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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...

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Across the Lawn – August 8, 2025

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...

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Senate Bill 8 Written Testimony of Max Rombado

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...

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Across the Lawn – July 31, 2025

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...

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Across the Lawn – July 25, 2025

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...

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Across the Lawn – July 18, 2025

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...

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Assessment and Accountability: HB 4 Back in the Spotlight

The state’s public education accountability system is back in the news with the recent release of the 2023 A-F ratings for Texas public schools. The nearly two-year-old ratings were caught up in a prolonged...

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