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Local Leader Spotlight: Ross Moore, President of El Paso AFT

Publish Date: May 7, 2021 4:19 pm

Ross Moore, left, pictured with AFT President Randi Weingarten, Socorro AFT President Veronica Hernandez, and Texas AFT President Zeph Capo at an event in El Paso. El Paso AFT focuses...

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Legislative Hotline

May 3, 2021: State releases federal aid–finally; Charter founder with TX ties charged with theft; Bills propose to nix investigations of charters; the complete #txlege wrap-up

Publish Date: May 6, 2021 11:34 am

Texas AFT thanks teachers for their hard work and dedication, especially during this challenging school year. Here’s a popular list of freebies and discounts to celebrate teachers this week. State...

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Our Issues

Privatization

One of our union’s top priorities is fighting efforts to further privatize our public education system — whether through new voucher schemes or expensive, unaccountable charter schools.

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Standardized Testing

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In any year, our union thinks it’s past time to stop the state’s over-reliance on standardized testing. But in a pandemic, administering the STAAR test is an especially unnecessary burden.

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Legislative Agenda

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With each legislative session, our union develops an agenda of issues important to our 66,000 members across Texas — from funding our public schools to protecting our rights as workers.

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Our Members

PreK-12

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Texas AFT works to better the profession of educators by promoting effective public education policy to improve the pay and working conditions of teachers, nurses, counselors, and other professionals.

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Higher Education

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Our union also represents higher education employees at community colleges and universities. We are actively organizing higher ed local unions around the state.

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Support Professionals

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Support personnel — from bus drivers to cafeteria workers to custodians — keep our schools running. Texas AFT aims to represent their varied interests on the local and state levels.

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