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TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2022
Five school boards from across Texas have been selected as Honor School Boards as part of the 2022 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 Honors Past President John Horn with Summit Renaming
On July 13, TASA honored Dr. John Horn, the 1987-88 TASA president, for the instrumental part he has played over the years in TASA and specifically TASA's Leadership Summit, by announcing that the event will now be called the John D. Horn Leadership Summit. The...
TASA Announces Regional Nominees for 2022 Outstanding School Board
Thirteen Texas school district boards of trustees have been selected as regional nominees for the 2022 TASA School Board Awards. The regional nominees for 2022 Outstanding School Board of the Year are: Region Nominee Nominating Superintendent 1 Lyford CISD...
Executive Director’s Blog
Voting in the Primary is Primary to Our Democracy
Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, far right, far left, or somewhere in between on the political spectrum, voting in the primary elections is the most important civic responsibility we have as Texans. In our state, the most important elections occur in the...
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....
The Benefits of Local Engagement
Tip O’Neill, the legendary U.S. Speaker of the House in the 1980s, was famous for getting things done in a bipartisan fashion, most notably with President Ronald Reagan. He is also famous for saying “all politics is local.” That is, while national politics might be...
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2021-22 Caudill Winners Announced
Austin ISD, Humble ISD, and Katy ISD have been selected to receive the 2021-22 Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify...
Dr. Kim Alexander to Receive Prestigious Golden Deeds for Education Award
Dr. Kim Alexander, CEO of Collegiate Edu-Nation, will soon join a select group of distinguished Texans to receive the Golden Deeds Award, considered the most coveted award in the field of Texas education and the highest recognition for distinguished service to...
TASA Names Recipients of 2022 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship
TASA has named the 2022 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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