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SBOE Recap: A Long Week with No Shortage of Controversy 

The State Board of Education (SBOE) began what proved to be a very long meeting on Tuesday, Sept.10, in Austin. The most anticipated item was the public hearing regarding proposed materials for the inaugural instructional materials and adoption (IMRA) process, but there were significant decisions made throughout the week. 

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Aug. 30, 2024: Happy Labor Day!

Friday, August 30, 2024 50 Years in the Fight to Thrive: 2024 is Texas AFT’s 50th anniversary as a state federation. We’ve been fighting for thriving Texas public schools from the beginning. And we’ll be on the front lines in every fight to come over the next 50 years.   Labor Day Seven...

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Injunction Issued to Halt Controversial A-F labels  

This week, as the Texas House Committee on Public Education met to discuss private school vouchers that would syphon tax dollars from our public schools, a Travis County district court issued a temporary injunction to halt the release of the controversial A-F school ratings determined by the governor-appointed commissioner of...

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July 26, 2024: Cross-Country Solidarity

Friday, July 26, 2024 Cross-Country Solidarity  In recent years, it feels like public education in Texas has made headlines for all the wrong reasons:  stagnant public school funding, book bans, or the threat of privatization, and more. But this week Texas educators made the front pages of newspapers across the...

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SBOE Preview: New Charter Schools up for Consideration

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The State Board of Education (SBOE) convened in Austin from June 25-28 to consider new charter school applications, their funds distribution for the next biennium, and several topics related to work on continuing standards review.  Instructional Materials  Tuesday has become, more or less, “instructional materials day” in the boardroom. The...

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SBOE Preview: New Charter Schools up for Consideration

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The State Board of Education (SBOE) will begin its regular meeting in Austin on Tuesday, June 28. The packed agenda is dominated by an issue that Texas AFT monitors very closely: the review and approval of new charter school campuses. We want to preview this topic for you now, as...

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What STAAR Scores Actually Measure: Beyond the Classroom 

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released data on high school STAAR test results, showing an improvement in students’ performance on English II but remaining largely stagnant from the prior year and still catching up to pre-COVID levels.  The Austin American-Statesman reported that, “Students who met grade level for the English...

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May 31, 2024: Shaping Our Future

Friday, May 31, 2024 On Friday, May 24, the Houston Federation of Teachers worked with the Houston Food Bank (left) to distribute food and supplies to community members in need after the derecho. Houston Educational Support Personnel (right), meanwhile, delivered food, water, and disaster relief items to the Fifth Ward...

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