Topic: Together We Thrive

Texas AFT Unveils Our Educator’s Bill of Rights for the 89th Legislature

Publish Date: September 5, 2024

New! Educator's Bill of Rights. Texas A-F-T's agenda for the 2025 legislative session will fall under the umbrella of an Educator's Bill of Rights, based entirely on feedback from K through 12 and higher education employees.

Aug. 30, 2024: Happy Labor Day!

Publish Date: September 1, 2024

Aug. 23, 2024: We know who’s to blame

Publish Date: August 26, 2024

Quote from Governor Tim Walz's speech at the Democratic National Convention: "Never underestimate a public school teacher."

Educators at the Democratic National Convention: Is hope making a comeback?

Publish Date: August 23, 2024

House Public Education Committee Hears Interim Charges

Publish Date: August 16, 2024

Legislative “Interim Charges”: What Are They and Why Do They Matter? The Texas Legislature meets once every two years for 140 days for its regular legislative session, during which the only bill it is required to pass and send to the governor’s desk to be signed into law is the budget for the next biennium. We became all too familiar...

Aug. 2, 2024: Back to School. Back to the Legislature

Publish Date: August 4, 2024

Billionaires are buying politicians in Texas. What are we going to do about it?

Publish Date: August 2, 2024

Pennsylvania GOP megadonor Jeff Yass has given another $4 million to Gov. Greg Abbott to boost the governor’s bid to unseat Texas House Republicans who oppose his private school voucher scam. The donation, revealed in July in a campaign finance report, was Yass’ second major contribution to Abbott this election cycle. The billionaire TikTok investor donated $6 million to Abbott...