
Spring, 1999 No. 6 National Network of Partnership Schools

Texas Joins Network
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the tenth state to join the National Network of Partnership Schools. Commissioner Mike Moses approved the states membership form in February. Albert Black, Director of the Parent Involvement and Community Empowerment Unit in the TEA, will be the Key Contact to the Network.
Along with Albert Black, TEA leaders Deborah Blue and Angelica Gayton, the Parent Involvement Specialists in the states 20 Regional Education Service Centers, and others from varied departments in the TEA will form the core of a dynamic and talented Texas state leadership team. Texas aims to encourage and assist districts and schools to develop local programs of partnership.