Blog #8 Comment on a colleague’s work #2

I am writing this commentary in response to my classmate’s blog “Our Government” titled the “City of Austin Leads in Nationally Certified Teachers”.

For the seventh straight year, the Austin school district leads the state with more National Board Certified Teachers than any other school district in Texas.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has announced that 21 Austin teachers have earned National Board Certification, bringing to 189 the total number of National Board Certified Teachers in AISD.

Wow, am proud to be an Austin Citizen? Kudos to AISD, for hiring Certified Teachers in our Schools. If all the school districts in Texas would make this a requirement, it would positively impact our student’s academics. Everything is bigger in Texas and our education should not be the exception. I could not agree with you more, the fact that Austin is the Capital of Texas perhaps also has a lot to do with this as well. It is a shame though that more teachers in other Texas towns and cities are lacking on their certification. I have a nephew in a different school district in Sugarland, Texas who is having some academic issues, his parents just found out that the teacher is not certified and feel that this is not helping his situation. All the Students should have an opportunity to excel academically and what better way to do this then by having the knowledge and support from a certified teacher. A big aspect that played an important role in our family relocating to Austin was because I have a son that goes to Middle School and I learn that Austin has outstanding schools and teachers. He will have a better change excelling academically in Austin.