Topic: Government

One of the great champions of public education is retiring

Publish Date: September 13, 2019

Texas state Sen. Jose Rodriguez, an El Paso Democrat, announced today he is retiring from the post in 2021 after 10 years in the Legislature. Rodriguez is a staunch supporter of public education, school employees and our union’s efforts. While we will miss the Senator, his lasting legacy is the 5.4 million public school children in Texas.   "I started my tenure in the Senate with one of the worst budgets in the...

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A-F Accountability Ratings: Charters vs. School Districts

Publish Date: August 23, 2019

A-F Accountability Ratings: Charters vs. School Districts Last week, the TEA released their A-F accountability ratings for each campus throughout the state and the comparison between ISDs and charters is shameful considering the state spends $3 billion per year on inefficient, unaccountable, and subpar charters: 25.1% of ISDs earned an “A” compared to 24.6% of charter operators 60.9% of ISDs...

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Democracy under siege in Houston as School Board faces possible state takeover

Publish Date: August 9, 2019

As we reported two weeks ago in the Hotline, Houston ISD has been under the threat of a state takeover for accountability sanctions and that threat was just amplified this week by a TEA report examining the School Board’s governance and recommending that it be replaced by a board of managers appointed by the state. Houston ISD has until August...

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