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Location of Texas. Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. The region's second-quarter 2018 gross state product was 8.6% of the GDP of the country at $1.755 trillion, with significant growth in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. [1]
The Houston Independent School District takeover is a 2023 takeover of the state's largest school district by the Texas Education Agency, replacing the superintendent and elected board of trustees with a board of managers and a new superintendent appointed by the Texas commissioner of education.
A former member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, he was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on December 14, 2015. [22] The commissioner's role is to lead and manage the Texas Education Agency. The commissioner also co-ordinates efforts between state and federal agencies. [21] [23]
Texas was once again a leading state on the annual Forbes Fortune 500 list in 2023. The Lone Star State was so well represented that it made up more than 10% of the list as it boasted 14 companies ...
Jan. 29—AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 18, 2023, appointed Aaron Kinsey as Chair of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) for a term set to expire on Dec. 17, 2025. Although the board ...
Days after Texas’ largest school district began its first school year under a state takeover, a teachers union has filed a lawsuit over changes being implemented in how educators will be evaluated.
The Texas Permanent School Fund is a sovereign wealth fund which serves to provide revenues for funding of public primary and secondary education in the US state of Texas. [2] Its assets include many publicly owned lands within Texas and various other investments; as of the end of fiscal 2020 (August 31), the fund had an endowment of $48.3 ...
Yahoo Finance compiled a list of the biggest publicly traded companies in each state and Washington, D.C., based on market cap and the location of companies' headquarters as of 2023. Healthcare ...