Title: Texas Education Action Coalition Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-edu4cos|tx-edu4cos]] Login Required to view? No Created: 2021-12-17 10:11:08 Updated: 2023-08-30 14:13:58 Published: 2022-07-16 03:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T20:26:57.697077002 ---- Education Action 4COS State Coalition   //"In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the\\ first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be\\ instructed." -Noah Webster, father of American education and author of Webster's Dictionary of 1828//   ==== Our Purpose ==== Our mission within the coalition is to transform the Texas public educational system congruent with COS conservative principles by:  * Educating, motivating, and enlisting the Voting Community Members (VCOMs) within targeted ISDs to actively participate in the educational process. * Actively influencing all activities related to public education and development of children pre-K through 12th Grades. * Embedding trained Coalition Volunteer Activists (VAs) and the VCOMs throughout all facets of the public education system to shift the educational spectrum toward COS values. Our general focus lies on strategies and implementation for embedding Coalition VAs and/or influencing outcomes focusing primarily on the following entities: - VCOMs within targeted ISDs who elect school board members. - Targeted ISD school boards/administrators/teachers. - VCOMs within targeted SBOE Educational Districts who elect SBOE board members - State Board of Education (SBOE) board members. - The executive branch of Texas State government – Governor who elects SBEC board members. - State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) Board Members.   ==== Texas resources for the coalition (coming soon): ==== How to start a parent's PAC What is CRT/SEO How to run for school board How to testify in front of a school board How to find the school board meeting agenda What is the TEA [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-sboe|What is the Texas SBOE]] List of recommended Education speakers that teach how to take action