Texas Education Agency

Leadership & Staff

Mike Morath Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency

• Commisioner

AJ Craybill (Airick Journey Craybill) Education Thought Leader from Kansas City Area, Former IT

• Deputy Commissioner of Governance*

Michael Lawrence Williams Lawyer, Political Candidate, Former Texas Commissioner of Education and Railroad Commissioner

• Commissioner ('12→Jan '16)

Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds Ed Reformer, Foundation for Excellence in Education and Former Texas Education Association

• Deputy Commissioner, Various Roles ('07→'16)*

Michael Moses Former TEA Commissioner & Dallas ISD Superintendent

• Commissioner (Mar '95→Sep '99)

Donations

Rethink K-12 Education Models (REM) Grant US DOE Part of Covid CARES Act

• Grant · 20,000,000 USD (Jul 29 '20)

Child Organizations

Texas Commission on Next-Generation Assessments and Accountability Texas High Performance Schools Consortium - Authorizing Legislation 2015

• Child Org ('15→?)*

Microsoft Accelerate Texas Global Skills Collaboration With Texas Education Agency

• Child Org (Oct '20→?)*

Texas College Bridge Online English and Math College-Prep Curriculum and "Supports"

• Child Org*

Services & Transactions

System of Great Schools Privatization scheme to remove democratically elected school boards

• partner (Dec 4 '14)

Safal Partners Management consulting firm enabling education reform nationally and locally

• vendor* [+4]

• vendor*

• vendor*

• vendor ('18→?)*

• contractor

Miscellaneous Relationships

Texas Partnerships (SB 1882) Legislation Promoting Public-Private Partnerships Running Schools

• Carried Out ('17→?)*

HB5 Texas Graduation Requirements Implemented for 2014-15 School Year

• Implemented by ('14→?)*

Texas Education Research Centers (ERC) Longitudinal Data System Housed at University of Houston Department of Education, 2006

• Uses Data ('06→?)*

Pay for Success Math Innovation Zones, Texas

• Project ('18→?)*