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Advocating for Public Education During Special Sessions

Legislators often share that they benefit from constituents’ ideas and perspectives. The unique viewpoints of others help them do their jobs well, and know the most pressing issues of their communities back home. Educators,...

Natalia Ramback

An Educator’s Journey to Reclaim Her Roots

Natalia Gómez Ramback is the youngest of 10, raised by her grandparents in Papalote, Texas, a small community about 40 minutes north of Corpus Christi. From the time Natalia was four or five, she...

Woman wearing blue clothes

Reaching Students and Families Through a Shared Culture

VOICES FROM THE FIELD Reaching Students and Families Through a Shared Culture

HEB ISD Photo of Mom in 2020

Scenes of Resilience from Texas School Reopenings

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE Educators show us what agile, responsive public schools look like *Video footage above provided by: Amarillo ISD, Edinburgh ISD, Katy ISD, Laredo ISD, Mansfield ISD Despite the unique challenges and...

Dan Rather Feature Photo

They Share the Same High School, and the American Dream

Seventy years after graduating from Heights High School in Houston, legendary television anchor Dan Rather talks about public education with the current valedictorian of his alma mater. He has covered wars, Watergate, and the...

The Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation Announces Launch of Statewide Public Education Advocacy Effort

The Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a statewide pro-public education advocacy effort. Led by 13 regional advocacy directors, the new effort will contribute to the Foundation’s overall...

El Paso, we stand by you

Last winter we captured this photo on a site visit to El Paso. This cross sits at the top of the Franklin Mountains overlooking the city.  To us it represents the strength and beauty...

Back to School with One Voice, One Purpose

Back to School with One Voice, One Purpose Each year, a school district's strategic plan is energized by a massive, dynamic demonstration of community collaboration “Education continues to be the great equalizer in our...

New Story: Deep in the Heart of the Valley

“Students don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Eduardo Infante, superintendent of Lyford Consolidated Independent School District, a rural public school district of 1,500 students in the Rio...

Deep in the Heart of the Valley

  How the educational family formed by Lyford CISD and its community has benefited students for generations “Students don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Eduardo Infante, superintendent...

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