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35th Annual Conference and Exhibit in Austin

February 24-25, 2011. Featured speakers: Jack Berckemeyer, Cathyrn Berger Kaye, Anthony Limoges, Mark McLeod, Montey Selby, Debbie Silver, Dedra Stafford and Randy Thompson

ARKLATEX 2010

Cope Middle School, Bossier City, LA. October 2, 2010. Featured speaker: David Sanders

Schools to Watch

Texas is now a Schools To Watch State! Applications due October 15, 2010

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National Organizations Recognize Importance of New Middle Grades Research
Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better

NMSA Announces Allbritten as Next Executive Director
Westerville, OH – National Middle School Association (NMSA) is pleased to announce the hiring of the Honorable Dr. Drew Allbritten as its new executive director. From a field of sixty candidates, Allbritten was the unanimous decision of the search committee.

Updated Best Practices Clearinghouse released
AUSTIN - The Texas Education Agency today launched a redesigned Best Practices Clearinghouse (BPC) Web site that includes a range of dynamic new features such as a searchable database and additional research information.

Brandon Kimble named HISD Secondary Teacher of the Year
One of TMSA's Teacher of the Year Award Winners is awarded the Houston ISD's 2010-2011 Secondary Teacher of the Year Award.

To fight 'dropout factories,' school program starts young
This article in USA Today shares how the program "Diplomas Now" is using this research to identify and then support potential drop-outs while they are still in middle school

PSJA receives $2 million grant to expand
AUSTIN – The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, which in recent years has made great strides in boosting its graduation and dropout recovery efforts, today was awarded a $2 million two-year grant by the Texas Education Agency to support a new model for a district-wide college readiness initiative called All Students: College Ready, College Connected.

Early College High School graduates earn associate of arts degrees and $5.6 million in college scholarships
A select group of Texas seniors are graduating this year with not only a high school diploma but also an associate of arts degree under the state’s Early College High School (ECHS) program.

Preliminary TAKS results show increasing passing rates
AUSTIN – Preliminary results from the 2010 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) show that passing rates on the standard test rose at grades 3-5 and 7-11 and that an overwhelming majority of the Class of 2011 passed the exit-level state exams required for graduation.

Rethinking Middle School Education
The Middle School years are a hormone-fueled, socially-charged, technology-obsessed time of life. Now, new brain research and emerging technology trends are combining to encourage educators re-think how to best engage eleven to fourteen year olds in learning, and and prepare them for life in a complex world.

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	Wishing Texas educators, students and parents a very happy school year! Posted 10 days ago The Journey Starts Today! Visit www.tmsanet.org and download our 2010-2011 Texas Schools to Watch Application. Posted 31 days ago "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." -- Henry Brooks Adams Posted 56 days ago Our Schools to Watch Application will be out in August! Visit www.tmsanet.org for more information on this great new program. Posted 56 days ago