Teach the Vote

Make informed decisions at the polls

Our new advocacy website, TeachtheVote.org, helps all Texas voters—not just ATPE members—find out where legislative and State Board of Education candidates stand on important public education issues and ATPE priorities. This important information is essential to learn before the primaries. More

Testing, deferred

Concerns over STAAR implementation lead to temporary change

Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced in February that he is officially deferring implementation of a rule requiring that high school students’ scores on the new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) end-of-course exams count for at least 15 percent of their final grade for the course. The move is a response to growing concerns about the implementation of the new testing system. More

ESEA reauthorization

Movement at the U.S. Capitol

Efforts to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)—the federal education bill originally passed in 1965 and last reauthorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)—are once again gaining momentum in the nation’s Capitol. More

Celebrating the Whole Educator

The 2012 ATPE Summit and PLAN

The 2012 ATPE Summit promises to be a great experience. Read on for highlights of the event. More

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Essentials contains legislative advertising contracted for by Doug Rogers, Executive Director, Association of Texas Professional Educators, 305 E. Huntland Dr., Suite 300, Austin, TX 78752-3792, representing ATPE.