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career & technology association of texas
Education Open Source
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Over 600 professionals gathered in Houston Feb. 2 - 4 to put open sourcing as a concept into practice as thought leaders from K-12, higher education, industry and the policy arena gather to focus on bridging the gaps between high school, college and the workplace. This conference was an informative and fast-paced event designed to engage the Texas community in transforming education to make competitiveness a reality for our state and our students.
The Career & Technology Association of Texas would like to thank the following Platinum Level Sponsors for their continued support of career and technical education.
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Keynotes
Jan Bray, Executive Director of the national Association for Career and Technical Education will bring a national perspective on education policies including No Child Left Behind and the Carl D. Perkins Act and their impact on accountability, dropouts, funding and faculty qualification. Learn about current reform movements and the role of career and technical education in advancing student achievement and competitiveness.
Members of the Governor's Competitiveness Council will join the conference to talk about the Texas economy and the critical need for a dynamic education system able to prepare students for a rapidly changing workforce full of opportunity and innovation that will keep our state at the forefront of the global market.
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Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission |
Chairman, Texas Workforce Commission Tom Pauken |
Tom Pauken is Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Governor Rick Perry appointed him to the three-member Commission in March 2008. Pauken has served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education and the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Transportation, as well as on the board of trustees for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a non-profit educational organization targeted at college students and faculty.
Pauken received a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a law degree from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Knights of Columbus and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Michael L. Williams is Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s oldest regulatory commission. He is the first African American in Texas history to hold an executive statewide elected post. The son of public school teachers and the husband of a mechanical engineer, Williams understands the importance of education as a foundation for our future. He is the creator and co-sponsor of the “Williams Future Innovators”, a summer camp for 6th through 12th graders to inspire the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.
Williams was an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University in the School of Public Affairs and Texas Wesleyan School of Law. He is a proud alumnus of the University of Southern California, from which he obtained a bachelor’s, a master’s and a law degree. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush appointed Williams to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education
Sponsored by:
Career & Technology Association of Texas
Texas Association of College Technical Educators
