With less than one week left in the 88th Legislative Session, our elected officials must act now to provide Texas public schools with much-needed funding. Raising the basic allotment is their best choice possible.
Morgan Smith: You’re listening to the Raise Your Hand Texas Intersect Ed Podcast where the stories of public education policy and practice meet. I’m your host Morgan Smith, and today, we’re taking on a topic that has become a marquee fight of the 88th Legislature, private school vouchers. On one side, we have our state’
Note: Intersect Ed is best experienced as a podcast. If you are able, we encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis missing from the transcript. Sara Ruiz: We went to pick up our yard sign and then I saw all the cars of all my teachers and they were right there […]
Morgan Smith: You’re listening to the Raise Your Hand Texas IntersectEd podcast where the stories of public education policy and practice meet. I’m your host, Morgan Smith. And today we’re talking about the amount of money Texas pays to educate a student in public schools. This topic is notoriously complicated and can be ver
Warnings for Rural Texas, Teachers, and the Business Community News headlines from across the state reflect Texans’ concerns about school voucher schemes currently being considered by the Texas Legislature. Parents, educators, business leaders, and investigative journalists worry about the potential effects of school vouchers on students, teacher
Vouchers divert public education funds to private schools, neglect our most vulnerable students, and lack transparency when it comes to spending and outcomes. Now more than ever, the Texas legislature needs to invest in the only education system with the capacity to serve the large and diverse student population of Texas. Policy Recommendations
Opportunities to receive skills training, certifications benefit students and Texas workforce Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are the vital bridge between our K-12 education system and our students’ next steps after high school graduation to college, the military, or a career. CTE programs offer an opportunity for the community
Raise Your Hand Texas hosted Across the Lawn: Funding Texas Public Schools to discuss issues schools face in budgeting and the need to increase funding.
If there’s one thing Texans take pride in, it’s their individuality. Their freedom. Their communities. Their tradition for doing things better and in their own way. And when it comes to school vouchers, we’ve avoided the trend knowing there are far better ways of improving schools.
While the state faces an unexpected budget crisis thanks to COVID-19, that challenging outlook shouldn’t prevent us from preserving the long-term commitments made to public education during the last legislative session.
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