UD’s Elizabeth Griffin Smith: Home-schoolers ‘adjust to college level work well’
Homeschooled students adjust to college life similarly to traditional students, a University of Dallas enrollment official said.
Home-schooled students 'thrive in our diverse classrooms' at Houston's College of Biblical Studies
As parents consider education alternatives for their children due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have chosen full-time home schooling, and several Texas colleges and universities are already prepared for these students.
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ROCKWALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: It’s Snowing at Springer Elementary!
Springer Elementary students, staff, parents and community members recently participated in a PTA
Texas education association to honor retiring principals
Sunset is drawing near for a number of educators that will vacate their profession for greener pastures at the end of this school year.
Billings: schools should better use assessments, adopt asynchronous learning for student progress
Leveraging under-used assessments and embracing "asynchronous learning" can help students perform better in changing learning environments, a science and technology innovator said in an Education Daily Wire op-ed piece published late last year.
STAAR testing returns but requirements weakened
Although standardized testing has returned to Texas schools after it was suspended last year due to the pandemic, the requirements of the test have been lowered, including the test accountability components for grade promotions.
Report: Requiring standardized testing online could cost Texas school systems millions
Requiring all state public school students to take a standardized test online by 2022 could cost local school districts millions of dollars, the Texas Tribune reported, citing a report from the Texas Education Agency.
TEPSA Summer Conference goes virtual
This year's TEPSA Summer Conference will be held virtually on Wednesday, June 16 and Friday, July 2.
ALEDO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: School Board Recognition Month: Board President Hoyt Harris
January is School Board Recognition Month, and we are excited to recognize our Aledo ISD Trustees throughout the month!
ALEDO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: School Board Recognition Month: Trustee Jennifer Taylor
January is School Board Recognition Month, and we are excited to recognize our Aledo ISD Trustees throughout the month!
ALEDO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: January 14: Bearcat Blast E-Newsletter
bearcats play for 10th state title, face crosby in class 5a division ii state championship game friday
Texas Homeschool Coalition introduces THSC Watchmen
The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) has introduced three homeschool graduates who will serve as state legislative analysts and lobbyists, working with the legislature on behalf of the families whose children are homeschooled in the state of Texas.
TEPSA asks community to become 'better together'
The Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) is asking that we head into 2021 looking at the ways we can become "better together."
District court thwarts bid to remove Houston ISD board
An effort to remove the Houston ISD School Board was overruled in district court, a result that drew the approval of the Houston Federation of Teachers which represents the district’s educators.
OP-ED: Education innovations are coming fast
The COVID-19 crisis has changed many aspects of American society, and perhaps none more than public education. While more than 56 million students should be enrolled in the nation’s public and private K-12 schools, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, huge numbers of those students in every state are still being forced to learn from home.
Dr. Roger Billings, Chairman, Acellus Learning System Dec 30, 2020
TEA pauses A-F ratings for 2020-2021 school year
This year, the A-F ratings will be paused, according to the Texas Education Agency, which also said STAAR testing will continue for the school year, but to help asses individual student learning to help them grow.
Texas AFT disagrees with TEA's reasoning to use STAAR testing
This year, STAAR testing won't be used for the A-F rankings, the Texas Education Agency said, but Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) remains concerned on whether or not the tests will be administered as all.
TSTA asks TEA to cancel STAAR testing
The Texas State Teachers Association has written a letter asking the Texas Education Agency to cancel STAAR testing instead of using it to measure the impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on education, which adds more stress to parents and students.
STAAR testing protocol still on, Teachers for Texas director says 'it is almost certain that the students will do exceptionally poorly' on tests this year
The A-F ratings of schools have been suspended for the school year by the TEA, but the academic accountability ratings of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) requirement will continue, according to a Texas Education Agency (TEA) press release.
Expert urges educators to continue with rigor in distance learning
An education expert suggests focusing on rigor, expectations, scaffolding and demonstration of learning when working on the logistics of remote learning.