North Texas Cares

Communities Foundation of Texas and 20+ funders have created a shared application for nonprofits to appy for COVID-19 emergency funding.

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The 2020 Census

Every student counts. The 2020 Census will play a critical role in determining federal aid to education and more for the next decade. Ensuring a full count of everyone in our state is critical to our shared goals for a thriving Texas.

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The Educate Texas 2018-2019 Annual Report is Here

Working side by side with our partners, Educate Texas achieved outstanding success over the last year. Read about it in our 2018-2019 annual report.

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Educate Texas: A Catalyst for Transformation

Educate Texas has been nationally recognized for tapping into a bold and collaborative approach, and for creating transformational change for Texas students.
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Impact

Achieving a tipping point for success in four key impact areas.

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College And Career Readiness

College- and Career-ready high school graduates have the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to succeed in life, whether they plan to attend college (two- or four-year, or technical school) or start a job. Educate Texas is piloting new innovations, and developing and implementing outcome-proven strategies to improve teaching and learning to prepare students for college and the workforce.

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Higher Education

Educate Texas has made supporting students in their efforts to achieve a two- or four-year degree or technical certificate one of its key areas of impact. To this end, Educate Texas is working with state agencies, school districts and higher education institutions in designing and implementing high-impact programs and convening cross-sector stakeholders informing policies to increase the number of students who enroll in, persist and complete a degree.

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Effective Teaching

The single most important school-based factor in student success is the quality of teachers in the classroom.Educate Texas is working with communities across the state to establish and implement strategic and measurable community-specific action plans and to ensure resources are directed toward development of innovations or scaling evidence-based practices that lead to better outcomes in K-12 education, college and career.

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Collective Impact

Cross-sector collaboration within communities is key to the creation and support of an aligned pipeline between secondary schools, higher education and the workforce to support students’ success in school, in their careers, and in life.Educate Texas is working with communities across the state.

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Our Work

To ensure that young people have a successful future, Educate Texas focuses on making education a priority from childhood until post-high school through a range of programs.

Secondary Schools Secondary Schools
STEM STEM
Early College High School Early College High School
District-Wide Implementation District-Wide Implementation
Higher Education Success Higher Education Success
Education Workforce Alignment Education Workforce Alignment
Teaching Teaching
Regional Collaboration Regional Collaboration
Policy and Advocacy Policy and Advocacy
Leadership Councils Leadership Councils

Events

COVID and the Commissioners: An Education Conversation
04.14.2020

COVID and the Commissioners: An Education Conversation

This virtual conversation presented an opportunity to learn how the THECB and TEA are responding to COVID-19 and to discuss their biggest challenges and potential opportunities. This forum also allowed agency leaders to hear how Texas philanthropy is responding to the crisis and explore opportunities for collaboration.

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2020 CCRSM Leadership Summit
06.12.2020 - 06.23.2020

2020 CCRSM Leadership Summit

The Texas Education Agency and Educate Texas are committed to continuing our support of educators, and we would like to express a heartfelt thank you to all who participated in the 2020 CCR School Models Leadership Summit.

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