Blog Archive

Texas educators welcomed the TRS board's announcement that TRS-ActiveCare premiums will not increase in the 2022-23 school year.

Texas state leaders made the announcement Thursday that the funding will be used to offset healthcare costs for TRS-ActiveCare members.

Two states have dropped the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment, and three others passed on it or want it gone.

The committee received an update from Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath and discussed two interim charges during the April 26 meeting.

The ATPE Governmental Relations team recaps this week’s education news, legislative and election updates, and regulatory developments.

Plans to adopt a new nationally developed pedagogy exam for teacher certification have the Texas education community concerned.

The policy sidelines educators, often for two school years, at a time when districts are already struggling to keep teachers in the classrooms.

The ATPE state office is closed for Good Friday. We'll post our next Week in Review summary Friday, April 22, 2022.

Public education in Texas — like everywhere in the country — is hurting after more than two years of pandemic. But many in the political class are preoccupied with reforms that have more to do with social issues than with education.

The ATPE Governmental Relations team recaps this week’s education news, legislative and election updates, and regulatory developments.