Monday, September 6, 2010


Board of Education to honor 15 as Heroes for Children
Austin – The State Board of Education will honor 15 Texans this week for their dedication and commitment as volunteers in Texas public schools.
State Board of Education reviews social studies revisions; reduces textbook expenditures
AUSTIN – During an extensive review of proposed revisions to Texas’ social studies curriculum standards, State Board of Education members this week made it clear that they want Christmas, Rosh Hashanah, César Chávez and Thurgood Marshall included in the standards.
TEA issues fitness challenge to “Walk Across Texas!”
AUSTIN – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is partnering with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Cooper Institute to launch the “Walk Across Texas!” challenge to help motivate school employees, students and their families to exercise on a regular basis.
Texas GEAR UP celebrates program accomplishments at state conference
AUSTIN – The Texas GEAR UP project will celebrate the accomplishments of GEAR UP partnerships across the state and nation at its Second Annual Texas GEAR UP State Conference in Houston. The conference begins today and will continue Wednesday morning.
Early College High School program expands
Early College High School program expands
to 41 campuses; $3.6 million in new funding available
Texas students show strong gains on AP exams
Texas students show strong gains on AP exams;
minorities post double-digit score increases
ACT scores hit all-time high level in Texas
Eighty percent of Texas schools and districts meet AYP
Number of Exemplary and Academically Unacceptable
Accountability audiocast posted
SBOE approves new CTE curriculum standards; cuts textbook costs

AUSTIN - The State Board of Education today gave final approval to new curriculum standards for about 190 Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses. The standards, called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), update and streamline CTE courses offered in Texas public schools. In recent years, more than 600 CTE courses were available to be taught in Texas schools.
U.S. Department of Education announces that Texas is first state to have its modified standards and
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Texas is the first state to have approved modified academic achievement standards and modified assessments for reading/English language arts, mathematics and science.
2009 Accountability Manual chapters available
Important chapters in the 2009 Accountability Manual are now available.