Educators are used to maintaining the confidentiality of student data. Under The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) it’s required that schools and districts protect the privacy of their student educational records. When it comes to working from home, this still applies. All...
A major initiative to come out of House Bill 3 last year was the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). This provides the opportunity for teachers to...
House Bill 3906 was passed during the 8th Texas Legislature session in 2019. This house bill created many changes to education and assessment policy...
If you haven’t heard of House Bill 3 (HB3), it’s one of the most important and complex Texas education bills in the last several decades. It...
During the 86th Texas Legislature session in 2019, multiple bills were passed that affect assessment policy in Texas. House Bill 3, House Bill 3906...
An intruder assessment is one of the most valuable things any school leader can do to assess the safety of their school. This process is one of the...
This guest post comes from Melinda Crockom, public education coordinator at the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications. Emergencies can...
