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2024-25 EoSA Caudill Winners Announced
Six Texas school districts have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by TASA and the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify excellence in...
2025 TASA Executive Committee Elections Underway
The election process for TASA Executive Committee positions representing odd-numbered regions is underway. Seven members who are eligible to serve another term have notified the TASA office of their intent to seek re-election. Three members will complete their second...
Doug Williams to Receive 2024 Golden Deeds for Education Award
Public education advocate Doug Williams, retired Sunnyvale ISD superintendent and TASA past president, has been chosen to join a select group of Texans to receive the Golden Deeds Award, a coveted award for distinguished service to education in the state. Williams...
Executive Director’s Blog

Where’s The Monument to Texas Teachers?
Texans should take great pride in the Texas Capitol building and grounds. It is a stunning building — 11.64 feet taller than the U.S. Capitol, and it is a monument to democracy. Any citizen can enter the building, take a tour, participate in a hearing, visit a...
(Nearly) A Century in the Making
TASA was founded in 1925, which, if my math is correct, was 99 years ago. For some perspective, in 1925 Texas Gov. Pat Neff handed over the reins to “Ma” Ferguson, the first female governor in Texas (and second in the nation) that year. Calvin Coolidge was president...
We’re Reaching Our Aspirations for TASA 2025
Back in 2017, when I was working as a superintendent and serving as TASA president, I chaired the TASA 2025 Task Force, a group of 40 superintendents and assistant superintendents who developed the strategic framework that guides all of the work we do today. At the...
Press Releases
2024-25 EoSA Caudill Winners Announced
Six Texas school districts have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by TASA and the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify excellence in...
Doug Williams to Receive 2024 Golden Deeds for Education Award
Public education advocate Doug Williams, retired Sunnyvale ISD superintendent and TASA past president, has been chosen to join a select group of Texans to receive the Golden Deeds Award, a coveted award for distinguished service to education in the state. Williams...
Nicole Poenitzsch Selected as Texas Nominee for 2025 National Superintendent of the Year
Bellville ISD Superintendent Nicole Poenitzsch, Ed.D., has been selected by TASA as Texas’ nominee for 2025 National Superintendent of the Year, an award given by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. Poenitzsch, superintendent of Bellville ISD since 2019, has...
TASA Communications
TASA Daily
TASA Daily is a members-only e-newsletter that delivers the latest education headlines, TEA updates, TASA reminders, and more to school leaders’ email inboxes every morning.
Capitol Watch Alert
Capitol Watch Alerts are legislative/policy alert emails sent to TASA members (daily during legislative sessions and as needed in the interim).
Advocacy Advisory Emails
Advocacy Advisory emails are sent as needed from our Advocacy Department to provide reminders, tools, and resources related to voting and advocating for public schools.
INSIGHT
TASA publishes four issues of our INSIGHT professional journal each year. The publication provides TASA members with news, features, research findings, and articles on issues related to education leadership, administrative management, curriculum and instruction, school finance, legislative issues, and technology.
Texas School Business
TASA members receive a free subscription to Texas School Business magazine, which has highlighted the people and programs of Texas public schools since 1954. This includes six bimonthly issues as well as a copy of the special “Bragging Rights” issue. TSB is known for providing the “who’s news” in Texas public schools with coverage of industry events, engaging profiles of Texas educators and personnel announcements.
TASA Membership Directory
TASA members may search for other TASA members by name, organization, and more in our online Member Directory and Associate Member Directory. (Associate Members are companies/organizations that support TASA, including representatives of our Corporate Partners.) To access the directories, log in to the TASA Member Services Center. On your profile page, use the left navigation (under your photo and name) to navigate to Member Resources.