Congressional committee to discuss federal education budget
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce is scheduled to meet tomorrow, April 29, at 9 a.m. CST for a hearing entitled “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal for the...
View ArticleTEA announces details of teacher evaluation pilot, submits plan to USDE for...
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced today that it has submitted its formal plan for a new teacher evaluation system to the U.S. Department of Education. Through Secretary Arne Duncan, the...
View ArticleATPE expresses concern over teacher evaluation plans during House committee...
The House Public Education Committee held an interim hearing yesterday, May 14, to discuss the state’s new plans for teacher and principal evaluations and other issues relating to teacher quality. The...
View ArticleATPE officers make the rounds in D.C.
Things were certainly heated in Washington, D.C. last week—June 16–19—as ATPE State President Ginger Franks, Vice President Richard Wiggins, Executive Director Gary G. Godsey and Governmental Relations...
View ArticleCommissioner requests extension of NCLB waiver and time for teacher...
Texas Commissioner of Education Michael Williams has written to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting an extension of time for piloting a new teacher evaluation system. In doing so,...
View ArticleAt ATPE’s request, Texas congressmen ask U.S. DOE for NCLB waiver extension
As previously reported on Teach the Vote, members of the ATPE staff and state officers recently met with several members of the Texas congressional delegation in Washington and asked them to support...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Oct. 2, 2015
October and the weekend have arrived! Here are education stories that made the news this week. The U.S. Department of Education granted Texas an extension of its ESEA/NCLB waiver, but the state faces a...
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A week of education-related hearings in Washington, D.C.
It was a busy week for education in Washington, D.C., as Congress held four hearings on a variety of topics. Two of those hearings were dedicated to oversight as the Department of Education (ED)...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: March 11, 2016
Happy Friday! Here’s a recap of this week’s news: ELECTION UPDATE: The latest on recounts from the March 1 primaries Education news from D.C. ATPE submits input on proposed rules for pre-K grants The...
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