Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Texas teacher’s task force doesn’t include teachers
As promised, Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a committee to study why Texas has a teacher shortage. And on one point we were completely wrong.
We guessed not one current teacher would be appointed to the task force and we were wrong wrong wrong. One current teacher was appointed out of 28 members.
And, to be fair, one teacher — Jean Steepy — only left the profession two years ago and her experience in Highland Park ISD certainly mirrors the experience of most other school districts around the state and especially of teachers in other inner city school systems like HPISD.
Those two are the only teachers named to the task force. The others are mostly school superintendents. Some have titles like Executive Director of Talent.
