Mar 5, 2021 | Executive Director's Blog
When I was in college at the University of Texas, I majored in government and minored in history. For three of my years as an undergrad, I worked as a runner at a law firm in downtown Austin. Each day, I would walk from my dorm room to the law firm. The Capitol...
Dec 9, 2020 | Capitol Watch
The Senate State Affairs Committee met Tuesday, December 8, 2020, to hear invited testimony only on the interim charge that seeks to censor local governmental entities from having a voice at the Texas Capitol. The first to testify was James Quintero with the Texas...
Dec 8, 2020 | Capitol Watch
TASA and a number of other statewide education groups submitted a joint letter to the Senate State Affairs Committee on December 7, 2020, in advance of the committee’s December 8 meeting on an interim charge related to “how governmental entities use public...
Feb 6, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Karen Sams, 2020 Texas Teacher of the Year Every morning, when I walk into my classroom, I look up and read a quote that I have posted by Dr. Rita F. Pearson. “Every child deserves a champion — an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of...
Jul 22, 2019 | Executive Director's Blog
When educators speak up for public education, people listen. When they vote, good things happen for our children. But when they don’t speak up and don’t vote, history has shown us that bad things happen. It really is that simple. Texas’ 86th legislative session is now...
