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Updated July 25, 2003

EDUCATION & CHILDREN IN TEXAS
General - Comprehensive - Official Sites
Education Code 
  Texas Education Agency 
  Texas schools - elementary, middle and high school information 
State Board for Educator Certification 
    Texas Federation of Teachers 
  Welcome to Texas Classroom Teachers Association 
TSTA - Texas State Teachers Association 
  Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) 
  The Texas Education Network (TENET) 
  Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) 
  Welcome to the Texas Tomorrow Fund 
  University Interscholastic League - UIL Music Index - UIL Social Studies Contest Index 
Texas Almanac - Education 
  LBB: Public and Higher Education

Statistics
National Educational News and Statistics on Texas 
  Texas schools - elementary, middle and high school information 
  Texas Monthly November 2001: How Good Is Your Kid's School? and for 2002. 
    DFW Metro Area Schools - Public School Ratings, District Homepages, and Area Counties 
Texas Kids Count Project 

Educator Job Databases
Teacher Job Network
Welcome to TASA's Educator Job Bank
Texas Teaching Jobs, Employers, and Job Fairs
Texas Education Job Search

TEKS - TAAS - TAKS
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
  Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
   TEKS Info: FAQ About TAAS/TEKS 
  TEA Division of Student Assessment 
  TAKS Objectives and TEKS Student Expectation Guides 
   TAKS Information Booklets
  TAAS / TEKS Correlation 
  2001 Texas TAAS Tests 
  TEA TAAS Practice Tests 
  TAAS Test 
  TAKS - the New TAAS 
  TAAS II(TAKS) 
  Parents United to Reform TAAS Testing 
  The Harmful Impact of the TAAS System of Testing in Texas 
  Texas Assessment Program Released Tests 
   TEKS Tools Resources and Activities 

Specific Subject Area Organizations
Social Studies Center for Educator Development (SSCED) 
  Texas Council for the Social Studies 
Texas Alliance for Geographic Education 
  WHAT World History Association of Texas 
  Social Studies Education 
  Social Studies FAQ 
  The Texas Music Educators Association 
  Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education 
  Arts Education  in Texas 
  North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts

Higher Education in Texas
The TASP (Texas Academic Skills Program) Home Page
Texas Tomorrow Fund - prepay your child's college tuition!
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp Home Page
Texas College Contact Information
Hire-Ed - States - Texas
Colleges and Universities - Texas
State of Texas Universities
The University of Texas at Austin
UT Athletics - Longhorn Traditions
UT Library Online - TERRIFIC educational resources can be found here!
Texas A&M Homepage - my husband, father, and father-in-law attended here!!
Texas A&M University-Commerce Home Page - my alma mater.
The University of North Texas - my daughter's college.

Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources - TENET Web
Texas.Teachers.Net - THE TEXAS TEACHER WEBSITE! Teacher chatboards & forums
Super site to find Texas history based movies for Texas history teachers: Texas History The Texas History Video Company
ProTeacher Community: Texas K-6 Lesson Plans
For much more, check out the specific topics on my Table of Contents page. Also, please visit my Teachers and Education page.

Student Resources
Student Corner - TENET Web
For much more, check out the specific topics on my Table of Contents page.

Parent Resources
Parent Resources - TENET Web
Texas Parents as Teachers
Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Education Consumers Association Home Page - Right Wing site - Please, take this site with a grain of salt.
For more, please visit my Parents and Families page.

Alumni Sites
Texas Alumni Net - Find Old Friends from High School or College!!! Check out YOUR Texas school's Alumni Registry!
Another super Alumni Registry - Classmates.com!
Texas high school reunions - find out if your school is planning a reunion!

Many more education, home schooling sources, and other topics relating to education can be found on my Teachers and Education page.

TEXAS ARTS & THE MEDIA
Texas Commission on the Arts
Texas Almanac - Culture & the Arts
Texas Poets Laureate - Texas State Library
North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education
Arts Education in Texas

MUSIC
Songs of Texas
  UIL Music Index 
   Governor - Texas Music Office 
  Internet Guide to Texas Music 
  Texas Music Organizations
   Texas Music Office - Texas Talent Register - find a Texas performer here!  From country to rock to reggae to classical - even string quartets for your special event!  
  Texas Music Events Calendar 
  Texas Recording Studios 
  Texas Radio Stations 
  Texas Live Music Venues 
  Texas Record Stores  
   Texas Music: Its Roots, Its Evolution 
  The Texas Music Educators Association 
  Texas Music & Dance: History and Resources
   Roughstock's History of Country Music
  Welcome to The Light Crust Doughboys 
  MusicAustin: Spotlight on Austin Music 
  PBS - Welcome to Austin City Limits 
     Tejano Home Page
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande 
dallasmusic.com 
  WELCOME To The TEXAS MUSICIANS & ARTIST's Site
Welcome to Houston Grand Opera 
    DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra - I sit Assistant Principal 2nd Violin for this orchestra. Come hear us sometime! 
For info on specific Texas musicians, please visit my Rock, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Swing page.

ART
Texas State Artists - Texas State Library
Kimbell Art Museum
Dallas Museum of Art

FILM
Texas Film Commission - Office of the Governor
Texas Film Commission -Texas Filmography

TELEVISION
NewsDirectory: Television: Texas

RADIO STATIONS
Texas Music Office - Radio Stations - Texas Map
  Radio-Locator 
  Cowboy Joe's Radio Ranch

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
NewsDirectory: Newspapers: Texas
  Governor - Daily Newspapers  
   The Dallas Morning News 
   TEXAS MONTHLY 
  Virtual Texan | Reading Room - From Texas Monthly
  Dallas Observer Online 
  D Online from the editors of D Magazine 
  The Metro - Dallas/Ft.Worth 

TEXAS SPORTS TEAMS
Welcome to DFW Sports Weekly
Dallas Cowboys - Official Web Site
Cowboy's History and Stats Pages
Texas Rangers - The Official Site of Major League Baseball
THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS
Official Web Site of the Dallas Stars
THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE HOUSTON ROCKETS
The Official Site of the Houston Astros
THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS

TEXAS AMUSEMENT PARKS
State Fair of Texas 
  History of the State Fair of Texas 
  ParkTimes 
  Amusement Parks and Theme Parks of Texas 
  Texas Theme Parks, Amusement Parks, Waterparks, and Zoos 
  Texas Theme Parks @ Theme Park Critic - Guide to the Nation's Best Theme Parks 
  Texas Water Theme Parks 
    Six Flags Over Texas 
  Six Flags over Texas - Arlington, Texas 
  On-Line Guide to Six Flags Over Texas 
  Six Flags Over Texas History Time-Line 
  Six Flags Over Texas - Gone, but not forgotten Rides/Attractions 
  Six Flags Over Texas - Former Employee Contact Page 
  Seaworld San Antonio 
  SANDY LAKE PARK 
  Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, New Braunfels, Texas - my absolute FAVORITE Texas amusement park!

YUMMY!!! FOOD FROM THE LONE STAR STATE!!!
Early Texas Cuisine 
  Historic Spanish Colonial and Mexican Recipes 
  Texas Food - Regions of Texas 
  Texas Cooking Magazine - For Cooks And Other Hungry People
  Barbecue'n On The Internet(TM) - The Only Source for Real Barbecue
   Texas Cooking Magazine Barbecue
Grandma's Cookbook - Texas Cooking Magazine 
Beef.Org -- A Complete Beef Industry Resource
Texas Beef Council
   Hot Damn, Tamales! 
  Secrets to Cooking TEXMEX
  Mexican food glossary 
    Dr Pepper Museum 
  www.DrPepper.com
  Frito Lay 
  Texas Breweries 
  Historic and Modern Texas Breweries
Texas Brewers Festival 
   Texas Wineries 
  Wine Society of Texas
For more, check out my FOOD IN HISTORY & AROUND THE WORLD page.

TEXAS STATE PARKS PLUS STATE & NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARKS
Check out the State Park & Historical Landmark section on my Texas History and Texas Natural History pages for tons of links!

TEXAS TRAVEL & TOURISM
Texas Mileage Map 
  Texas Mileage Guide 
  MAP: Interstate highways of Texas 
Road Reports by Condition - TxDOT 
  Road map of Texas with driving directions 
  Dallas | Fort Worth International Airport
Southwest Airlines Home Gate
  State of Texas Web Site - Travel, Tourism, & Recreation 
     TravelTex: Texas it's Like a Whole Other Country
  Texas Tourism: Home 
  Texas Travel 
    Texas Highways 
  Texas Escapes, Texas travel guide and historic travel magazine 
  TravelTex: Postcards
TravelTex: Screen Savers
Schlitterbahn Waterpark in New Braunfels, Texas. Waterpark Amusement Park Resort,  My FAVORITE vacation site in Texas!
Welcome to the Heart of Texas: Big Bend! 
**** Roadside America: Texas - unique places to visit in Texas
  Texas Roadside Icons 
Texas: Backroads, Highways & Byways
Enchanted Rock Magazine's website for Texas history, travel, & adventure
Passport to Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Attractions in and around the Jefferson Texas, a historic East Texas riverport
House of the Seasons - my favorite Bed & Breakfast in historic Jefferson.
Texas Travel Industry Association Official Homepage 
  Texas Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus 
  Welcome to the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau 
  Access - Links to Other Texas Travel Websites 
  @texas: Free Texas Travel Destination and Attraction Guides 
  Tourism Research Server 
  TDED Tourism Division

"BIG D" - DALLAS - MY BIRTHPLACE & HOMETOWN
DALLAS cityhall.com: City of Dallas
TIMELINE: Dallas History
Dallas History
Dallas History Message Board
Dallas Slanguage
Dallas Central Appraisal District Main Page - type in your address - find your property's market value & tons of other info! Property value information for other Texas counties can be found at WWW.TXCOUNTYDATA.COM.
Dallas | Fort Worth International Airport
GuideLive: Arts and Entertainment in Dallas and Fort Worth
GuideLive: Kids and Family Events in Dallas and Fort Worth
Dallas Cowboys - Official Web Site sites for the Mavs, Rangers, & Stars in the Sports Teams section above.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas - for more on the assassination, please visit the JFK links on my Presidents page.
Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to the State Fair of Texas
Preservation Dallas Home Page
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Museum of Art
dfw.LifeontheNet.com Home Page
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News: The Archive
The Dallas Morning News: Community
The Dallas Zoo Home Page
Six Flags Over Texas
The Science Place
My favorite Dallas radio stations - Welcome to KERA & WRR-FM 101.1
WFAA.COM - Channel 8.
dallasmusic.com
Dallas - AccessAmerica: Dallas
TheCityWeb--Dallas-Ft.Worth Info/Events
DFW Links
Dallas / Fort Worth Relocation Central, Relocation & Real Estate Guide
DFW Metro Area Schools - Public School Ratings, District Homepages, and Area Counties
Ellen's Place-Big "D"
City of Mesquite Texas - Dallas suburb
Mesquite News
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra - I am assistant principal 2nd violin with the MSO!
Thomas Jefferson High School - Dallas Alumni Registry - My old high school!!!
Info on other Texas cities & towns can be found on my Texas Government & Statistics page.

GROWING UP IN TEXAS DURING THE 1960s!
Greg Knight's Patio Culture! Suburban Living In The 1960's
Slam Bang Theater Starring Icky Twerp with Ajax and Delphinium!

TEXAS IMAGES GRAPHICS & CLIP ART
TeXaS Images
Texas Icons and GIF Images
Texas Graphics Links
Texas-gal's Clip Art
Political Cartooning in Texas, 1890s - 1990s
TravelTex: Postcards
TravelTex: Screen Savers
Texas images
For more images, check out my Texas History, Texas Government & Statistics, Texas Natural History pages.
You can also find images at most of the links on this site.

TEXAS TRIVIA!
Texas Quiz
Texas History Internet Quiz
For much more, check out the section on Texas Symbols & Trivia on my Texas Government & Statistics page.

ALL THINGS TEXAN!!! - COMPREHENSIVE & VARIOUS TOPICS & SITES
***** Welcome to The Virtual Texan
Texas Talk - Texas Dictionary of Slang
Welcome to the Heart of Texas!
Lone Star Junction: A Texas and Texas History Resource
yeeHa! Texas Website & Resource Community
No Place But Texas-THE Texas Website!
Texas online magazine: history, architecture, humor, satire, and small town sagas
Texas...A Whole Other Country!
Texas Culture and Politics - Suite101.com
Doing a report onTexas - Texas State Library
naturalgas.com
Texas!
TEXAS -- It's BIG!!!
Links to Other Texas Websites
Armadillo WWW Server
Dallas Central Appraisal District Main Page & WWW.TXCOUNTYDATA.COM - find tons of info on your property!
ROOTS-L Texas & Genealogy - Texas State Library - GENEALOGY! - more sources on my Texas History & People: Biographies and Genealogy pages.
Wise County on the Web
The Hill Country
HELLENIC FOLK DANCING GROUP OF HOUSTON
Catholic Archives of Texas
Texas Frontier Outfitters, Handcrafted Texas Products
DISLOCATED TEXANS PAGE
Texas Twists: Regionalism in Texas Architecture
Rice Design Alliance, Homepage
Texas Texas Texas Bookstore: In Association with Amazon.Com Books
Texas Frontier Outfitters, Facts & Fables
Color in the Sky: Braniff History and Uniforms
Texas - USCounties.com
Steam Locomotives in SE Texas and SW Louisiana - for more Texas railroad info, check out my Texas History page.

If you don't find what you need here, please return to my MAIN TEXAS page.

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