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89th Legislative Session in Review: Your Right to Affordable, High-Quality Childcare 

The youngest speaker at our Public Education Advocacy Day this past March. Our members brought copies of the Educator’s Bill of Rights to meet with their legislators.   When we began our work on your 89th legislative agenda, working conditions were top of mind for members. One particular issue began to come to the forefront: the right to high-quality affordable childcare.  ...

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May 9, 2025: We Carry On

Friday, May 9, 2025 We carry on. Veteran teachers roaming the halls of the Capitol, asking lawmakers to fund their schools and to focus on bills that would help their students instead of harm them.   School librarians cut off from testifying against a book-banning bill at 3:30 a.m. but...

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May 2, 2025: An Educator’s Bill of Rights Win

Friday, May 2, 2025 An Educator’s Bill of Rights Win There is no shortage of bad news for public schools and educators, at the local, state, and national levels. But there is also reason to hope and to stay locked in the fight for schools that help our kids thrive....

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SBEC Recap: Foundations of Future Work 

The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) met in Austin on April 25. After a year of hefty agendas filled with rulemaking on a variety of topics affecting the teaching profession, this was a comparatively light  that laid a foundation for the work to come..  The meeting began with a...

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