They know the stakes are high, and the urgency in their voices is unmistakable. “As a single mother, I worry,” said Deetrice Thomas, a teacher from Duncanville ISD. “I have a college degree and...
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...
Guest Blog by Susan Hansen, Dual Language Instructional Coach at Leander Independent School District At a recent SXSW EDU panel my colleagues and I were asked to reflect on the fact that 77% of...
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 submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas Senate Education Committee Hearing on March 22, 2023, regarding Senate Bill 9. Raise Your Hand Texas will continue to keep...
Three school funding challenges, one solution The public education system in Texas is one of the largest in the nation, with more than 1,200 school districts and public charter schools and just under 9,000...
As more educators leave the profession and fewer students choose teaching as a career, Texas is in and will continue to face a severe shortage of certified teachers willing to teach. Teachers name low...
AUSTIN, TX (September 20, 2022) – Raise Your Hand Texas was invited to provide testimony on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, before the Joint House Higher Education and Public Education Committees on the impact of the...
[caption id="attachment_45389" align="alignnone" width="2000"] Dr. Cathy Horn from the University of Houston participates in a panel discussion on The Texas Teacher Workforce with JoLisa Hoover from Raise Your Hand Texas on June 30, 2022.[/caption]...
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