{"id":1172788,"date":"2022-10-19T06:52:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1172788"},"modified":"2022-10-20T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:30:46","slug":"texas-education-commissioner-visits-tyler-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1172788","title":{"rendered":"Texas Education Commissioner visits Tyler elementary school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1172789\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/10\/MikeMorath-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>TYLER &#8212; T.J. Austin Elementary has seen significant results through its \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Amplify Program\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for reading and writing, according to our news partner KETK. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have implemented this Amplify curriculum and other things to ensure number one that teachers have a curriculum they can trust and implement with integrity, but also get the results to ensure that all students are growing throughout our campus,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said T.J. Austin Principal Josh Currie. The new program helps put students at their appropriate grade reading level which helps them prepare for their future careers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When students are not able to read on grade level its not just about passing the STAAR, but they can graduate school not having the necessary skills to get certain jobs,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Currie. Texas Education Commissioner, Mike Morath, said it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great to see teachers working with students on rigorous literacy work. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kids in the second grade reading about the War of 1812 and learning about the star-spangled banner, kids working on their writing assignment as second grader or third grader,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Morath. Morath interacted with students one-on-one and believes creating a secure environment is essential to promote extensive learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The work to make sure we keep our kids safe happens at the same time we create very loving learning spaces and this campus is a great example of how schools are doing that all over the state,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Morath.<\/p>\n<p>Morath also traveled to Kilgore to meet students in first to third grade across Region 7 at the annual Imagination Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; T.J. Austin Elementary has seen significant results through its \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Amplify Program\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for reading and writing, according to our news partner KETK. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have implemented this Amplify curriculum and other things to ensure number one that teachers have a curriculum they can trust and implement with integrity, but also get the results to ensure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1172788\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Texas Education Commissioner visits Tyler elementary school<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1172791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/10\/MikeMorath-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Education Commissioner visits Tyler elementary school","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 16:20:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/10\/MikeMorath-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Education Commissioner visits Tyler elementary school","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172790,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172788\/revisions\/1172790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}