Topic: Policy

Unpacking the 89th Legislature: Your Right to a Secure Retirement 

Publish Date: July 10, 2025

Texas AFT members at our 2025 Public Education Advocacy Day at the Capitol. One Socorro AFT member holds a sign with one of the 10 essential rights in our Educator’s Bill of Rights: the right to secure retirement.   Texas educators deserve better than broken promises and one-time checks. Despite a historic push for pension reform this legislative session, the 89th...

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Public Education at a Crossroads: Vouchers, Cuts, and the Fight Ahead 

Publish Date: July 10, 2025

One of the young attendees at a rally outside of Sen. Ted Cruz’s Dallas office with Texas AFT and AFGE Local 252 in June 2025. Photo by Brooke Jonsson, CCR Studios.   While educators across Texas are making plans for the new school year, big moves in Washington, D.C., are threatening the foundation of public education — and putting our students,...

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Central Texas Flooding: What’s Happening and How You Can Help 

Publish Date: July 10, 2025

Over the past week, Central Texas has been devastated by historic flooding that has killed more than 100 people, including at least 28 children. Some of the worst damage has been concentrated in Kerr County, where floodwaters overwhelmed communities with terrifying speed. Heavy rainfall, up to 20 inches in some areas, caused rivers like the Guadalupe to rise more than...

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Houston ISD: School is out, but the headlines don’t stop

Publish Date: July 10, 2025

Signs from the No More Harm rally at the 2024 AFT Convention in Houston. Photo by Mariana Krueger, CCR Studios.   It’s been less than a month since the Texas Education Agency announced a two-year extension of the Houston ISD takeover by Commissioner Mike Morath’s appointed board of managers and Superintendent Mike Miles. If readers were hoping that was the exclamation...

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