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Texas students deserve quality education, and that starts with qualified teachers in every classroom. With over 12% of teachers leaving last year and nearly 1 in 10 teachers across the state being uncertified, the teacher shortage is impacting our students and educators. 🧑🏫❗️
🔗 Read more about this important issue in our latest blog: Understanding Texas’ Reliance on Uncertified Teachers – Link in bio or visit go.ryht.org/texas-reliance-uncertified-teachers.
#TxEd #TxLege
Texas students deserve quality education, and that starts with qualified teachers in every classroom. With over 12% of teachers leaving last year and nearly 1 in 10 teachers across the state being uncertified, the teacher shortage is impacting our students and educators. 🧑🏫❗️
🔗 Read more about this important issue in our latest blog: Understanding Texas’ Reliance on Uncertified Teachers – Link in bio or visit go.ryht.org/texas-reliance-uncertified-teachers.
#TxEd #TxLege
🚨 The teacher shortage is impacting classrooms nationwide, and Raise Your Hand Texas is bringing together education leaders to discuss how we can invest in teacher pay and retention to strengthen our schools. 📚
Join us at #SXSWEDU on March 4th for an important conversation with Nicholas Ferroni, Melissa Garza, JoLisa Hoover, and Taniece Thompson.
🗓️ March 4, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT | Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
Let’s work together to make a difference for Texas education. 🧡
🔗 View event info via the link in our bio or at go.ryht.org/SmartMoves2025!
#sxswedu #TeacherPay #TeacherVoice #TxLege #TxEd #TeacherRetention
🚨 The teacher shortage is impacting classrooms nationwide, and Raise Your Hand Texas is bringing together education leaders to discuss how we can invest in teacher pay and retention to strengthen our schools. 📚
Join us at #SXSWEDU on March 4th for an important conversation with Nicholas Ferroni, Melissa Garza, JoLisa Hoover, and Taniece Thompson.
🗓️ March 4, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT | Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
Let’s work together to make a difference for Texas education. 🧡
🔗 View event info via the link in our bio or at go.ryht.org/SmartMoves2025!
#sxswedu #TeacherPay #TeacherVoice #TxLege #TxEd #TeacherRetention
Here is a checklist of priorities that should be considered as Texas legislators sit down to discuss the merits of fully funding pre-k during the 89th Texas Legislative Session. 🏫 🎒
Read the full list and the benefits of full-day pre-K here (or click our link in our bio): go.ryht.org/89th-pre-k-checklist
#TxEd #TxLege #TexasPreK #TXPreK
Here is a checklist of priorities that should be considered as Texas legislators sit down to discuss the merits of fully funding pre-k during the 89th Texas Legislative Session. 🏫 🎒
Read the full list and the benefits of full-day pre-K here (or click our link in our bio): go.ryht.org/89th-pre-k-checklist
#TxEd #TxLege #TexasPreK #TXPreK
This Black History Month, we are celebrating history-makers who started their journey in Texas public schools.
Greg Weatherford II is an innovator, philanthropist, and director of The Allstate Foundation & Social Impact who went to public school in Little Elm, Texas (@littleelmisd ). He founded his first nonprofit at 12 and was recruited at 17 by a Fortune 100 company to lead their philanthropic initiative. There, Weatherford awarded over $10 million in grants to youth-led projects. Now at Allstate, he oversees the Foundation`s social impact areas, including relationship abuse, youth empowerment, and nonprofit capacity building.
#BlackHistoryMonth #TxEd
This Black History Month, we are celebrating history-makers who started their journey in Texas public schools.
Greg Weatherford II is an innovator, philanthropist, and director of The Allstate Foundation & Social Impact who went to public school in Little Elm, Texas (@littleelmisd ). He founded his first nonprofit at 12 and was recruited at 17 by a Fortune 100 company to lead their philanthropic initiative. There, Weatherford awarded over $10 million in grants to youth-led projects. Now at Allstate, he oversees the Foundation`s social impact areas, including relationship abuse, youth empowerment, and nonprofit capacity building.
#BlackHistoryMonth #TxEd
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