Across the Lawn Nov. 21, 2022
Raise Your Hand Texas November Update | Monday, November 21, 2022 Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more...
Growth of CTE Programs Provides Choices for Texas Students
Opportunities to receive skills training, certifications benefit students and Texas workforce Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are the vital bridge between our K-12 education system and our students' next steps after high school...
Vouchers Leave Texas Students Behind
What to Know: School vouchers divert public funds to private schools and vendors. School vouchers undermine public schools and students. School vouchers lack taxpayer oversight of financial and academic performance. vOUCHers Hurt! It doesn't...
Don’t Be Fooled. Vouchers Hurt All Texas Students.
Don’t be fooled. No matter what an education voucher is called, the policy is the same. Vouchers are a scheme that divert public funds to private schools and vendors, and then continue to undermine...
Establishing Middle Ground for Testing and Accountability in Texas
The STAAR test is Texas’ statewide student testing program. Each year more than 5.4 million students sit at their desks and try to focus on this post-mortem, end-of-year high-stakes test as they go heads-down...
Time to Reduce High-Stakes Nature of STAAR is Now
Raise Your Hand Texas announces recommendations to reducehigh-stakes nature of STAAR in state’s accountability system On October 25, Raise Your Hand Texas released A Report from the Measure What Matters Assessment & Accountability Council....
Across the Lawn Oct. 20, 2022
Raise Your Hand Texas October Update | Thursday, October 20, 2022 The FOUR Things to Do and ONE Thing to Know With elections right around the corner, we have flipped our typical four things...
Funding Texas Public Schools
Raise Your Hand Texas hosted the third installment of its Across the Lawn event series on September 29. Funding Texas Public Schools focused on the issues school districts face in setting their budgets and...
Advocacy Fellowship Empowers, Elevates Public School Principals
Eleven principals, alumni of the Charles Butt Foundation (formerly Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation) programs, will embark on a nine-month fellowship focused on growing community leaders and advocates on behalf of public schools in...
Across the Lawn Sept. 30, 2022
Raise Your Hand Texas September Update | Friday, September 30, 2022 The FIVE Things to Know and ONE Thing to Do Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage...
