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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...
2024 TASA Executive Committee Elections Underway
The election process for TASA Executive Committee positions representing even-numbered regions is underway. Nine members who are eligible to serve another term have notified the TASA office of their intent to seek re-election. One member will complete his second...
James B. Crow to Receive 2023 Golden Deeds for Education Award
James B. Crow, who retired as executive director of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) in 2021, 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. Crow...
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....
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...
The Importance of Mentoring
As an undergraduate student at UT, I held a variety of jobs, including one at a convenience store. The owner, a very successful businessman who spoke few words, gave me sage advice. “Kevin,” he said, “as you go into your profession, you need to find mentors who will...
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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...
2020-21 Caudill Winners Announced
Allen ISD, Georgetown ISD, Northwest ISD, and Richardson ISD have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture (EoSA) competition facilitated by TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for...
TASA Names Recipients of 2021 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship
TASA has named the 2021 recipients of its Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship, which has been awarded annually since 2014 to outstanding doctoral students pursuing careers in educational leadership, with particular emphasis on the superintendency. The recipients were...
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