Raise Your Hand Texas today announced that Dr. Michelle Smith, a lobbyist with HillCo Partners, will serve as Director of Governmental Relations, and Dr. Libby Cohen, an Oxford graduate and a dynamic community organizer,...
Report shows statewide support inadequate and inconsistent Texas met only four of 10 benchmarks for quality and dropped two places relative to other states in pre-K investments in 2016-17, according to a State of...
Raise Your Hand Texas today announced that Dr. Shari Becker Albright, chair of the Trinity University Department of Education, will lead the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation. “In the current political climate, Texas public...
More than 95 percent of BISD students are economically disadvantaged and nearly a third are English Language Learners.And yet, Brownsville ISD and its students consistently outperform expectations. The district, which boasts a 90 percent...
OVERCOMING THE ODDS: Opportunity in Brownsville ISD Empowers Students “They remind me a lot about the way I grew up, which was very hungry to get ahead, very hungry to succeed, because my parents...
The following was first published as a column on TribTalk, a publication of the Texas Tribune. Texas students and families today have access to school choice offerings as diverse and unique as the students...
Video: Choice and Opportunity in Harlingen CISD Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District takes school choice seriously. In 2014, HCISD began development of a five-year strategic plan to ensure the district’s educational offerings...
What does quality school choice and opportunity look like? Texas public schools can show you. Texas students and families today have access to school choice offerings as diverse and unique as the students...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Raise Your Hand Texas enjoys telling stories about exceptional leaders around the state who have participated in our leadership programs. Little did we know a high school student in the Rio Grande Valley was...
VOICES ON TEACHING Teaching: Appreciation Like No Other Profession Rick Rodriguez, an assistant superintendent for human resources at Lubbock ISD, explains why, for teachers, fulfillment isn’t about money, a certificate, or an award. Rather,...
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