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Austin ISD Enrollment Declines: What’s Really Driving the Drop and Why Public Education Must Be the Priority
Over the past several years, AISD has lost thousands of students, translating into tens of millions of dollars in lost state funding tied to per-pupil attendance formulas.
Read MoreNov. 14, 2025: See you at TribFest
Friday, November 14, 2025 See you at TribFest For the third year, Texas AFT is a proud sponsor of The Texas Tribune Festival, the breakout ideas and politics event that has brought 300+ local, state, and national leaders and change-makers to downtown Austin this weekend. Among the 100+...
Read MoreTexas AAUP-AFT Calls on the Texas A&M University System Not to Muzzle Faculty, Students in the Classroom
This week, the Texas A&M System Board of Regents will vote on whether or not to add severe restrictions on academic freedom and freedom of expression that would codify institutional censorship of curriculum and classroom discussions.
Read MoreAAUP-TXST Calls on Texas State University System Regents to Defend Academic Freedom and Due Process
The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.
Read MoreNov. 7, 2025: 2025 Elections
Friday, November 7, 2025 We Take Care of Us Across Texas and the rest of the nation, federal workers are missing paychecks, and millions are waiting to see if they’ll receive any SNAP benefits at all amid the government shutdown. The fate of those benefits remains up in the...
Read MoreElection 2025: In a high-profile off-year election, nearly 3 million Texans turn out
This week, election results nationwide resulted in decisive wins for candidates in local and state races who focused on real, quality-of-life issues over divisive partisan politics. In Texas, too, several local races underlined the same trend, with record off-year election turnout.
Read MoreAFT, AFGE, AFSCME File Expanded Lawsuit Over Shutdown Firings — Why It Matters for Educators
A coalition of major labor unions — including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and AFT — filed an amended lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration.
Read MoreHere are the STAAR changes effective with the 2025–2026 school year
Four specific changes from HB 8 go into effect starting in December 2025.
Read MoreJudge Strikes Down Texas Book-Rating Law, but Censorship Battles in Schools Persist
A federal judge has blocked a key provision of Texas’s book-rating law.
Read MoreEducators square the 2025 election results in Texas
While tax rate elections and bonds by and large failed to pass on Election Day, pro-public education candidates surged in major school board races.
Read MoreCy-Fair ISD voters oust trustees who prioritized far-right agenda over student needs
Today, Cy-Fair ISD voters elected three new trustees to set the direction of the school district for the next four years.
Read MoreEl Paso voters oppose Socorro ISD school funding proposal
Prop A would have generated $49 million for the district without raising the tax rate
Read MoreHouston ISD follows mass educator layoffs with a teacher recruitment drive in South Texas
Last night, Houston voters elected two new trustees to the Houston Independent School District board in another electoral defeat for state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles.
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