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Our latest episode of Intersect Ed was taped on the morning of Friday, November 14, 2025, just a few blocks from the Capitol, during the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival. Our panelists discussed the “Legacy Education Fund,” a new, proposed idea about a public education endowment that could move Texas beyond two-year budget cycles and establish a lasting investment in our public schools.
Host Morgan Smith was joined by David DeMatthews, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin, Mark Estrada, the Superintendent of Lockhart ISD, and Libby Cohen, the Executive Director of Raise Your Hand Texas.
Listen here (link in our bio too): https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast/legacyeducationfund/
#IntersectEd #LegacyEducationFund #TxEd #TxLege
Texas is still in a school funding crisis. Let’s create a new roadmap to fund our schools. Thank you to everyone who already stopped by Open Congress today to talk school funding and the proposed “Legacy Education Fund": https://go.ryht.org/endowment
#TxEd #LegacyEducationFund #TribFest25
Find the Raise Your Hand Texas team today at #TribFest25 to dive into school funding and the exciting proposed “Legacy Education Fund”. We`ve got engaging activities and fun planned all day long—you don`t want to miss it! See you soon 👋
Thank you to @austinaf__ for the amazing aguas frescas!
Don’t miss the “Class Acts” session in the Raise Your Hand Texas tent right now! Three Texas superintendents (Martha Salazar-Zamora, Christopher Moran, and Matias Segura) talk to the Texas Tribune’s Jaden Edison about a year of ups and downs for public education.
#Tribfest25 #TxEd
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