TIVA Summer Professional Development Conference
July 12-16, 2010
Omni by the Galleria, Houston
Mark your calendars!
President Obama’s State of the Union Address
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills
Listed below is the 1/4/10 summary of enrolled instructors by state for the 2010 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills. Contact John Morse to find both enrolled and non-enrolled instructors by name. Ford AAA will continue to process enrollments as long as we see activity for the next few days.
ILS Writing Contest Rules and the Topic for 2009-2010
1/25/2010: 2010 Iota Lambda Sigma Writing Contest
Amendments to Curriculum Requirements
Click here to read full January 25, 2010, TEA Correspondence: Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 74. Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter E, Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2004-2005, and Subchapter F, Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2007-2008
STAAR to replace TAKS
TEA Press Release - January 26, 2010
AUSTIN – Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced today that 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), which is the criterion-reference assessment program that has been in place since 2003.
TEA CTE Announcement: Funding Available for PLTW
1/22/10: Funding available to schools for Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering implementation support
SBOE Gives Final Approval to Graduation Plan Changes...
AUSTIN – The State Board of Education on Friday gave final approval to changes in the state’s graduation plans, including reversing a plan to phase out the Integrated Physics and Chemistry (IPC) course for the Recommended High School Program. Members approved dozens of amendments to the draft social studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum standards and will continue that review process in March.
