Topic: Privatization

TEA announces next round of charter “partnership” applications

Publish Date: October 29, 2018

The Texas Education Agency Friday announced the next round of applications for what it calls the “Texas Partnerships” program, but what really is in many cases an incentivized method of getting districts to turn over campuses to charter school operators. The program is a result of SB 1882, a bill passed last legislative session that allows districts to form in-district...

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El Paso AFT fights grant paving way for charter takeovers

Publish Date: October 3, 2018

Tomorrow, El Paso AFT will be taking on the pro-privatization charter industry at a Special Meeting of the El Paso ISD School Board. The Board is scheduled to consider a $5 million Texas Education Agency Transformation Zone grant, which would effectively turn over management of eight district schools to one or more private vendors. Currently, the New Tech Network and Engage...

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Texas AFT and TSTA file lawsuit against education commissioner

Publish Date: August 29, 2018

Download the Lawsuit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2018 CONTACTS: Rob D’Amico (Texas AFT), 512-627-1343, Ext. 1313 Clay Robison (TSTA), 512-476-5355 News Conference: Thursday, 10 a.m. Teacher unions sue state education commissioner over faulty rules for partnerships between school districts and charter schools Education Commissioner Mike Morath fails to follow law—and his own rules—meant to protect the rights of teachers...

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Statement on Texas House committee hearings on teacher compensation and charter school expansion

Publish Date: August 8, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2018 CONTACT: Rob D’Amico, 512-627-1343 Louis Malfaro, Texas AFT president, commented today on the Texas House Public Education Committee’s hearings on teacher pay and charter schools: Teacher compensation Priority one—raising base pay Average teacher pay in Texas lags more than $6,000 below the national average and about 20 percent below pay in Texas for other...

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Tell the State Board of Education our schools are not for sale!

Publish Date: June 8, 2018

In the June 5 Hotline we covered Commissioner of Education Mike Morath's approval of three new charters and outlined how destructive these new charter chains would be for school districts and individual campuses. Now is your chance to fight back against this assault on our public schools by out-of-state charter chains funded by the Walton Foundation and other billionaires intent on privatizing...

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