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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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...
Natalia Gómez Ramback is the youngest of 10, raised by her grandparents in Papalote, Texas, a small community about 40 minutes north of Corpus Christi. From the time Natalia was four or five, she...
We’re Smarter Than That. If there’s one thing Texans take pride in, it’s their individuality. Their freedom. Their communities. Their tradition for doing things better and in their own way. And when it comes...
Dear Friends of Raise Your Hand Texas and the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation, We are excited to share some news about how the Charles Butt family of philanthropic organizations is expanding....
To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, Raise Your Hand Texas is celebrating and honoring the voices from the Hispanic/Latinx community shared with us and reflected in public schools across Texas. Today, we know that Hispanic/Latinx...
As the 87th Legislative Session kicked off last January, there was one word that could be used to describe how many were feeling — uncertain. Uncertain about school funding due to COVID budget woes....
Like most Texans, educators were hoping for a relatively normal start to the school year. But the explosive growth in Delta variant infections has increased demand for remote learning options, leaving schools scrambling because...
August 16, 2021 Raise Your Hand Texas knows the future of Texas is in our public schools. That's why, as we look toward the promise of a new and better school year than the...
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