Public Education

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Saturday | 8:30 AM

Student Activity Center South Ballroom

How to Turn Around a School

*This session qualifies for one Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.

Supported by ETS.

David Anthony

CEO of Raise Your Hand Texas

Donna Bahorich

Chairwoman of the State Board of Education

Juan Cabrera

Superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District

Paul Cruz

Superintendent of the Austin Independent School District

Steven Tallant

President of Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Morgan Smith (mod.)

Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Saturday | 9:50 AM

Student Activity Center South Ballroom

Why Pre-K Matters

*This session qualifies for one Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.

Supported by Raise Your Hand Texas. 

Diego Bernal

State Representative

Libby Doggett

Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education

Helen Giddings

State Representative; Vice Chairwoman of the House State Affairs Committee

Dan Huberty

State Representative

Chandra Kring Villanueva

Policy Analyst, Center for Public Policy Priorities

Lauren McGaughy (mod.)

Austin Bureau Reporter for the Houston Chronicle

Saturday | 11:10 AM

Student Activity Center South Ballroom

Public Ed and the Legislature

*This session qualifies for one Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.

Supported by the Association of Texas Professional Educators. 

Jimmie Don Aycock

State Representative; Chairman of the House Public Education Committee

Eddie Lucio Jr.

State Senator; Chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee

John Otto

State Representative; Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee

Larry Taylor

State Senator; Chairman of the Senate Education Committee

Kiah Collier (mod.)

Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Saturday | 1:45 PM

Student Activity Center South Ballroom

Charters, Choice and Accountability

*This session qualifies for one Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.

Donna Campbell

State Senator; Chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Military Installations Committee

Colleen Dippel

Founder and Executive Director of Families Empowered

Susan Simpson Hull

Superintendent of the Grand Prairie Independent School District

Rod Paige

Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Thomas Ratliff

Vice Chairman of the State Board of Education

Morgan Smith (mod.)

Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Saturday | 4:25 PM

Student Activity Center South Ballroom

One on One with Michael Williams

*This session qualifies for one Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.

Michael Williams

Texas Education Commissioner

Dan Rather (mod.)

Host of The Big Interview and Dan Rather Reports

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