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News & Information Related to COVID-19
The following is a compilation of information and resources related to COVID-19 collected from state and federal sources, followed by a list of event changes/postponements/cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This page is updated daily. Also see our Remote...
2020 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award Winners Announced During TASA Toast to Teachers
TASA Executive Director Kevin Brown hosted a special, star-studded virtual event via Zoom Tuesday, May 5, for Texas' 2020 Regional Teachers of the Year and the finalists for H-E-B's Education in Excellence (EIE) Awards. During this live event, hosted in partnership...
2020-21 TASA President-Elect and Vice President Announced, Other Changes to Executive Committee
On March 27, 2020, the TASA Executive Committee ratified the election of Sunnyvale ISD Superintendent Doug Williams as 2020-21 TASA president-elect. He currently serves as the 2019-20 TASA vice president. The committee also elected Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Charles...
Executive Director’s Blog
Pivoting for COVID-19
In my 30-year career, I have never been prouder of public school educators as I am right now. My “family” here on the TASA staff is included in that assessment. Schools across our state and nation have completely redesigned learning systems from in-person to at-home,...
The Strength to Persevere
“Suffering teaches us gratitude. Normally we take love and friendship for granted. But in seasons of suffering we throw ourselves on others and appreciate the gifts that our loved ones offer. Suffering puts you in solidarity with others who suffer. It makes you more...
Those Who Can, Teach
During my last three years of college, I planned to be an attorney; I even worked for a law firm part time. But right before my senior year, everything changed for me. I had spent the summer working with kids as a camp counselor, and over the course of my final year,...
Press Releases
2020 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award Winners Announced During TASA Toast to Teachers
TASA Executive Director Kevin Brown hosted a special, star-studded virtual event via Zoom Tuesday, May 5, for Texas' 2020 Regional Teachers of the Year and the finalists for H-E-B's Education in Excellence (EIE) Awards. During this live event, hosted in partnership...
2019-20 Caudill Winners Announced
Dallas ISD, Georgetown ISD, Mansfield ISD, and Round Rock ISD have been selected to receive the 2019-20 Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for...
TASA Names Recipients of 2020 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship
TASA has named the 2020 recipients of its Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship, which the organization has awarded annually since 2014 to outstanding doctoral students pursuing careers in educational leadership, with particular emphasis on the superintendency. The recipients...
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