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I was interested in your post and wanted to know more about
the TASB conference. What is being pushed to come down the
pike in the schools? How do you know that they are opening
the door for Common Core? How were people responding? Thanks
for your post and for raising concerns we all have. What are
your thoughts about what we can do to be "productive."
Thanks.

On 7/17/14, One among you wrote:
> I came home rather depressed after attending this year's TAS
> B Summer Leadership Conference. If it had a theme it was "Ho
> w to save our failing public school system." There were a co
> uple of good presenters but overall the mood was panicky and
> militant. One of the presenters praised districts that spen
> d money on billboards to advertise their schools. In order t
> o earn my hours I attend these TASB conferences but my exper
> ience is that it is an organization that is not really dedic
> ated to public education but simply self preservation of the
> ir own interests, region service centers, and I might even s
> ay they are trying to open the door for Common Core. Are the
> re any board members that read this that could suggest anoth
> er conference? I am not interested in earning hours through
> TASB or an ESC. What else is available? I won't return to TA
> SB and I was re-elected this year so I'm interested in findi
> ng a better conference/way to earn my hours. Sticking your h
> ead in the sand and pretending there aren't problems (STAAR,
> the coming T-TESS, teacher protests and mass exiting) isn't
> being proactive.
>
> I would advise TASB to ask why students are leaving public e
> ducation rather than ask taxpayers to spend money on billboa
> rds. This Go Public Campaign just illustrates the problems t
> hat are driving students into charter and private schools. I
> would love for TASB to take a stand like NEA has against Ar
> ne Duncan. How about TASB stand up and just say no.

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