Recent Articles

‘You’ve got to have a say in who’s going to rule over you’
May 20, 2013
Ann Bryan Rucker Ray, a 103-year-old retired Ysleta ISD teacher – and mother of TSTA Retired member Jay-Ann Rucker – talks about why she has never missed an election.

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On the border, education cuts are personal
May 7, 2013
Support for public education is strong among Hispanics in our three largest border communities (El Paso, Laredo, and the Rio Grande Valley), according to a new poll by Latino Decisions and TSTA.

News Release Poll NBC Latino
TSTA members featured in ads
April 17, 2013
Ads running in El Paso, Brownsville, and Laredo point out the important role teachers play in the classroom and community.

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Help TSTA-Retired repeal the Social Security Offset
April 17, 2013
Send letters to TSTA-Retired, 316 W. 12th, Austin 78701, and we will forward to President Obama.

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Poll: Texans support using Rainy Day Fund to restore school cuts
March 7, 2013
A strong majority of Texas voters – of all political persuasions – support using some of the $12 billion in the Rainy Day Fund to restore the $5.4 billion cut from public education in 2011.

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Get your TSTA app!
February 26, 2013
Be the first to know when legislative action is needed. Visit your App Store now to download the new TSTA app and sign up for push notifications. Also on the app are your membership card, calendar, news, discounts, and more.

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Education news

May 24, 2013

SBOE chair comments on CSCOPE changes

Today’s action by the CSCOPE governing board to remove all lesson plans from its website will substantially restructure this online curriculum product and is a recognition of the concerns raised

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May 23, 2013

State budget deal update

Last night, the Senate passed HB1025, the supplemental appropriations bill that includes both water project funding and the final $200 million for public education. Also last night, the House passed SJR1

Teaching & Learning

May 20, 2013

Anti-Defamation League hosts online diversity professional development

Making Diversity Count is a new online professional development program for middle and high school educators.

Locals

May 22, 2013

DVEA demands help with health insurance

Over 50 Del Valle Education Association members turned out to the school board meeting on May 21 to highlight concerns over the recently adopted TRS health insurance.

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Grading Texas

The Legislature has sent Gov. Rick Perry a bill that would help parents, teachers and other education advocates learn more about who is paying for efforts to undermine public schools. But will Perry sign it?

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Taking back the profession

At the TSTA House of Delegates in Houston, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel talks about the 30-year assault on public education and taking charge of our own profession.

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