Raise Your Hand Texas focuses on two key areas of education policy, advocating on behalf of students, teachers, families, and communities.
School Funding
A high-quality and well-funded public education system is essential to help every child reach their full potential. We are working to transform how Texas funds education—pursuing long-term, transformational solutions that move beyond the uncertainty of biennial budget cycles.
We believe Texas must invest in a robust, well-funded public education system—one that gives districts the resources and stability they need to provide a high-quality education for all students.
Learn more about our work to create a better school funding system in Texas and why we should #FundTheFuture.
Assessment & Accountability
Traditional A–F school ratings are based on a narrow view of how students and schools are performing. Raise Your Hand Texas supports an accountability system that measures the true quality of our schools. Texas public schools do so much more than prepare students for a single test on a single day. They provide high-impact programming such as fine arts, dual-language instruction, career and technical education, and extracurricular activities. Texas’ current accountability system ignores these indicators of school quality and oversimplifies the important work of school districts and campuses. Our schools prepare our students – and our state – for long-term success.
Learn more about our Measure What Matters campaign and what it means for Texas to create an accountability system that accurately reflects academic performance alongside other measures of student success.
