Topic: Features

Report shows our state’s dismal role in “A Decade of Neglect” for public school funding

Publish Date: July 19, 2018

Texas is at the top of the list of states with the largest cut in K-12 and higher education funding since the 2008 recession, according to a groundbreaking report by the American Federation of Teachers. Governments in 25 states have shortchanged public K-12 education by $19 billion over the last decade, the report found. “A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath...

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AFT leaders respond to shooting at Santa Fe High School; Note on tomorrow’s Rally

Publish Date: May 18, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2018 CONTACT: Rob D’Amico, 512-627-1343 AFT leaders respond to shooting at Santa Fe High School Note: Texas AFT’s original advisory—that went out early today--on the Houston rally tomorrow is below. We will be mourning the victims of this tragic shooting at the rally. Included in an updated list of speakers are two Houston ISD students...

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San Antonio union files lawsuit to stop charter takeover, amidst more pushback against controversial accountability law

Publish Date: May 7, 2018

The pushback against school district partnerships with charter school chains continues after the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel--our local union for San Antonio ISD--filed a lawsuit Friday to stop the district’s contract with a charter company to run a local elementary school. “School superintendents and school boards are not above the law, which is designed to protect...

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