Election 2024 Spotlight: Re-Electing a Champion of Smaller Class Sizes, School Mental Health Resources in SD 27
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Topic: School Funding
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Trump’s Plan to Defund Public Schools: Project 2025’s Dangerous Blueprint
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‘Doomed To Fail’: New Report Shows How Charter School Churn Harms Students They Purported to Help
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The Great Texas Property Tax Debacle
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Charles Butt Foundation Poll Shows 70% of Texas Teachers Aren’t Paid a Living Wage, 78% Want to Quit
The Charles Butt Foundation has released the latest results from its annual survey of Texas teachers, and the findings are as dire as you’d expect.
Read MoreSchool Safety Crisis: Texas Assistant Principal Blinded in Student Attack
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Texas AFT Unveils Our Educator’s Bill of Rights for the 89th Legislature
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New Poll Shows Houston ISD Voters Don’t Have Faith in Miles, State’s Management
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Aug. 23, 2024: We know who’s to blame
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We May Have Setbacks in Texas, But We Can Fight Charter Schools Federally
As the State Board of Education continues to approve new charter schools and the Texas Legislature abdicates its responsibility to fully fund a free public education, national Democrats are taking action to hold charter schools accountable. Last month, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the ranking member on the Education Appropriations Subcommittee, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, introduced the Championing Honest and Responsible Transparency...
Read MoreNEXT WEEK: Texas House Public Education Committee Hearings on Aug. 12-13
Next week, the Texas House Public Education Committee will hold critical hearings on Monday, Aug. 12, and Tuesday, Aug. 13. The committee will discuss key issues shaping public education's future in our state. These hearings provide an opportunity for us to make our voices heard and influence upcoming legislation. What Are Interim Committee Hearings? Interim committee hearings are crucial to...
Read More“Broken Promises’: A Chronicle of Charter School Failures
Given the recent approvals of four new charter schools by the State Board of Education this summer, we want to revisit the important research that has informed Texas AFT’s continued insistence on a charter school moratorium in this state. First, let’s start with the national education policy think tank Network for Public Education (NPE), which has released many relevant...
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