Texas is recognized nationally as a pioneer in public school reform. While we have made significant progress, there is still work to be done. We should not stop now. We need to continue to invest and, at the same time, expect more from our investment. We must work together to continue to celebrate, defend and strengthen our public schools. We must raise our hands, lend our voices and show our support.

Raise Your Hand Texas supports the accountability of public schools and strong standards for the 21st century.

We support legislation that will create a new accountability system - one that is accurate and fair and that can be more easily understood by all stakeholders: educators, parents, and taxpayers.

The Texas Star System: An Improvement Model For Public School Accountability was presented to the Select Committee on Public School Accountability by RYHT in Dallas on June 16, 2008.

Read The Texas Star System (PDF)

RYHT Proposes New Accountability Model in Testimony to Interim Legislative Committee (PDF)

Read our Accountability Overview

We’re sending Texas Principals to the head of the class.

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RYHT Speaker’s Schedule Corpus Christi Council of PTA’s Speaker: Anne Foster August 28th, 6:00 PM, Corpus Christi Richardson Chamber of Commerce Speaker: Dr. Mike Moses September 24th, Richardson RYHT Events Education Commission of The States 2008 National Forum on Education Policy June 30-July 2 2008 Renaissance Austin Hotel PTA Summer Conference July 25-July 26 2008 Austin Convention Center Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce July 30th 2008 Hilton/Convention Center/Long Center Accountability Committee Meetings July 14th, 8:00 AM - Brownsville Brownsville ISD Administration Building Room 102 Aug. 4th - El Paso