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Back to School with One Voice, One Purpose

Back to School with One Voice, One Purpose Each year, a school district's strategic plan is energized by a massive, dynamic demonstration of community collaboration “Education continues to be the great equalizer in our...

Voices From the Field: Empowering Young Women to Lead

Our Voices from the Field series features students, teachers, and school leaders who make an impact in Texas public schools. For Malinda Villalobos, the Ysleta ISD principal of Ysleta Young Women's Leadership Academy, the...

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...

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...

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...

New Story: Deep in the Heart of the Valley

“Students don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Eduardo Infante, superintendent of Lyford Consolidated Independent School District, a rural public school district of 1,500 students in the Rio...

Deep in the Heart of the Valley

  How the educational family formed by Lyford CISD and its community has benefited students for generations “Students don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Eduardo Infante, superintendent...

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...

Public School Choice Rises From Connection with Community

Harlingen CISD Asked the Community What it Wants for Students - The Answers Sparked a District Transformation and New Opportunities for All Students Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District takes school choice seriously. In 2014,...

Voices on Teaching: Rick Rodriguez

VOICES ON TEACHING Teaching: Appreciation Like No Other Profession Rick Rodriguez, an assistant superintendent for human resources at Lubbock ISD, explains why, for teachers, fulfillment isn’t about money, a certificate, or an award. Rather,...

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