public education
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Posted @ Monday, June 28, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
Do you have any suggestions for improving outreach and enrollment in pre-k?
Posted @ Wednesday, May 19, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
Yesterday, community leaders – as well as “Thomas Jefferson” – joined me in San Antonio to urge State Board of Education members to prioritize our children’s education ahead of their personal ideological agendas....
Posted @ Monday, March 22, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
This week I have committee hearings Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Austin....
Posted @ Thursday, February 18, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
The state is estimating a shortfall in revenue of about $15 billion dollars, or close to 20% of our total state-funded budget. In response to this crisis our Governor, Lt. Governor and Speaker of the House directed all state agencies to propose 5% cuts in...
Posted @ Thursday, February 11, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
Today Representative Mike Villarreal joined the Texas Latino Complete Count Committee in encouraging Texans to engage in the upcoming U.S. census. Rep. Villarreal also reiterated his recommendation to Governor Rick Perry to direct state agencies to ...
Posted @ Wednesday, February 10, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
When I think about the kind of Governor we need for the next four years, I see a Governor who has a vision for the future of the state: a vision in which all Texas children receive a world-class education and that education serves as the foundation ...
Posted @ Saturday, January 30, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
Check out our neighborhood public school in Southtown. We are proud to be sending Bella here and to be a part of a community effort to make Bonham a national model for urban education.
Posted @ Monday, January 25, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
Just left a San Antonio ISD school board event where student's from Brisco Elementary gave the board thanks for their tireless service and a few recommendations including: a healthier lunch menu, rich after school extracurricular activities, and better te...
Posted @ Thursday, January 21, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
Speaker Straus has appointed me to the Select Committees on School Finance and Fiscal Stability. I would like to learn from you about what education strategies or programs are working in your community. Let's start now. Let me know wh...
Posted @ Thursday, January 14, 2010 By MikeVillarreal
On the same day that North East ISD in San Antonio announced that it may have to close the highly-successful North East School of the Arts because of a funding shortage, Governor Perry announced that Texas will not pursue $700 million of federal education...