ATPE News Magazine
Fall 2020 | Volume 41 | Issue 1
Explore our
Portrait of a Pandemic feature: As the 2020-21 school year approaches, Texas public school educators prepare for the unknown. Learn how
civics education stakeholders in Texas are working to ensure students become participatory citizens. In a special
Members Speak column, ATPE member Scoie Green, a professional communications educator, explains how her colleagues can examine the trauma of racial injustice and its effects on students and their school experiences. Understand the limits on
freedom of expression for public school employees in our latest legal column. During a time when government officials at all levels need to find solutions to the COVID-10 pandemic, we’re seeing how the power of the
educator vote is all the more important. ATPE member
Morgan Castillo, a 2020 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award recipient, speaks about the importance of authenticity, passion, and daring to try new things. Find your green thumb in our latest
Brain Break—a compilation of a variety of indoor plants that can survive with minimum effort.
Contents
Features
Explore our Portrait of a Pandemic feature. In this special section: how ATPE’s response to the pandemic and member concerns has evolved; a Q&A with a clinician from the University of Texas at Austin; important information about your legal rights during this time, and how special education has been affected by COVID-19.
Learn how civics education stakeholders in Texas are working to ensure students become participatory citizens.
In a special Members Speak column, ATPE member Scoie Green, a professional communications educator, explains how her colleagues can examine the trauma of racial injustice and its effects on students and their school experiences.
Special Section
ATPE member Morgan Castillo, a 2020 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award recipient, speaks about the importance of authenticity, passion, and daring to try new things.
Everything Else
Understand the limits on freedom of expression for public school employees in our latest legal column.
During a time when government officials at all levels need to find solutions to the COVID-10 pandemic, we’re seeing how the power of the educator vote is all the more important.
Find your green thumb in our latest Brain Break—a compilation of a variety of indoor plants that can survive with minimum effort.