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TASA/TASB Award Stars of Distinction to 2024-25 School Architecture Projects
TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have announced that 41 projects will be included in the 2024-25 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 30 school districts, two college...
Martha Salazar-Zamora One of Four Finalists for 2024 National Superintendent of the Year
Tomball ISD Superintendent and TASA President-Elect Martha Salazar-Zamora, Ed.D., has been selected as one of four finalists for 2024 National Superintendent of the Year®, an award given by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. Salazar-Zamora and the other...
TASA Names Recipients of 2024 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship
TASA has named the 2024 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...
Executive Director’s Blog
Public Education – and Educators – are Core to Our Democracy
Recently, an elected state leader told me that public education, like health care, has long been on the fringe of what the government should be involved with. In other words, public education is not really a core function of our government. I couldn’t disagree more....
Finding Meaning in a Time of Crisis
“Dad?” From the tone of the voice on the other end of the phone, I knew it was time. My youngest daughter, Molly, is an independent, resilient honor student at the University of Colorado. Her classes had already gone virtual, but she had decided to stick it out in her...
Poll Shows Texans’ Trust in Our Public Schools
Throughout my 28-year career as a teacher, principal and superintendent in Texas public schools, I have witnessed with awe the work educators do every day. What a blessing it has been to be in a profession with people who give so much of themselves in the service of...
Press Releases
TASA Names 6 Finalists for 2022 Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA has announced that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2022 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Jennifer Han, Juan Seguin Elementary School, McAllen ISD Jennifer Han offers...
Five Texas School Boards Selected as 2021 Honor School Boards
Five school boards from across Texas have been selected as Honor School Boards as part of the 2021 TASA School Board Awards. Each year, the program recognizes outstanding Texas school boards for commitment and service that has made a positive impact on Texas public...
TASA Announces Regional Nominees for 2021 Outstanding School Board
Fifteen Texas school district boards of trustees have been selected as regional nominees for the 2021 TASA School Board Awards. The regional nominees for 2021 Outstanding School Board of the Year are: Region 1 - Mission CISD Board of Trustees, Carol Perez, nominating...
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