• West Texas TSTA members address the press at TRS board meeting

    February 16, 2012

    Lubbock Educators Association President Cherie Jenkins and retired west Texas members hold a press conference to explain the need to keep TRS a defined benefit plan. 

  • Follow TRS board meeting: watch and ask a question online

    February 15, 2012

    You will not only be able to watch the Feb. 15-17 board meeting live from Lubbock via webcast, you’ll also be able to ask questions during the Feb. 16 discussion about the retiree health care and pension plan study.

  • Superstars co-chair NEA’s Read Across America

    February 9, 2012

    Taylor Swift, Betty White, Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, and Ed Helms – stars of The Lorax movie – are co-chairs of NEA’s Read Across America celebration March 2.

  • TSTA to Governor: Stop the Cuts Now!

    February 1, 2012

    TSTA calls for a special session to appropriate Rainy Day money to restore the funds cut from schools for the 2012-13 school year. Sign our petition now!

  • STAAR won’t teach learning and reasoning skills, TSTA testifies

    January 24, 2012

    Standardized tests can be useful as a diagnostic tool, but they won’t prepare students for the challenges they will face in college and in life, TSTA Public Affairs Director Ed Martin told the House Public Education Committee on 1-23-12.

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