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To add to what AW said, I have attended all
the state level math, science, and social
studies conferences. These are excellent
conferences with useful information that
can be easily implemented into the
classroom. TEA updates are available at the
Math and Science conferences as well. A
good way to stay informed is to join the
different TEA listserves.

Just a side note, I was informed that a lot of
Texas people helped in writing the national
Science standards. It really makes lots of
sense. Texas has to keep up with the rest of
the country or our students would have
been left behind. The new math TEKS are
more challenging than the CCS. In the end,
our students will become way more
advanced than other students around the
country.

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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