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Fort Worth mayor wants to extend school year to help students catch up. Would it work?

Editorial: Anxious schools beg for funding

Advocacy group, school leaders make voices heard over COVID-19 federal school funding

Raise Your Hand Texas working to get money allocated for schools from East Texas lawmakers

Public schools hope second and third stimulus provide more funding after first gave little hope

Public schools hope second and third stimulus provide more funding after first gave little hope

The Single Best Thing We Can do to Prevent a Generational Education Crisis

The pandemic amplified disparities across the state — and can inspire long-term policy changes to finally achieve educational equity.

RYHT statement on hold harmless extension

Raise Your Hand Texas applauds Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan, and Commissioner of Education Mike Morath, for extending hold harmless...

Nacogdoches ISD and schools statewide waiting on school funding decision

Poll Finds Support for Public Education Jumped During the Pandemic

Texans’ support for public schools grew in 2020, even as educators scrambled to deal with the unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic, according to the...