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Advocacy Fellowship Empowers, Elevates Public School Principals

Eleven principals, alumni of the Charles Butt Foundation (formerly Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation) programs, will embark on a nine-month fellowship focused on growing community leaders and advocates on behalf of public schools in...

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Across the Lawn Sept. 30, 2022

Raise Your Hand Texas September Update | Friday, September 30, 2022 The FIVE Things to Know and ONE Thing to Do Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage...

Grey image of the Capitol of Texas

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Raise Your Hand Texas testifies on Texas Teacher Workforce Crisis

AUSTIN, TX (September 20, 2022) – Raise Your Hand Texas was invited to provide testimony on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, before the Joint House Higher Education and Public Education Committees on the impact of the...

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Across the Lawn Aug. 19, 2022

Raise Your Hand Texas August Update | Friday, August 19, 2022 The FIVE Things to Know and ONE Thing to Do Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point,...

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2023 SXSW Edu panel picker vote

Vote for RYHT PanelPicker Idea and become a public education advocate Up Vote for each of our panels in the Policy & Civic Engagement Track. You are allowed to vote once for each panel....

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Across the Lawn July 22, 2022

Raise Your Hand Texas July Update | Friday, July 22, 2022 The SIX Things to Know and ONE Thing to Do Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage...

Across the Lawn Event June 2022

The Texas Teacher Workforce Challenge

[caption id="attachment_45389" align="alignnone" width="2000"] Dr. Cathy Horn from the University of Houston participates in a panel discussion on The Texas Teacher Workforce with JoLisa Hoover from Raise Your Hand Texas on June 30, 2022.[/caption]...

Grey image of the Capitol of Texas

<img width="1200" height="885" src="https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Capitol-default_bw_square-feature.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Grey image of the Capitol of Texas" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Capitol-default_bw_square-feature.jpg 1200w, https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Capitol-default_bw_square-feature-300x221.jpg 300w, https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Capitol-default_bw_square-feature-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Capitol-default_bw_square-feature-768x566.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />

Raise Your Hand Texas Written Testimony on ESSER – July 11, 2022

Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas Senate Finance Committee Hearing on July 11, 2022, regarding federal funding through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER)...

Dala Henry and Claudia Ureño-Olivas serve as discussion panelists at the Measure What Matters Conference held at the Holdsworth Center.

Rethinking School Assessment and Accountability

On January 18, 2022, Raise Your Hand Texas hosted our first-ever policy conference, the Measure What Matters: Assessment and Accountability Conference. The event was part of a statewide listening and engagement campaign created to...

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Across the Lawn May 31, 2022

Raise Your Hand Texas Update | Tuesday, May 31, 2022 The FOUR Things to Know and ONE Thing to Do Raise Your Hand Texas has a front-row seat to the Capitol. From our vantage point,...