Across the Lawn – August 15, 2025
IT’S TIME TO REIN IN STAAR AND FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD This year, our schools face both exciting changes and real challenges, from classroom innovations to important policy shifts. As the Texas legislature...
IT’S TIME TO REIN IN STAAR AND FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD This year, our schools face both exciting changes and real challenges, from classroom innovations to important policy shifts. As the Texas legislature...
Listen to the latest Intersect Ed Podcast episode In our latest episode of Intersect Ed we discuss what the special session item “eliminating the STAAR test” could mean for Texas, along with the differences...
Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony to the Texas Senate Committee on Education K-16 on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Raise Your Hand Texas will continue to keep the public informed through written...
Watch New Assessment & Accountability Video Real change for Texas’ school accountability system is possible. Texans have made it clear: we need to build a better report card that measures more than a single...
One Thing to Do: Sign Up for Text Alerts Given the fast-paced nature of a special session, we encourage you to sign up for our text alerts so you can track movement on key...
One Thing to Do: Get caught up on what happened in the 89th Legislative Session Before the Special Session starts on Monday, July 21, take a listen to the latest episode of our Intersect...
One Thing to Do: Watch the Live Taping of our Latest Podcast Episode on YouTube On June 3, the day after Sine Die, we recorded the latest episode of our Intersect Ed podcast, “Recap...
One Thing to Do: Tell Your Lawmakers To Pass the House Version of HB 4 With only days left in the 89th Legislative Session, now is the time for you to help push House...
One Thing to Do: Celebrate Your Advocacy Success! More than 14,370+ public education advocates participated in our teacher pay and school funding call to action campaign to legislators and the Lieutenant Governor, helping to...
One Thing to Do: Contact Your Legislator about CSHB 2 The House and Senate are locked in negotiations over the basic allotment, one of the components in CSHB 2. The best way to get...
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