Dec 15, 2020 | Capitol Watch, School Finance
TASA, along with 22 other organizations, sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on December 15, 2020, that urged him to extend the provision in TEA guidance that provides assurances of 100 percent ADA funding for the remaining 18 weeks of the 2020-21 school year for both...
Oct 28, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Michelle Sandoval Villegas, 2020 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year Today is September 8, 2020, and I am sitting at my home desk with my fingers on the keyboard trying to find the right words to describe how I am feeling, how my students are feeling, their...
Oct 26, 2020 | Executive Director's Blog
As the reality of the pandemic continues to take a toll on our daily lives, we are faced with many new challenges. Superintendents and school leaders have “decision fatigue” as they are constantly rethinking every process in their schools. Things that were at one time...
Aug 20, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Karen Sams, 2020 Texas Teacher of the Year It seems like just yesterday and also years ago since I was last in my classroom with my students. I still remember the beginning of that week in March. With one week remaining until our spring break began, we jokingly...