Student Mobile Bus Art Inspires
2023 Fourth Annual Art Bus Go Public Collaboration 2023 marked the fourth year Go Public hosted its annual Art Bus Contest with the Texas Cavaliers, VIA San Antonio, and Adsposure. The joint event on May 20th celebrated a total of 26 winners from the Cavaliers’ elementary art contest and Go Public’s high school arts spotlight. […]
Student Internships and Externships
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What are student internships and externships? A student internship provides on-the-job training within an organization to learn about a given profession or […]
Classroom Leadership
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is a classroom leadership moment? The average teacher makes around 1,500 educational decisions on an average day. That is about 4 […]
How Can We Foster Improved Critical Thinking?
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is critical thinking? “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character […]
What is District of Innovation?
By Trina Pruitt, parent and Go Public contributor I am usually very organized regarding my kids’ schools and schedules. I get super excited when the new academic calendar for the district is posted, and I happily enter all the relevant dates into my calendar app. But I’ve noticed that there are a few “no school” […]
Focus on Exciting Events in Alvin ISD
A lot of things are happening at Alvin ISD! Take a look at a few fun activities around the district. The fourth grade students were challenged to create a free-standing 100 block tower to celebrate the 100th day of school! The students were able to be creative and use their skills to see who can […]
Huffman ISD Biology Program is Hands-On With Alligators!
The Hargrave High School Field Biology Program traveled deep into coastal marshes to capture alligators and learn how to collect morphological data. Huffman ISD students ventured deep into the marshes of southeast Texas to catch alligators and learn about marsh ecology. This was the first evening of the 3-week long McNeese State University High school […]
What is Texas’ A-F District and School Accountability System?
In 2017 the Texas Legislature passed HB 22 establishing an accountability system to evaluate the academic performance of public schools. The system requires TEA to calculate and assign accountability ratings based on three domains that measure the academic performance of districts. (Source: Texas Education Agency)
School Boards: Community Engagement and Support
Community support and involvement with school boards is the topic in this white paper by, “Ask Former Trustees – Clear Creek ISD Chapter”
Student Academic Labels Defined
The need for identifying learning styles and capabilities serves all students. A special feature from “Ask Former Trustees – Clear Creek ISD Chapter”
