State Board of Education members are hosting nine regional
meetings around Texas to gather input for the new Long-Range Plan for Public
Education that is being developed.
The next meetings are scheduled for Dec. 5 in Fort Worth and Dec. 6 in Dallas.
During
the meetings, participants will talk about the purpose and desired outcomes of
public education, as well as four broad topics. Those are:
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Educator preparation, recruitment, and retention
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Equity and access to and support for advanced courses,
funding and technology
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Student engagement and empowerment, including effectively
supporting all students and preparing students for postsecondary careers or the
work force
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Family engagement and empowerment
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The State Board of Education and the State Board for
Educator Certification on Jan. 31 will host a free one-day conference called Learning Roundtable: Recruiting, Preparing,
and Retaining Top Teachers.
The event will be held on the fourth floor of the
Austin Convention Center, thanks to generous facilities support from the TASA
Midwinter Conference.
The
keynote speakers are Doug Lemov, author of Teach
Like a Champion, and Peter Dewitt, author of Collaborative Leadership: Six
Influences that Matter Most.
The country’s largest educational endowment, the Texas Permanent School Fund, just got bigger. Figures released this month show that it has reached a new record high value.
As of Aug. 31, 2017 which is the end of the fiscal year, the Fund was valued at $41.44 billion (unaudited). Of that, $32.73 billion is managed by the State Board of Education and administered by the Texas Education Agency staff. The remaining $8.7 billion is managed by the School Land Board and administered by the General Land Office.
This newest value represents a total increase of $4.16 billion over the past year and means that the Fund is able to provide the largest annual payout ever to Texas public schools.
 The State Board of Education on Nov. 10 honored the winners of the National History Day contest. Pictured with SBOE member Geraldine “Tincy” Miller, left, and SBOE member Barbara Cargill, right, are (not listed in order) Stephen S. Cure of the Texas State Historical Association, Westley Sturhan of Highland Park ISD and Madeleine Broussard, Brandon Broussard, Havi Nguyen, Danielle Garcia, and Priscila Garcia of Goose Creek CISD.
The State Board of Education in November approved the first
state adopted instructional material for use in an ethnic studies course.
A Holocaust memoir called Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin at
Auschwitz, won the board’s approval. This book will be available for use in Texas
classrooms, beginning in fall 2018.
It was one of only two submissions received under
Proclamation 2018, which is the formal document calling for submissions. The
second submission, The Mexican American
Studies Toolkit, was not approved by the board.
.A summary of actions taken at the Nov. 10 State Board of Education meeting is now available.
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