You're invited to enroll your district or campus in our Friends of Texas Public Schools Network!
Your participation enables Friends to fulfill its mission to facilitate respectful conversations about Texas public schools through honest communication, productive dialogue, and relentless encouragement.
For information or questions, email our Executive Director, Amber Fulton, at
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School districts can piggyback on money-saving contracts available through two national cooperative purchasing programs under one roof, The Keystone Purchasing Network and PEPPM Technology Bidding and Purchasing Program. Both programs advertise and solicit sealed bids, which are awarded to the most responsive and responsible bidders. The result is higher quality at lower prices. |
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"...On behalf of the 5 million students, 365,000 teachers and 325,000 support personnel currently in Texas public schools, please accept our appreciation for what the Friends of Texas Public Schools organization does for Texas public schools."
HD Chambers
Superintendent, Alief ISD
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Ambassador Program in Action
Mansfield ISD wrapped up it's inaugural Ambassador Training Academy this week with Friends of Texas Public Schools founder Leslie Milder and colleague Jane Braddock. Mansfield ISD now has more than 100 professionally trained Ambassadors sprinkled across the district.
Not only are they telling the Mansfield ISD story, but they are tasked with strengthening the culture of brotherhood on their campuses and within their departments. Lynn Jameson, Mansfield ISD's Special Education Coordinator and one of the recent Ambassador Training Academy graduates, was inspired by the program to drive an ice cream truck up and down the halls delivering ice cream to her colleagues.
Click here to watch this fun video of the Mansfield ISD Ice Cream Truck!
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Become an Ambassador for Public Education
Bring our Ambassador Training Academy staff development series to your peeps! Contact Leslie Milder for more information. |
Friends of Texas Public Schools Scott Milder 830 Shores Blvd.
Rockwall, TX 75087
smilder@fotps.org214-497-6411
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Demographer: Education key to Texas' economic future
By A. Lee Graham
The future of Texas' economic prosperity could rest with Hispanics, a forecast that has its author beating the drum for education.
"Education pays, and in fact, it pays for everybody and pays across occupational groups," said Steve Murdock, former U.S. Census Bureau director whose latest research appears in his book, Changing Texas: Implications of Addressing or Ignoring the Texas Challenge.
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Tell Your District's Budget Story
By Tracy Ginsburg, TASBO Executive Director
An excerpt from the article:
In many respects, budgets are similar to a story that we tell our family and friends. The budget tells the story of a district's priorities and needs in the upcoming year. It relates what the district values most to the community. There are times in the budget process when the story may also inform the community of those things which the district cannot value as highly due to limited resources and must delay to future years.
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News You Can Use Now on Pinterest
Friends of Texas Public Schools has joined the Pinterest bandwagon. We will be adding facts, videos and other important information you can share. Follow us on Pinterest for news you can use and share with your district and communities.
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Worth Ave. Group offers insurance policies perfect for K-12 schools wanting to insure electronic devices. Policies provide replacement cost coverage and protect the devices on and off school grounds. Insurance works perfectly for schools with 1 to 1 programs, designed to issue laptops, iPads or tablets to students and teachers.
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History Shows Texans Believe in Education
Public education was one of the primary goals of the early settlers of Texas, who listed the failure to provide education as one of their grievances in the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico.
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TRUE or FALSE?
The number of students enrolling in Texas Public Schools is decreasing.
FALSE:
Enrollment in Texas public schools has continued to increase to 5,058,939 students in 2012-2013.
For the 12-year period from 2008 to 2020, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) projects a 7-percent increase nationwide in public primary and secondary school enrollment.
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Advertise with Friends!
With more than a million hits annually on its website and more than 22,000 e-news subscribers, Friends of Texas Public Schools is making advertising/sponsor opportunities available to organizations wishing to reach school leaders across Texas.
For information on getting your organization's message out to Friends of Texas Public Schools followers and readers, please email Amber Fulton at Afulton@fotps.org.
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