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For those who claim teacher unions don’t have any power in Texas…

Publish Date: August 12, 2020 9:36 am

Austin union preserves support employee pay, while Dallas superintendent tells the nation he respects the power of the local union Our local union for Austin ISD—Education Austin—rallied its members to...

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Legislative Hotline

Aug. 7, 2020: Tell the Gov. to Do His Job!; DeVos nabs grant $ for private schools; Town Halls on #ReopeningSafely; And today starts a Sales Tax Holiday

Publish Date: August 9, 2020 11:41 am

Each Friday we email the top news from the week in our Hotline. Subscribe here.   You can find all news, updates and resources addressing COVID-19 here on our website....

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Members of the Houston Educational Support Personnel, an affiliate of Texas AFT, are celebrating a hard-won victory against privatization in how their school district’s food service program is managed.

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