Across the Lawn Jan. 20, 2023
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Across the Lawn Jan. 13, 2023
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
What to Expect During the 2023 Texas Legislative Session
Every two years the Texas Legislature meets to pass new laws impacting our state, including public schools. The legislative session lasts only 140 days beginning on the second Tuesday of January, and the 88th...
Raise Your Hand Texas December Update | Friday, December 16, 2022
Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more important, and this is why we must make every session a...
Across the Lawn Nov. 21, 2022
Raise Your Hand Texas November Update | Monday, November 21, 2022 Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point, public education policy issues have never been more...
Growth of CTE Programs Provides Choices for Texas Students
Opportunities to receive skills training, certifications benefit students and Texas workforce Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are the vital bridge between our K-12 education system and our students' next steps after high school...
Vouchers Leave Texas Students Behind
What to Know: School vouchers divert public funds to private schools and vendors. School vouchers undermine public schools and students. School vouchers lack taxpayer oversight of financial and academic performance. vOUCHers Hurt! It doesn't...
Don’t Be Fooled. Vouchers Hurt All Texas Students.
Don’t be fooled. No matter what an education voucher is called, the policy is the same. Vouchers are a scheme that divert public funds to private schools and vendors, and then continue to undermine...
Establishing Middle Ground for Testing and Accountability in Texas
The STAAR test is Texas’ statewide student testing program. Each year more than 5.4 million students sit at their desks and try to focus on this post-mortem, end-of-year high-stakes test as they go heads-down...
Time to Reduce High-Stakes Nature of STAAR is Now
Raise Your Hand Texas announces recommendations to reducehigh-stakes nature of STAAR in state’s accountability system On October 25, Raise Your Hand Texas released A Report from the Measure What Matters Assessment & Accountability Council....
