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For five weeks this spring, Raise Your Hand Texas welcomed over 25 active public school educators, who represented 476 years of teaching combined. These dedicated teachers traveled to Austin to meet with their lawmakers to discuss issues facing their classrooms and local communities.Texas teachers are no strangers to this level of legislative advoc
Halfway through the 89th Legislative Session, weâve seen limited progress on public education issues. Lawmakers hold the key to school funding in Texas.
When Thereâs No One Left to Hire Standing behind a booth at a nearly empty job fair, an human resources (HR) director looks across a wide room that should be filled with teaching candidates, but all she sees is a trickle of people in mostly empty aisles. Months of meticulous planning have gone into this […]
Texas teachers need a seat at the table to shape the policies that affect their livelihoods. During the 89th Legislative Session, school funding, standardized testing, class sizes, and teacher benefits should all be discussed by Texas legislators. As the people closest to the issues, teachers are also the people closest to the solution. Teachers ar
With the November election less than two months away and the Texas Legislature gaveling into session in January 2025, Raise Your Hand Texas releases their top policy priorities.
Issues that impact you will be discussed at Open Congress, held during the Texas Tribune Festival and we want to hear from you! You are invited to meet Raise Your Hand Texas on Congress Avenue in Austin on Saturday, September 23rd for Open Congress at The Texas Tribune Festival â all for free and open […]
For years, Texas teachers have told us what they need: higher pay, better classroom resources, and smaller class sizes. We can’t afford to lose teachers, and it is becoming harder and harder to retain the ones we already have in the classroom. During the 88th Regular Session, teacher raises were discussed, but legislation that would […
The formalized practice of having more experienced teachers coach those newer in the profession has the potential to help with a major challenge facing Texas public schools â teacher shortages. It also benefits everyone involved, from the experienced teachers acting as mentors who now have a chance to learn new skills, to the newer teachers [&hel
With just a few weeks left in the 88th Legislative Session, lawmakers are deciding how to spend a record-breaking $33 billion surplus, with tens of billions more in estimated growth in revenue over the next two years. And, as the hours creep closer and closer to the last day of the 2023 legislative session, they […]
They know the stakes are high, and the urgency in their voices is unmistakable. âAs a single mother, I worry,â said Deetrice Thomas, a teacher from Duncanville ISD. âI have a college degree and many years in the profession, but, as an educator, Iâm struggling to pay rising costs for my basic needs. Everything keeps […]