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Texas Again Fails to Realize Pre-K’s Potential

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 Announces New Leadership

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...

Public School Choice Profile: Brownsville ISD

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...

Choice and Opportunity Thriving in Texas Public Schools

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...

Public School Choice Profile: Harlingen CISD

  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...

The Faces of Public School Choice

  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...

Learning Industry-Standard Skills in High School Classes

[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...

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