The 2024-25 school year is underway, and our Texas public schools are facing a critical challenge: our Texas teachers are underpaid, especially when compared to the national average. This pay gap is not only...
A strong early childhood education creates immediate and lasting benefits for Texas’ youngest learners. Pre-Kindergarten, also known as pre-K, ensures foundational early development of 3- and 4-year-olds which, as studies show, significantly improves third-grade...
As the 2024-25 school year approaches, Texas school districts are bracing for significant financial challenges. Superintendents and school boards across the state face the daunting task of creating school budgets amid historic inflation, the...
One Thing to Do: Watch Our Video Series on School Funding Watch our three-part video series on public school funding in Texas. Share your favorite video from the playlist on social media with hashtags...
Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas House Select Committee on Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Hearing on July 12, 2023. Raise Your Hand Texas will continue to keep...
A Session Out of Balance: What Happened with Key Education Issues and Where We Go From Here? The 88th Texas Legislative Session tells a story of great potential, reliable roadmaps, and disastrous detours, concluding...
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
With less than one week left in the 88th Legislative Session, our elected officials must act now to provide Texas public schools the funding needed to attract and retain our teacher workforce, keep up...
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
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