“Establishing policy and providing leadership for the Texas public school system are the responsibilities of the State Board of Education.”
—State Board of Education website
About Judy Jennings ...
Judy Jennings is a wife, mother and grandmother—and an expert in education policy. Her daughter is a public-school teacher in Williamson County, and her son is teaching English in Korea. Judy had not finished college when she met and married her husband, Hal. But as her children grew, Judy returned to school and earned her bachelor's degree. She then earned her Ph.D. while working at the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
From her years as a teaching assistant at the University of Texas at Austin through her work on accountability at the Texas Education Agency to her current position as Director of Assessment at Resources for Learning, Judy has spent years working on the very issues for which the State Board of Education is responsible.
She has the skills, training and experience to be a productive member of the board overseeing public education in Texas.
Why I'm running ... “Sometimes people ask me why I’m spending so much energy running for an unpaid position on a highly contentious board. I think of my grandsons, two healthy, happy, smart boys who will be entering kindergarten within the next couple of years.
“I hear them roar when they are pretending to be dinosaurs, watch the level of concentration on their faces as they study the pictures in a book I’m reading, and feel their excitement when they see a crab on the beach.
“I know the effect high-quality exposure to 21st century education can have on their future. And then I think of some of the people who are currently on the board, pushing personal agendas that undermine the quality of education those boys will receive. And there is no question in my mind. This is what I have to do.”
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