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Beaumont local surpasses 1,000 members
May 11, 2012
Beaumont Teachers Association gained almost 200 new members and collected 600 “Stop the Cuts” petition signatures during its spring drive.

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ESP Statewide Conference
May 8, 2012
The TSTA Education Support Professionals Statewide Conference was on April 22, following the TSTA House of Delegates in Dallas. Here’s some new photos from the event.

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Have you signed the petition?
April 26, 2012
"We are in the fight of our professional careers, and TSTA is not sitting back and taking it," President Rita Haecker told the House of Delegates.

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TSTA is #1 in ESP growth!
April 25, 2012
And Karen Barnes of Austin was named Ronnie Ray Education Support Professional Advocate of the Year at the TSTA Convention.

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Bully: now in theaters
April 12, 2012
The emotionally charged documentary is starting conversations. NEA takes it to the next step with the “Bully Free: It Starts with Me” program.

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TSTA President rallies crowd of supporters
March 23, 2012
Thousands of parents, students, educators, and other supporters of public education traveled from across the state to the Save Texas Schools march and rally at the Capitol.

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Killeen hosts a candidate forum
April 30, 2012
Killeen Education Association invited local school board candidates to answer questions on topics ranging from dress code to budget.

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STOP THE CUTS

Sign the petition and recruit your friends!

TSTA has launched a petition drive, urging the Governor to call a special legislative session to appropriate $2.5 billion of the Rainy Day Fund and head off deep budget cuts to the public schools for the 2012-2013 school year. Sign the petition.

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Education News

May 10, 2012

Teacher evaluation: what other states are doing

On April 24-25, the Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality (PEEQ) sponsored a conference that included presentations from other states on their recently developed teacher evaluation systems.

Locals

TSTA-Conroe hosts district banquet

Each year, TSTA-Conroe hosts the Conroe ISD Teacher/Humanitarian of the Year Banquet; this year it was held on May 1.

Teaching & Learning

NEA member named 2012 National Teacher of the Year

Rebecca Mieliwocki was named the 2012 National Teacher of the Year by The Council of Chief State School Officers today. Mieliwocki is an English teacher at Burbank Middle School in Burbank, California

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Grading Texas

Gov. Rick Perry is a major reason Texas college costs have been soaring, despite his stance over a tuition freeze at the University of Texas at Austin.