Mike Morath
| Mike Morath | |
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| Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2016 |
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| Governor | Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Michael L. Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Vondra Morath |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Profession | Software developer, politician, educator |
| Website | tea |
Mike Morath is an American software developer, investor, and educator. He is the current commissioner of education heading the Texas Education Agency. Prior to joining the agency, he served as a trustee for the Dallas Independent School District, where he advocated for school reform and home-rule. Morath began his career in the technology sector, and also founded a successful information systems company, which he later sold.
Morath was born in 1976 or 1977 and was raised, for a time, in a coal mining town in Western Virginia. His family moved to North Texas, where he attended Garland High School, a public school in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Morath had an interest in software development as early as age six when he wrote his first computer program. In high school, he developed a program to analyze his high school football team’s offensive play-calling strategy.
After graduating from Garland High School, Morath attended George Washington University. He joined Alpha Phi Alpha, a mostly African-American fraternity and was a part of the Black Student Union, serving as director of communications. He graduated from George Washington with a degree in business administration, completing his bachelor’s in two-and-a-half years.
After George Washington, Morath formed a software startup company that eventually failed. He then founded Minute Menu Systems, a company that provided technical and logistical support to child care programs as it relates to a federal food assistance program for low-income families.
In 2011, Morath ran unopposed for a seat on the Board of Trustees to the Dallas Independent School District (DISD), representing District 7, which includes North Dallas and Lakewood. He decided to resign his position as CEO of Minute Menu Systems. In May 2011, he joined the board of what is the second-largest school district in Texas.
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