December 2019
December 2019

Teach the Vote's Week in Review: Dec. 20, 2020
Date Posted: 12/20/2019
As you end the school year and cozy up for the holidays, please enjoy the last weekly wrap-up of 2019 from the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

Texas election roundup: Endorsement news and more
Date Posted: 12/19/2019
Now that the filing deadline has passed, candidates are turning to the business of campaigning in earnest.

More detail on the last TRS meeting of 2019
Date Posted: 12/18/2019
The TRS board heard testimony last week from ATPE and the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) as well as some individual retirees.

Teach the Vote's Week in Review: Dec. 13, 2019
Date Posted: 12/13/2019
Gearing up for the holidays? Take a break from shopping to catch up on this week's education news from the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

Texas election roundup: The field is set
Date Posted: 12/12/2019
Monday marked the deadline for candidates to file for a place on the ballot in 2020.

TRS is coming to town
Date Posted: 12/11/2019
The board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) will convene in Austin for its last board meeting of the year starting Thursday morning, Dec. 12, 2019.

Texas enrollment in ed prep programs is up, completion is down
Date Posted: 12/11/2019
A new report released by the Center for American Progress provides an analysis of the enrollment and completion decline impacting educator preparation programs (EPPs).

Recap of the Dec. 2019 SBEC meeting
Date Posted: 12/10/2019
Certification board discusses educational aide certificates, teacher and principal survey data, and more at the fifth and final SBEC meeting of 2019.

Teach the Vote's Week in Review: Dec. 6, 2019
Date Posted: 12/06/2019
Here is this week's education news from the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

Texas election roundup: Filing deadline approaching
Date Posted: 12/05/2019
Monday, Dec. 9, marks the last day candidates can file to be on the ballot for the Texas elections to be held in 2020.

STAAR readability study, part one, released
Date Posted: 12/03/2019
Yesterday, the University of Texas at Austin Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk released part one of the STAAR readability study required by HB 3.