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Another year of STAAR Testing: Measure What Matters work continues

The following update was sent out to our Texas Voices Campaign supporters via email recently… On April 9, students across Texas will once again begin...

NEWEST COHORT FOR RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS’ TRUSTEE ADVOCATES PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anne Lasseigne Tiedt, APR  [email protected], c. 512-784-3805 NEWEST COHORT FOR RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS’ TRUSTEE ADVOCATES PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Eight Districts, Representing...

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RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS® OPENS NEXT TRUSTEE ADVOCATES PROGRAM APPLICATION

As Raise Your Hand Texas’ Trustee Advocates Program wraps up its inaugural year, applications for its second cohort have opened providing a new opportunity for...

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Report Released by House Select Committee on Educational Opportunity & Enrichment

Raise Your Hand Texas' statement responding to the House Select Committee on Educational Opportunity & Enrichment Initial Interim Report.

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RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS® HONORS LEGISLATORS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION

100 Texas legislators stood out for their outstanding achievement and steadfast commitment to public education and are recipients of the inaugural Raise Your Hand Texas...

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Raise Your Hand Texas Calls on State Lawmakers to Pass Legislation Focusing on Reforming the STAAR Test

Raise Your Hand Texas is urging lawmakers to put KIDS first in the state’s assessment and accountability system during Measure What Matters Day at the...

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Raise Your Hand Texas Recommends Reining in State’s STAAR Test, Reforming Public Education Accountability System

Today, Raise Your Hand Texas and community leaders across the state are calling on lawmakers to support Texas kids and make much-needed reforms to the...

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Raise Your Hand Texas Recommends Reforms of State’s STAAR Test and Public Education Accountability System

Today, Raise Your Hand Texas released A Report from the Measure What Matters Assessment & Accountability Council, an extensive report with actionable policy recommendations on...

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Principals Grow as Community Leaders, Advocate for Texas Public Schools

Raise Your Hand Texas today announced a new cohort of leaders in their Principals Advocacy Fellowship. Eleven principals, all alumni of the Charles Butt Foundation...

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Education is Always on the Ballot

With the November election less than two months away and the Texas Legislature gaveling into session in January 2023, Raise Your Hand Texas releases the...

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