Upcoming State Board of Education meetings:
• November 20-21, 2008
• January 22-23, 2009
• March 26-27, 2009
• May 21-22, 2009
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Important Update - August 1, 2008
Proclamation 2010 and 2011 have been posted to the Instructional Materials and Educational Technology website. 
Fundamentals on Textbook Funding
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New reading books scheduled to reach children in 2010
New instructional materials for elementary reading and language arts and English as a Second Language are scheduled to arrive in Texas classrooms in Fall 2010 and 2011, now that the SBOE has approved long-awaited revisions to the state’s standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. The process of revising the ELAR TEKS began in 2005 and has involved hundreds of hours of work by teachers, state and national experts, and the TEA and SBOE. Read More >> Upcoming State Board of Education meetings: • November 20-21, 2008 • January 22-23, 2009 • March 26-27, 2009 • May 21-22, 2009
More than textbooks: An overview of Publisher-Developed Instructional Programs
An Integrated, Comprehensive Approach These comprehensive learning systems are designed to enable classroom teachers to teach, assess, diagnose and prescribe solutions for all kinds of learners. Publishers invest significant resources to develop the systems so that they have the necessary instructional content, structure, scope, sequence and standards alignment. Key components of each system, which are available in print but also increasingly include online resources for student and teacher, are instructional materials for the student, teacher, productivity tools, professional development and assessment activities. More Support for Teachers Publisher-developed learning systems include extensive resources to support the work of teachers. They are core resources developed as part of the program and part of the investment that publishers put into the comprehensive learning systems. Use of New Technologies & Learning Materials Technology and digital content play increasingly important roles in publisher-developed instructional systems. For example:
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