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Raise Your Hand Testifies on Charter Funding and SB 1882 School/Community Partnerships

The Texas House of Representatives' Committee on Public Education met today to discuss, among other things, charter school funding. David Anderson, general counsel and policy analyst for Raise Your Hand Texas, was invited to...

Raise Your Hand Texas Names Bob Popinski Policy Director

Raise Your Hand Texas today announced that Bob Popinski, former associate at Moak Casey and Associates, will serve as policy director at Raise Your Hand. In his new role, Popinski will help develop Raise...

Quality counts, but Texas isn’t investing in it.

Texas schools will begin receiving A through F letter grades this year, based on academic performance. But who grades the state policies that oversee our public schools? Each year Education Week releases a report and ranking...

High School at a Higher Degree

STORY High School at a Higher Degree An Early College High School in El Paso, Texas is changing what students and their families believe is possible. When Isabel Gutierrez first started taking courses at...

NEW STAFF TO LEAD ADVOCACY & OUTREACH EFFORTS IN UPCOMING SESSION

Raise Your Hand Texas today announced that Dr. Michelle Smith, a lobbyist with HillCo Partners, will serve as Director of Governmental Relations, and Dr. Libby Cohen, an Oxford graduate and a dynamic community organizer,...

Texas Again Fails to Realize Pre-K’s Potential

Report shows statewide support inadequate and inconsistent Texas met only four of 10 benchmarks for quality and dropped two places relative to other states in pre-K investments in 2016-17, according to a State of...

Raise Your Hand Texas Announces New Leadership

Raise Your Hand Texas today announced that Dr. Shari Becker Albright, chair of the Trinity University Department of Education, will lead the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation. “In the current political climate, Texas public...

Public School Choice Profile: Brownsville ISD

More than 95 percent of BISD students are economically disadvantaged and nearly a third are English Language Learners.And yet, Brownsville ISD and its students consistently outperform expectations. The district, which boasts a 90 percent...

Overcoming the Odds: Opportunity in Brownsville ISD Empowers Students

OVERCOMING THE ODDS: Opportunity in Brownsville ISD Empowers Students “They remind me a lot about the way I grew up, which was very hungry to get ahead, very hungry to succeed, because my parents...

Choice and Opportunity Thriving in Texas Public Schools

The following was first published as a column on TribTalk, a publication of the Texas Tribune. Texas students and families today have access to school choice offerings as diverse and unique as the students...

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