Education Newsfeed

Texas public education news and updates on our union's work, written and edited by Texas AFT staff.

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AI is in our schools. AFT and Microsoft want guardrails with teeth.

AI is the defining issue of our culture in 2026, and AFT is taking steps towards accountability and responsibility - but more remains to be done.

TEA's accountability ratings release: what they are and how they might affect Austin ISD

A primer on TEA's accountability ratings: their history, why they're used, why they're not the best barometer for a school's performance and what that all means for Austin ISD.

Aug 13

Senate hearings, THECB meetings show what’s to come for higher education

SB 37's fallout and funding and curriculum changes forecast the higher education fight to come in 2027.

Jul 31

Guess who’s souring on test-based accountability?

25 years after No Child Left Behind, some education thinkers are second-guessing testing as an indicator of public school outcomes.

Jul 2