If you add their months of service together, Commission- er of Education Mike Morath and Deputy Commissioner of Governance A.J. Crabill have just passed the one-year mark at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). And while
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ready to engage the superintendents and trustees in attendance—a stark contrast to his predecessor’s buttoned-down,
bow-tied appearance.
When Morath took the stage at a general session ap-