With 43,000 Texas teachers either resigning or retiring since the last school year and with widespread reports of classrooms so crowded that students have run out of desks and supplies, Texas schools are in crisis — but one that can be solved.
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How many times have you heard the following from a colleague, a friend, or a Facebook comment: “There are no unions in Texas”?
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 18, 2022 CONTACT: press@texasaft.org The governor’s lack of leadership leaves Texas students and educators returning to school campuses with fear and anxiety. AUSTIN, Texas — In the 86 days since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has taken...
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Last week, AFT members from across the country met in Boston, Massachusetts, for AFT’s 87th Biennial Convention. Texas AFT was represented at the convention by more than 30 delegates, led by Texas AFT President Zeph Capo. Delegates participated in a wide array of programming, including special recognition of certain locals...
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Last week, Socorro AFT members met with U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso), and she agreed to sign on to and cosponsor the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) Full Funding Act. IDEA, originally passed in 1975, was intended to provide children who have cognitive and physical disabilities with the...
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State Board of Education votes down four charter applications—a huge victory over harmful charter expansion SBOE also nixes new teacher certification process On Friday, the State Board of Education rejected four of five applications for new charter schools recommended for...
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On Thursday, the Texas Education Agency released end-of-course STAAR results for assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology, and U.S History. Texas high school students are demonstrating improvement in three areas: Algebra I, Biology, and U.S. History—with scores rising but still below pre-pandemic levels. English I and English...
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Texas AFT President Zeph Capo rallies a call to stop gun violence on the steps of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s office building. Texas AFT Protest targets Sen. Cruz for being an obstacle to popular gun-safety measures and a proponent of...
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Abbott announces new steps for school safety that ignore gun legislation Texas AFT President Zeph Capo rallies a call to stop gun violence on the steps of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s office building. A crowd of teachers and union leaders...
Read MoreThe already-flawed A-F school accountability rating system—based heavily on STAAR scores—will re-launch this year after the Texas Education Agency halted it at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. However, only schools meeting the requirements to achieve an A-C will...
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