Across the Lawn – May 26, 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...
Raise Your Hand Texas Calls on 88th Legislature to Increase Funding for Texas Public Schools
With less than one week left in the 88th Legislative Session, our elected officials must act now to provide Texas public schools the funding needed to attract and retain our teacher workforce, keep up...
Across the Lawn – April 28, 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 – April 14, 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 – April 7, 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...
3 Ways Texas Can Fulfill its Promise to Better Fund Our Public Schools
While the state faces an unexpected budget crisis thanks to COVID-19, that challenging outlook shouldn’t prevent us from preserving the long-term commitments made to public education during the last legislative session. By Bob Popinski...
Session Toolkit
The 86th Legislative Session has officially begun and it’s poised to be one of the most critical for public education in recent memory. We created this Session Toolkit to provide up-to-date information about what...
Letter to the Texas Commission on School Finance
Raise Your Hand Texas appreciates the work of the Texas Commission on School Finance. We recently sent a letter to members of the commission expressing our gratitude and outlining our considerations prior to the...
Quality counts, but Texas isn’t investing in it.
Texas schools will begin receiving A through F letter grades this year, based on academic performance. But who grades the state policies that oversee our public schools? Each year Education Week releases a report and ranking...
