Advocacy and the 2021 Legislative Session
Listen to the episode 15 podcast about advocacy and the 2021 legislative session.
Bridging the Digital Divide: What Challenge Does Texas Face? (Part 2)
Deep in West Texas is the tiny town of Presidio – a remote community that is 90 miles away from the nearest McDonald’s and more than 150 miles away from the nearest Walmart. So...
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: WHAT CHALLENGE DOES TEXAS FACE? (PART 1)
From students using restaurants’ WIFI to parents spending hundreds of dollars a month on hotspots for their children’s schoolwork, our state’s public education system has been changed forever by the pandemic. In this podcast...
The Future of Virtual and Remote Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed what schooling has looked like over the past year. It has entirely upended instructional models and brought about a myriad of new issues regarding the equity and accessibility...
Who Vouchers Hurt — and Where School Choice Really Works
In the 86th legislative session, Texas lawmakers committed to increase funding for public schools by passing House Bill 3. That unity led to teachers getting raises, school districts getting funds to offer or expand...
TEACHERS: TEXAS’ GREATEST ASSET
Educators are telling us it will take teachers – lots of skilled, well-trained teachers – to close the learning gaps sustained during the last year. But will those teachers be there when the districts...
The Misconceptions of the “Missing Students”
Our latest episode of Intersect Ed examines the misconceptions around students who are “missing” from their public school. Critics often place blame on educators saying they are not doing enough to find their students....
Education Experts Go Deep on Texas’ Second Annual Public Education Poll
We’ve said since the beginning that the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation Poll is for everyone. It is for educators, researchers, lawmakers, and communities. It represents the voices of all Texans about an issue...
Pre-K: The Essential Pandemic Response
It was March 2019 and early childhood education supporters, dressed in “pre-K purple,” flooded the State Capitol, asking legislators to “Stop the Yo-Yo” and fund full-day pre-Kindergarten for eligible 4-year-olds. We called it the...
Time to Act: Why We Need the State To Ho-Ho-Hold Schools Harmless This December
Our latest podcast explains what the “hold harmless” does, why it won’t break the budget, and how schools are worried, for lack of a better description, that they might find nothing but coal in...
