TECEC
Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition

Texas School Ready! Summit

On May 4, 2010, TECEC, Children’s Learning Institute, Child Care Associates, Texas Education Agency, and Texas PBS partnered to bring the Texas School Ready! Summit to 33 different communities throughout Texas. 

The Texas School Ready! Summit sought to bring together early education thought-leaders, policymakers, and researchers to highlight achievements, explore current issues, and raise awareness of many of the wonderful school readiness efforts & partnerships formed in local communities throughout Texas.

The summit was hosted by KLRU studios in Austin, and available live through webcast. 33 communities set up official viewing sites.  Over 200 hundred attended the Austin event, and combined viewership across the state was over 1000! 

For a synthesis of the varying perspectives presented at the Summit, check out our new white paper on the Texas School Ready! Summit.

 The Summit included renowned state and national speakers:

  • Chairman Mark Strama , Texas House of Representatives (Video: Part 1 , Part 2 )
  • Robert Scott , Texas Education Agency, Commissioner (Video: Part 1 , Part 2 )
  • Dr. John W. Gasko , Children’s Learning Institute
  • Kara Johnson , Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition

Visit the TECEC YouTube Channel for more clips from the TSR Summit

33 communities particpated in the Texas School Ready! Summit

Abilene

Amarillio

Arlington

 Brownsville

 College Stattion

 Corpus Christi

 Dallas (2 sites)

 Donna

 Eagle Pass

 El Paso (2 sites)

 Fort Stockton

 Houston (2 sites)

 Hurst

 Kilgore

 Killeen

 Laredo

 Lubbock

 Midland

 New Braunfels

 Richardson

 Richmond

 Rockdale

 San Antonio

 San Marcos

 Silsbee

 Temple

 Victoria

 Waco

 Weatherford

 Witchita Falls

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of this event!


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