Across the Lawn – April 18, 2025
One Thing to Do: Show Your Appreciation for Texas Teachers Take the opportunity to thank a Texas teacher in your life in a big way. Submit a video showing your appreciation for a teacher and it...
Across the Lawn – April 11, 2025
One Thing to Do: Gain Your Access to The Newest Podcast We just dropped a new episode of Intersect Ed about an often misunderstood topic: funding special education in Texas public schools. This episode...
Across the Lawn – April 4, 2025
One Thing to Do: Be The First To Know - Join Our Text List With timely legislative votes right around the corner for school funding and teacher pay bills, now is the time to...
Across the Lawn – March 28, 2025
One Thing to Do: Read and Share on Social Media In this blog post, Our Public Schools and Teachers Are Counting on Texas Lawmakers, Raise Your Hand Texas breaks down select 89th Session bills that...
Teachers Meeting at the Texas Policy Table
For five weeks this spring, Raise Your Hand Texas welcomed over 25 active public school educators, who represented 476 years of teaching combined. These dedicated teachers traveled to Austin to meet with their lawmakers...
Across the Lawn – March 21, 2025
One Thing to Do: Sign Up for Text Alerts Are you signed up for Raise Your Hand Texas text alerts? Right now, we are tracking a number of important bills focused on public education,...
Our Public Schools and Teachers Are Counting on Texas Lawmakers
We’re at the halfway point in the 89th Texas Legislative Session, and we’ve seen limited progress on the issues that are felt the most in local communities, our public schools, and around the students’...
Across the Lawn – March 14, 2025
One Thing to Do: Listen to our Latest Podcast Episode Listen to our latest episode of Intersect Ed as it explores the early education challenges faced by both Texas public pre-schools and child care...
Across the Lawn – March 7, 2025
One Thing to Do: Learn More About School Funding Currently, multiple bills are being discussed at the Capitol that could impact funding for Texas public schools. House Bill 2 (HB 2) by Rep. Buckley...
Across the Lawn – February 28, 2025
One Thing to Do: Check out our panels on teacher pay and pre-K at SXSW EDU Join the conversations on teacher pay and the power of pre-K at Raise Your Hand Texas’ SXSW EDU...
